The beginning of the year is so exciting for teachers and coaches, you get the freedom to imagine your what things could be. There is so much inspiration from teachers and so many people to meet
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As a beginning of the year coaching you want to be successful… right? In order to be effective as a literacy coach you have to understand that your teachers are not children
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Introducing virtual reality to students who are just kids can be overwhelming both to the student and the teacher. However, if harnessed properly, virtual reality can be a great lesson aid in the classroom
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Members of a school community experience their environment through school climate, meaning a place where they feel safe, where they can engage and feel successful
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Why don’t we learn about investing in schools? Today, you can take wood-shop or auto as an elective but not take a class on investing; where did we go wrong? When we talk about literacy
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Can you or your child survive in the 21st century? Well, if you are a 45 year old mother struggling to get a job because you do not know how to use a computer, or an immigrant that doesn’t understand that you can call your family for free
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Are you intelligent? When you are confronted with problems, what are your next steps? There are certain attributes or habits of mind that intelligent learners need to have in order to help them be successful throughout their lives.
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Unleash the emergency credentials, we need help in urban schools! I know, and you are right, an emergency teaching certificate is not the ultimate solution but it’s a start. In emergency teacher credentialing
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We understand that in order to reach global communication you need to use the World Wide Web. Technology connects us in ways we would couldn’t imagine 20 years ago.
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I love inclusion… but things are changing in the school systems. It is becoming a challenge for teachers. Teachers share that they struggle with classroom management and parents are concerned about the pace of instruction
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What is dual enrollment, and is it something aspiring college students should do? If you are a high school student who wants to get some or all of your college core courses completed by the time you graduate high school
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We do this so that our students can really become more efficient in asking better questions. A Habit of Mind is a pattern of intellectual behaviors that leads to productive actions.
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Of course we know that when parents feel welcomed and are invited in the school often they are more likely to be involved in their children’s education.
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What if school playgrounds came equipped with building materials, tools, and movable pieces? There is this breakthrough notion that students may be interested in exploring while using their imagination, go figure?
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Uhhhh….. Hmmmm…. No! Many states are facing a sever teacher shortage. In Los Angeles there has been a teacher shortage and enrollment in teacher programs is down 53 percent
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Our school systems has failed our children by not keeping them safe at schools, not turning a conflict into a teachable moment, and by suspending students for days at a time. What is going on?
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Is a child’s future fixed at birth, determined by family strength and the parent’s financial status? Karl Alexander notes in his research that all of the kids who got a better start at life because their parents were married and working ended up better off and for the poor kids from single-parent families stayed poor
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I use to wonder how other teachers were presenting the same content across similar grade levels and boy did it make a difference. I was always excited about the content, even if it was a subject that I was unfamiliar with but I noticed that my excitement fueled their eagerness to learn
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