Transforming School Libraries for BIYOC: Using a Racial Equity Lens to Improve Library Instruction.

Get ready to revolutionize school libraries with a racial equity lens! Join us in exploring how we can make school libraries even better for BIYOC. Discover the top 5 ways to improve library instruction and see the impact it has on students' lives.

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Beyond Grades: The Importance of Measuring Non-Cognitive Variables for Student Success

What is the importance of measuring non-cognitive variables in education, such as personal competencies that are not easily quantified, to ensure the growth and success of students? Well, check out five ways in which non-cognitive variables can be assessed in the classroom.

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2 Boost Your Teaching Skills: The Advantages of Recruiting a Teaching Partner as a Peer Coach

The teaching profession requires continuous learning and growth, but it can also be isolating, leading to burnout and stagnant development. Peer coaching is a non-evaluative approach to professional learning where teachers work together to improve their practice through observing, reflecting, and co-planning lessons.

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Engage Students Differently to Save Teachers’ Voices

As a teacher, your voice is crucial for delivering lessons effectively, but it can also lead to voice strain symptoms. Engaging your students in curricular conversations can reduce the amount of direct instruction needed and create a student-centered learning environment. By using alternative methods of giving instructions, teachers can preserve their vocal health while enhancing the quality of instruction.

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Enhancing Teaching Practices and Well-Being: 5 Ways Elementary Teachers Can Engage with ChatGPT

Learn about ChatGPT, an AI language model that can assist elementary teachers in various ways, from generating lesson plan ideas to supporting student needs and personal well-being.

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The Power of Active Learning: How to Engage Students and Improve Academic Performance

Engaging students in learning is a critical aspect of effective teaching, as it helps to capture their attention and keep them motivated throughout the learning process.

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Mastering the Big Five: Skill-Building Exercises to Enhance Your Classroom

These teaching techniques can be grouped into five categories, known as the "Big Five" strategies. These are the skills teachers should take a look at to support classroom management.

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Does Anybody Want To Be A Substitute? There Is An Immediate Need

As a parent I know, how I would feel if my child started off with a sub, and whether they are filling in for the long term or a couple of days- they are not capable of delivering the same instruction as a full-time teacher.

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How To Check Your Students Reading Performance?

As teachers, we document many of these occurrences in the classroom. Of course, we help our students but many teachers are not trained on ways to support students in the classrooms before a diagnosis.

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Top 4 Ways Students Can Have A Voice In Your Classroom

When students feel like they have a say in the classroom, they are more likely to be engaged and motivated learners so what are you doing to ensure they have a voice?

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What's Holding You Back From Using These 5 Free Web Tools to Boost Student Engagement

Student engagement is largely based on how successfully teachers craft the learning assignments, rather than on the technology itself so how are you designing your lessons?

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Being An Instructional Coach Is Hard Work, So Find Your 'Why' And Stay In The Coaching Game!

Instructional Coaching is hard. It’s sometimes stressful but it is so rewarding! I get to do research on the job, connect with teachers, and help people achieve their goals!

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Social And Emotional Skills; A New Learning Curve

Prework must be done to improve coaching effectiveness, whether you are the coach or the teacher receiving coaching. How much work have you done to implement PD in Social Emotional Learning?

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Coaching Is An Effective Tool To Help Your Team Improve

Coaching, mentoring, and leadership development are related for sure. Each has its own set of strengths and weaknesses, but what all three types of programs have in common is that they focus on the future.

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Unleash The Emergency Credentials Now! Schools Are Struggling to Make it to Christmas

Did you know, In Utah, you no longer need a teaching degree to teach; all you need is relevant professional experience? I’m not sure if we are ready to go there yet... let’s start by maybe increasing the teacher's salaries.

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