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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. But with some smart strategies, early outreach, and a welcoming environment, you can do it!

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How to Assess with Respect with Starr Sackstein

The CoolCatTeacher

Listen to Starr Sackstein share how to assess with respect. She has made the Bammy Awards finals for Secondary High School Educator in 2014 and for blogging in 2015. The post How to Assess with Respect with Starr Sackstein appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day.

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Strategies for Motivating Students: Start with Intrinsic Motivation

Waterford

Then, we’ll provide you with a few tips and strategies for improving your students’ intrinsic motivation. Before we explore how to motivate your students to learn, let’s go over the difference between two types: intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. How to Motivate Students: Encourage Intrinsic Motivation. Schiefele, U.

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How to Teach Divergent Thinking Skills in the Classroom

Waterford

Read on to take a look at divergent thinking, why it’s important, and how it differs from its opposite, convergent thinking. Then, discover a few strategies for helping students strengthen and maintain their divergent thinking skills. What do we mean by divergent thinking, and how does it differ from other problem-solving strategies?

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How to Celebrate World Read Aloud Day

Ask a Tech Teacher

Lets kids learn empathy by hearing how the characters reacted to pain and joy. Teaches children strategies for dealing with stressful situations like a new sibling or the first day of school. Teaches children how to sit quietly and listen while another is talking. Charlesbridge, 2014. Unite for Literacy. by Sandra S.

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Culturally Responsive Teaching: Tips and Strategies for Educators

Waterford

Then, we’ll provide a few strategies for improving your cultural competency and even a starter list of diverse books to include in your classroom library or curriculum. 9,16] If educators are unaware how to teach and support multicultural students, they will fail to reach a significant portion of their school.

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How to Embrace Unconventional Classroom Designs

EdTech Magazine

How to Embrace Unconventional Classroom Designs. Room 21C, which debuted in 2014, provides areas for collaboration, creativity, communication and contemplation. CDW VV2 Strategy. jena.passut_7651. Fri, 04/20/2018 - 15:10. Desks are arranged in orderly rows and the teacher stands in front. Content Subtype. CDW Activity ID.

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