Why Studying Is So Hard, and What Teachers Can Do to Help | Edutopia
Beginning in the upper elementary grades, research-backed study skills should be woven into the curriculum, argues psychology professor Daniel Willingham in a new book. As a professor, my students were … Continue reading
New Year, New Habits: 5 Tips for Great Teaching | Resilient Educator
The middle of the school year is a perfect time to take stock of your goals and accomplishments while correcting any bad habits students may have developed. Read the article … Continue reading
Co-teaching With Myself: Using Your Own Videos in Blending Learning | Edutopia
Creating his own instructional videos allowed one teacher to be in two places at once in his classroom. My student-musicians and I got to know each other much better in … Continue reading
Using Hand Signals for More Equitable Discussions | Edutopia
Whether your class discussions are online or off, hand signals enable students to engage in multiple ways. Because hand signals allow students to engage both verbally and nonverbally, conversations that … Continue reading
How to Work Literacy Instruction Into All Content Areas | Edutopia
Math, history, science, and even art teachers often find themselves trying to work literacy instruction into their classrooms. After all, the ability to read, synthesize, and explain concepts and ideas … Continue reading
Teaching Kindness with a Free Activity | Pathway2Success
Kindness is an important social skill that plays a huge role in creating a positive learning environment for all. When we have kinder students, kids are better able to work … Continue reading
Kindness is cool. This online game rewards it | Experience Magazine
Kind Words aims to change a toxic internet culture, one anonymous note at a time. Discover more about the development of Kind Words: Kindness is cool. This online game rewards … Continue reading
How to Support Teacher Mentors Using the Cognitive Coaching Model | Edutopia
Experienced teachers can be wonderful mentors for novices, but it’s important to also give them support when they need it. The process includes a planning conversation, an observation, and a … Continue reading
The Doctor Is In (Your Classroom) | Edutopia
As student mental health issues reach crisis proportions, schools and teachers are playing a larger role than ever in providing support. Is it too big an ask? When schools are … Continue reading
Defending a Teacher’s Right to Disconnect | Edutopia
Remember personal time? For many educators, technology has driven it toward extinction – and it’s time to get serious about reclaiming it. Technology is rapidly pushing things toward a breaking … Continue reading
A Guide to Planning Career Paths for Teachers | Edutopia
Acquiring new skills and knowledge can support you in your current role and aid you in the event that you change roles or leave education. To make professional advancement count, … Continue reading
The Characteristics of Inspiring Teachers
Download this infographic entitled Characteristics of Inspiring Teachers, here. The infographic comes from the publication Inspiring teachers: perspectives and practices, and the full report can be viewed on ResearchGate, the … Continue reading
Cultivating Growth Mindsets in Classroom Makerspaces | Edutopia
When students are given space to tinker, overcome challenges, and explore independently and joyfully, opportunities to build up resilience and perseverance abound. via: Cultivating Growth Mindsets in Classroom Makerspaces | … Continue reading
Inspirational School-Based Rewards
Brian Mendler with a stroke of lateral thinking genius here: One of my fave ways to build culture is to reward everyone in honor of one. “Because Jenny had such … Continue reading
For New Teachers, 6 Principles to Remember This School Year | Edutopia
It won’t be easy, but if you prepare for turbulence and set reasonable goals, you’ll stay calmer and make progress in all the right places. Filling papers with red ink … Continue reading
Classroom Management Tips for New Teachers, From a New Teacher | Edutopia
A first-year elementary teacher transformed her classroom with a focus on social and emotional learning… and a little help from Penny the Positivity Penguin. The entire vibe of the classroom … Continue reading
The 7 Stages of Summer Break For Teachers | Bored Teachers | YouTube
How a Teacher Eliminated Tests For One Year | Edutopia
Removing summative assessments from instructional practice can make class more interesting, engaging, and stress-free for students. I figured that after a year of quarantining and hybrid learning, it might be … Continue reading
3 Key Areas for Educators to Reflect on This Summer | Edutopia
As the year ends, high school teachers and administrators can assess their schools’ traditions, celebrations, and student leadership practices. As we considered which traditions to bring back from before the … Continue reading
Creating a Classroom That Is Student, not Teacher, Driven: An Excerpt from ‘Teach More, Hover Less’ | Edutopia
Teachers can take a step back and create lessons that put student explorations at the centre of learning. A classroom free of micromanagement is not driven by a task-oriented approach. … Continue reading
The International Teacher Recruitment and Retainment Crisis
There has always been a ‘churn’ rate in teachers in school… a rate at which teachers entered and left the profession, many after the first few years of teaching. When … Continue reading
Building the Curriculum of the Future: Can you help? An Appeal to Education Leaders Worldwide
Noting the general malaise in education reported in the Western world I’m keen to explore solutions. In the past, the standard response to widespread teacher dissatisfaction has been a pay … Continue reading
COMING SOON! Empathy Day 2022 | EmpathyLab
Empathy Day is 9 June 2022. On Empathy Day, EmpathyLab runs events and activities to help children read, connect and act using empathy. Authors, illustrators, schools, libraries, and families across … Continue reading
Authentic Connection, the Secret to Effective Learning
Thank you to Visible Child for this timely and succinct reminder of what our role as educators involves for all those in our care… the role of the educational leader … Continue reading
14 Things Every Student Needs
What does every single student need – absolutely, positively have to have – to succeed inside and outside of the classroom? Find out here: What Every Student Needs | Terry … Continue reading
The Learning Renaissance 
You must be logged in to post a comment.