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How to Transition from Summer Break to the First Days of School

Waterford

Creating a positive classroom experience for your students can shape the rest of their academic year. Try to organize your classroom —and your lesson plans— in advance. How to sign up for classroom or field trip volunteering opportunities. You may even want to start a Facebook group or Twitter account for parents. [11]

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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.” Follow Jack on Twitter, here. Does your district already have an ideal candidate profile?

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307: Elevating Media Literacy Through Screen Language: Insights from Sherard Duvall

The Thinking Stick

Duvall encourages teachers to incorporate media literacy into their classrooms, providing resources and suggestions on how to get started. After graduation in 2001, he took a job first as Production Assistant at Columbia’s Mad Monkey, then in 2004 as an editor at Genesis Studios in Cayce, South Carolina.

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Shapegrams: Grab-and-Go Google Drawings Lessons

Shake Up Learning

When I taught fifth grade, a new Shapegram greeted students in our Google Classroom for their morning message every Wednesday. Learning in Hand started in 2002 as part of my classroom website. I live in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and after 12 years of self-employment, I returned to classroom teaching for the 2018-2019 school year.

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Engaging New Virtual Field Trips from Discovery Education and Partners Welcome Students and Teachers Back to School

eSchool News

Debuting this September, these unique VFTs connect classroom learning to the people, places, and ideas shaping the world we live in. The Home Depot and Discovery Education joined forces to help STEAM-power classrooms and homes across the country as students prepare for the careers of tomorrow through Science Fair Central.

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Dave Burgess Talks Student Engagement #MondayMotivation #tlap

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. How Dave feels about leaving the classroom. What Dave would do differently if he was in the classroom now. All you need to do is head over to leave a review on iTunes and just include your Twitter or Instagram handle so we can reach you. .

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Commemorate the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 with a New Virtual Field Trip hosted by NBC’s Jenna Bush Hager from 9/11 Day and Discovery Education

eSchool News

Developed for students born after September 11, 2001, this experience highlights ways people in the United States came together during and after the terrorist attacks. Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place.

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