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How to Make Learning Stick

A Principal's Reflections

By constructing a psychologically safe environment through reframing metacognitive interpretation of subjective difficulty, children can express their full cognitive potential (Autin & Croizet, 2012). Create opportunities for students to teach each other. Learning is and should be treated as a process, not an event. & Croizet, J.

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How to Assess with Respect with Starr Sackstein

The CoolCatTeacher

Listen to Starr Sackstein share how to assess with respect. In 2011, the Dow Jones News Fund honored Sackstein as a Special Recognition Adviser and 2012 Education Updated recognized her as an outstanding educator. Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. Stream by clicking here. Subscribe to the Show.

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How to Increase Family Involvement with Connection

Waterford

Check out Waterford’s on-demand webinar page and learn how to implement CARES, a framework for inclusive family communication, genuine relationships, clear and flexible expectations, and concrete support, in your schools. The post How to Increase Family Involvement with Connection appeared first on Waterford.org. Sheridan, S.M.,

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How to Have Deeper Learning and Better Schools

The CoolCatTeacher

Jal is the author of The Allure of Order: High Hopes, Dashed Expectations and the Troubled Quest to Remake American Schooling (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013) and the co-editor of The Futures of School Reform (Cambridge: Harvard Education Press, 2012).

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Standards-Based Grading: How to Start the Journey

The CoolCatTeacher

Her most notable awards include finalist for California State Teacher of the Year, 2012 and ACTFL National Language Teacher of the Year, 2015. Prior to that, she taught French for 25 years, winning numerous awards for her work designing authentic relevant learning experiences for her students.

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Safer Internet Day 2012

The Web20Classroom

Teaching students how to use online resources effectively and appropriately should be an everyday occurrence. Tomorrow is Safer Internet Day 2012. Whether we are 4, 14 or 84, everyone can get connected and learn how to leave a positive digital footprint. So understanding what that responsibility means is a first step.

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How to Celebrate World Read Aloud Day

Ask a Tech Teacher

Teaches children how to sit quietly and listen while another is talking. I know — you’re convinced but don’t know how to blend read-alouds into your busy classroom schedule. Watertown, MA Charlesbridge 2012. Builds a bond between reader and readee that starts with the shared emotion of the story. by Alan Marks.)

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