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How to Get Motivated This Monday Morning

The CoolCatTeacher

She was nationally board certified in 2002 and in 2006 was Mauldin High School’s Teacher of the Year and a Greenville County School District Teacher of the Year Top 10 Finalist. Blog: [link] Twitter: @ looneyhiker Book: The Successful Teacher’s Handbook. Pat Hensley on episode 481 of the 10-minute teacher.

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

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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. Sources : Weir, E. O’Brien, L.

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3 Ways to Stress Less in Today’s Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Digital Equity: How to Understand The Problems Facing #Edtech. Dr. Desiree Alexander is an award-winning, multi-degreed educator who has been in the educational field since 2002. Dr. Alexander’s Twitter: @ educatoralex.

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Charting New Territories in PD: The Whitsby Story with ASCD

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Welcome to a treasure from my ISTE 2023 vault. As a teacher committed to improving teaching and improving our professional development, I'm thrilled to share this conversation about how professional development can and is improving.

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Navigating the Roadmap to Employability: Preparing Students for the Future

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Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast Join the Community College, Career, and Life Readiness is a free professional learning community where educators can receive and share information about how to prepare students for college and careers. To learn more, please visit www.cae.org and follow us on LinkedIn , YouTube , and Twitter.

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ISTE 2018: Where I?ll Be Presenting and Joining in the Learning #iste18

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. If you want to know how to get the most out of ISTE, check out this podcast I did last year with Terry Freedman from the UK. It’s more important than ever to teach kids how to read news critically. Booth 2002. ISTE 2018 is here again.

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What is Mastery Learning and How Do You Implement It Effectively?

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Jon Bergmann, author of the Mastery Learning Handbook talks about how he uses mastery learning in his chemistry and physics classrooms. Or, you know, how far does it go? How long was in the air? They've been learning about projectile motion.

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