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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. You may be surprised at how useful this insightful feedback is for improving your school culture. Pirchio, S.,

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How to Hold Effective Classroom Discussions

Waterford

How to Lead a Class Discussion: Helpful Strategies to Know. Pair students into small groups and have them discuss a question or topic. Then, bring the whole class together and have each group share their thoughts. Split students into groups and have them create a diagram that represents their responses to a question or topic.

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As states adopt science of reading, one group calls for better teacher training, curriculum

eSchool News

Dozens of states are moving to align their teaching practices with the science of reading, a body of research on how children learn that emphasizes explicit phonics instruction alongside helping students build vocabulary and knowledge about the world. Other advocacy groups have laid out different priorities for reading instruction.

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How to direct a districtwide tech transformation on a budget

eSchool News

Here’s how we brought our district into the future without breaking our budget. Beginning a technological evolution When I first became an administrator in the 2013-14 school year, I started a coding initiative. Some teachers also felt like we were telling them how to teach. That’s a valuable lesson for our scholars.

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How to Help Your Students Learn Healthy Communication Skills

Waterford

Many students may be reluctant to speak out in a group setting, or not want to share their thoughts and feelings with classmates. As they listen, teachers can also show students how to be judgment-free listeners. This is also helpful by modeling for students how to be good listeners to their peers. November, 2013.

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How to Teach Divergent Thinking Skills in the Classroom

Waterford

Additionally, divergent thinking strategies teach students how to problem solve.[2] You could, for example, assign students an art project or have them perform a skit in small groups. Play this Animal Soup Activity to teach students how to come up with many outcomes to a situation. How to Teach Divergent Thinking.

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Understanding Teacher Engagement in Blended Learning Environments

Catlin Tucker

At the start of a keynote on reigniting teacher engagement, I asked a group of educators to tell me what words came to mind when they heard the phrase “teacher engagement.” ” Below is the wordcloud created from their responses. The largest words were repeated by the highest number of people.