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The First Days of the School Year: It’s About the Learners Not the Content

User Generated Education

Establish a learning community where all learners are seen as having value in our classroom Getting to Know Learners One of our primary goals at the beginning of the school year should be to get to know our students. 2009). ( Community Building in the Classroom ). This is important for several reasons.

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Understanding, Teaching, and Reaching Digital Native Students—and Digital Native Caregivers

Waterford

How Digital Natives Process Information in the Classroom. Using Technology in the Classroom to Teach Digital Natives. Integrating technology into the classroom is a necessity.[1] October 2001. 7 smart ways to use technology in classrooms.” Technology in the classroom: steps toward a new vision.” Bowman, Sam.

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How to Bring Back the Arts and Boost Academic Achievement Through STEAM Curriculum

Waterford

Over four million elementary school children receive no visual arts lessons in the classroom.[6] Why integrate arts into your classroom at all when there’s so much else you need to teach? Students who received art instruction in their classrooms had reduced levels of the stress hormone cortisol.[13] Clemens, S.G. Epstein, A.S.

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Culturally Responsive Teaching: Tips and Strategies for Educators

Waterford

Classrooms in the United States are more diverse—culturally and linguistically—than ever before.[15] Culturally responsive teaching encompasses little steps like adding diverse books in your classroom library , as well as larger ones like adjusting your curriculum to include voices from marginalized communities.

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Navigating Recruitment and Retention With Jack and Jana Part III: A District Leader's Guide to Hiring

Insight Education Group

Competencies bring coherence to recruitment and can include examples such as, “instructional planning, classroom management, instructional leadership, professionalism, cultural competency, and co-teaching approaches.” Secondly, outline specific characteristics that your district is looking for in a candidate. Follow Jack on Twitter, here.

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Schools bring mindfulness to the classroom to help kids in the Covid-19 crisis

The Hechinger Report

Megan Sweet is the senior director of program and impact at Mindful Schools, a nonprofit organization that trains educators to teach mindfulness in the classroom. A trauma-informed approach is just one of the best practices that’s recommended for educators teaching mindfulness in the classroom. “To

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Alabama aims for huge pre-K enrollment boost by 2025, despite pandemic setback

The Hechinger Report

Alabama First Class Pre-K began as a pilot program in 2001 to fund public and private preschool classrooms with state grants, although back then, it was called Alabama Voluntary Pre-K. By 2005, there were 57 classrooms across Alabama and just under 2 percent of 4-year-olds enrolled.

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