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Science-backed scalable tools improve student mental health

eSchool News

Studies show that screening students for mental health functions serves as intervention and prevention of developing mental health issues (Desrochers, 2006). As a result, schools and colleges reduce their present and future expenses and help cultivate a more healthy, connected, and successful student population. Desrochers. Glover, T.

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5 Ways Online Learning Can Open Doors For All Students

EdNews Daily

I had the chance to chat with Dr. Samuel Bennett from SEU to learn more about his experience working with students who are working on their Master’s in Elementary Education through their online program. My police partner saw how I interacted with children and encouraged me to seek an elementary teaching position.

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Growth Mindset Posters for Classroom

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Researchers such as Carol Dweck (see also Dweck and Yeager , 2012)have highlighted the importance of nurturing a growth mindset in students, as it contributes to motivation and increases resilience and achievement (Dweck, 2006). Aimed at elementary school ages, they’re ideal for classrooms, libraries, and after-school programs.

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Launching SchoolLibraryNJ (and some models beyond)

NeverEndingSearch

We’re exited to launch SchoolLibraryNJ , a evolving project designed to address inequitable access to resources for K12 schools and libraries and to present the value of librarians in digitally curating resources for teaching and learning. Tabor Elementary School bmraff33@gmail.com Steve Tetreault, KnowledgeQuest blogger, William R.

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To fight teacher shortages, schools turn to custodians, bus drivers and aides 

The Hechinger Report

Jenna Gros jangles as she walks the halls of Wyandotte Elementary School in St Mary’s Parish, Louisiana. Brusly Elementary School has 595 students, ranging from ages two to seven. Jenna Gros, head custodian at Wyandotte Elementary School in St Mary’s Parish, Louisiana, stops to tie a student’s shoe. MORGAN CITY, La.

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Shapegrams: Grab-and-Go Google Drawings Lessons

Shake Up Learning

I taught fifth-graders at College View Elementary School. In 2001 I had a one-to-one classroom with Palm Pilots, and in 2005 I started one of the first podcasts from an elementary school. In 2006 I became a self-employed consultant. Teaching in a classroom for the year has reinvigorated my passion for helping teachers.

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9 Ideas for Ending the School Year Well

The CoolCatTeacher

Alana Stanton is a kindergarten teacher at Mulberry Elementary in Gwinnett County, Georgia. And so, as I'm ending the school year, I try to think of ways I can be present with my students and in the classroom. And so, as I'm ending the school year, I try to think of ways I can be present with my students and in the classroom.

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