Have You Thought About Including Alexa in the Classroom?

Alexa, the virtual assistant is a fun way to increase engagement in the classroom.

Opinion Piece, ReformCassandra WilliamsOctober 4, 2019Educational Innovation 360Alexa, Teachers, Innovation Classrooms, Smart Classes, Innovative Mindset, K12, Technology in Classroom, Cassandra WilliamsComment

How do you Increase Wellness Programs in your School?

Programs for wellness actively engage students in activities which alleviate anxiety, stress and other mental health wellbeing that can impact upon the learning experience for students.

Intrinsic MotivationCassandra WilliamsSeptember 19, 2019activities, feelings, learning experiences, motivation, physical activity, projects, student motivation, Wellness programs, Cassandra WilliamsComment

Do Students Need More Flexible Seating?

Flexible seating in educational classrooms is paving the way for a change in the future direction of teaching styles and student learning experience.

Why Should Teachers Focus on Using Bite-sized Chunks in the Classroom?

When teacher uses bite-sized chunks to share informational content everyone wins. Students enjoy learning when teachers break an activity down into digestible pieces.

Coaching Strategies, Instructional Coaching, Teacher SupportCassandra WilliamsSeptember 5, 2019approach, chunking, Chunking Content, Common Core, connection, Creating Valuable Content, diversity, engage, essential, Parts, synthesis, Cassandra WilliamsComment

A New Approach To Teacher PD ... Ei360°

Professional Development is not functional for traditional teachers. Most schools, make traditional teachers look for opportunities outside of their job.

Coaching Strategies, Instructional Coaching, Professional Development, BlogCassandra WilliamsAugust 29, 2019challenges, Educational Innovation 360, ELA, new teachers, Professional development, professional learning, Teacher retention, Training, Cassandra WilliamsComment

What Are The Top Three Strategies To Use When Engaging Students?

No matter how teachers communicate with students, there are always fun methods to keep them engaged. Whenever there are hand gestures

ELA/ Reading Strategies, Instructional Coaching, Reform, Teacher SupportCassandra WilliamsAugust 22, 2019Education Reform, Ei360, K-12, Mnemonic Devices, strategies, student engagement, teachers, TPR Total Physical Response, Training, Whole Brain Learning, Cassandra WilliamsComment

How do we Keep Students Engaged in Middle and High School?

The effort to encourage students to remain in school focuses on increasing achievement, a sense of belonging, and positive behaviors.

Coaching Strategies, Teacher SupportCassandra WilliamsAugust 15, 2019Carl Jung, Engagement, High school, learning styles, Middle School, technology, Cassandra WilliamsComment

Strategies to Engage Students: Reading Comprehension

Comprehension is a rather difficult topic to cover because it encompasses so much. During the Lake Michigan Technology Conference

Coaching Strategies, ELA/ Reading StrategiesCassandra WilliamsAugust 8, 2019classroom discussion, ELA, English Language Arts, good teaching, Increasing Scores, Reading, Reading Comprehension, small group discussion, teaching, Teaching and Learning, Thinking Maps, Cassandra WilliamsComment

Top Ways To Attract And Retain Extraordinary Educators Part II

Working with teachers in the same capacity is just as important advocating for teachers. Educational Leaders and administrators should see teachers as co-workers and not as people beneath them

Coaching Strategies, Reform, Teacher Support, BlogCassandra WilliamsAugust 1, 2019benefits, Coaching, Ei360, Retention, strategies, Cassandra WilliamsComment

The Top Ways To Attract And Retain Extraordinary Educators Part I

There is a huge demand for educators and yet one third of America’s new teachers leave after 3 years of teaching, half quit within 5 years

Reform, Teacher Support, BlogCassandra WilliamsJuly 25, 2019administrators, Attrition, Principals, Teacher reform, Teacher retention, Cassandra WilliamsComment

Fundamentals About How To Include Parents In Schools

The school year is such a busy time for parents as well as students and teachers. Yet it is so important to include parents in schools.

Connecting with Parents, ReformCassandra WilliamsJuly 18, 2019connecting with parentes, families, leadership, parents, school, Welcome, Cassandra WilliamsComment

How are you Building Empathy in Schools?

Schools often act as a child’s second home, and as such, the educational staff in the school take on different roles such as parental figures because teachers care

Reform, Teacher SupportCassandra WilliamsJuly 12, 2019Black lives Matter, empathy, listening, School Culture, Teacher growth, Urban SchoolsComment

When Teachers Share their Experiences; Students Win!

Teachers are always sharing their individual excitement about personal experiences with their students. My first year of teaching was a challenge

Opinion PieceCassandra WilliamsJuly 3, 2019Ei360, ELL, New Teacher, New Teacher ExcitmentComment

Do you need Reading Professional Development this Summer?

Educational Innovation 360 enjoys providing monthly Professional development programs to schools! It’s something we pride ourselves on, whatever you can envision-we can make it happen.

Professional Development, Reform, Teacher SupportCassandra WilliamsJune 27, 20195 Steps for Comprehension, Brainstorming ideas, Discussion, Professional development, Reading Comprehension, Turning Point, Whole group, Wiki pageComment

How School Leaders can Shift their Focus

Imagine you are observing a teacher and you receive a call to go support three different classrooms where students demonstrated behaviors that disrupted classroom learning

Reform, Teacher SupportLaTonya DavisJune 20, 2019building expertise, charter school, edchat, growthmindset, kids deserve it, Principals matter, public school, School Culture, student engagement, thankaprincipalComment

One Sure-Fire Way to see Principals and Teachers Master Action Steps

I coach principals and teachers. Yes, I looked at data.Yes, I used that See It Say it as the coaching template. Yes, I do "in the moment" or live coaching. While those are valuable

Effective Technologies Making Student-Centered Learning the "New Way"

Students today are faced with an ever-changing environment of their educational setting, one in which technologies are altering the landscape of learning practices. EdTech

Reform, TechnologyCassandra WilliamsJune 7, 2019Individualized, interactive, Personalinzed learning, Phygital, Student centeredComment

Beyond the Screen of a New-Age Classroom

Utilization of technologies has increasingly become common practice within the educational system of Western societies and students will graduate with digital literacy which will assist them in their working lives.

TechnologyCassandra WilliamsMay 30, 2019Educational Innovation 360beyond the screen, mixed media, Mixed Reality, new age classroom, Reality, technology, VRComment

Imagine a Future that Connects the Digital World with Reality

Currently, we live in a digital world, and more are set to come in the future. The truth is that education is today changing tremendously and the expansion of knowledge has resulted in the classroom metamorphosis.