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

Waterford

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] 11] If you can figure out how to reach the majority of parents early in the school year, you’re more likely to promote long-term parent engagement. The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi.

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How To Talk About 9/11 With A New Generation Of Kids

MindShift

talks with his elementary school students about the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, he tells them where he was that day — in Washington, D.C., So NPR checked in with educators and experts across the country for advice on how to approach 9/11 with kids for whom the attacks are simply history. “It’s not Muslims.

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Conflict Resolution Techniques You Can Use in Your Classroom

Waterford

Learning how to handle disagreements and conflict is a critical part of social-emotional learning (SEL). Regular reading and discussion about these themes, and how they relate to real-world conflict resolution, can help children build their ability to handle conflicts.[5] A Conflict Resolution Protocol for Elementary Classrooms.”

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How to hire more black principals

The Hechinger Report

A student offers Principal Macquline King-Morris a hug on his way to the gym with his class at Courtenay Elementary Language Arts Center in Chicago. CHICAGO — Principal Macquline King-Morris stepped out of the way of two lines of students heading to the Courtenay Elementary Language Arts Center gym. Photo: Lillian Mongeau.

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8 Ways to Help New Teachers Thrive (and Veteran Teachers Too!)

The CoolCatTeacher

The Research About Keeping Teachers First, let’s dive into some research about how to help teachers thrive (and not quit teaching.) A Smile is the Teacher’s Game Face This summer, I met Rob Brown , elementary school principal at Southside Christian School in South Carolina. We have to do better. Geis, S., & Knepper, P.

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

The Hechinger Report

They turned their screens back on and Worthen posed a question to the group. “I In one study in Chicago of almost 200 elementary public school students, listening to 10 minutes of audio-recorded mindfulness daily for eight weeks improved students’ grades in reading and science. Credit: Sarah Garland / The Hechinger Report.

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The science of catching up

The Hechinger Report

In the research literature, the tutors are specially trained and coached and adhere to a detailed curriculum with clear steps on how to work with one or two students at a time. When the No Child Left Behind law was first passed in 2001, schools got extra money to tutor students who were behind. It’s not once-a-week homework help.”

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