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Evaluating & Assessing Academic-Return on Investment with EdTech
Everyone everywhere always wants “the biggest bang for their buck” possible. Responsible allocation of public funds may not be your most exciting job description, yet it is probably one of your most…
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Taking Time for Self-Care Helps Everyone
If you feel tired, irritable, apathetic, or forgetful, you may be showing signs of burning out. You are not alone; this year exhausted many teachers and administrators. Be aware that the negative…
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Staying Engaged Through the Last Day of School
Thoughts of summer vacation are filling your students’ heads (and probably yours too). To maximize instructional minutes, you may be thinking about end-of-the-year engagement strategies. While the basic tenets of engagement hold, the spring offers…
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Ideas for Maintaining Academic Integrity in High School with Distance Learning
Whether teaching face-to-face or remotely, upholding academic integrity in high school takes a consistent and multi-pronged approach. Polls show that more than 50 percent of high school students take unethical academic shortcuts…
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Applying Progressive Teaching Practices to the Post-Pandemic Era
The most important professional lessons often come at a price. If you are like most educators, this school year you shed tears of frustration and spent endless hours adapting your methods to…
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Help Students Returning to the Classroom Navigate their Emotions
Ms. Conner guarded the door, which was ajar, so seven-year-old Mark would feel safe changing his rain-soaked clothes. As Ms. Conner discretely ensured Mark’s privacy, she pondered his destructive tendencies and realized that…
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An Educators’ Guide to Great Communication with Families
Do you want better relationships with students’ families? Effective communication is always vital to building relationships and engagement, but this school year’s anomalies intensify the need. Use this guide to hone your…
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Make the Most of Every Minute of Class
Covid-19 Puts a Strain on an Already Scarce Resource – Time Every instructional minute is precious. You have diverse learners needing to learn a lot of material in a short time. Hybrid…
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Three Steps to Emotionally Support Students to Promote Academic Success
The Relationship of Emotions and Academics “Jesse” got in a car accident on the way to a job interview. He was not physically hurt, but he felt emotionally shaken. Upon arrival, Jesse…
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Multi-Tier System of Supports
What It Is: As educators, we always strive to help our students succeed. Sometimes this means implementing Response to Intervention (RTI), or more recently, Multi-Tier System of Supports (MTSS) in the classroom…
