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Blending with the Station Rotation Model

A Principal's Reflections

Over the course of many years, my work with Wells Elementary School provided a foundation that I pull from to this very day. Hence, the definition I created a few years back: Blended instruction is what the teacher does with technology. We need to get past the perception that this is just an "elementary" strategy.

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The Power of Collaboration

A Principal's Reflections

In a previous post , I shared how members of the 4th-grade team at Red Cliffs Elementary School in the Juab School district collaborated to create a personalized experience that combined choice and data to differentiate. District 205 has given us the opportunity to have an instructional coach at each elementary building.

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Lumio: Making Review and Practice Easy

The CoolCatTeacher

In particular, math teachers and elementary teachers will love the manipulatives that you can adapt for your own lessons. . So, definitely, build your library first so you have resources available. In a larger class, I would definitely have students split into 4 person groups. Review the Data. Build Your Lessons in Lumio.

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Understanding and Addressing the Surge of Chronic Absenteeism

Edsurge

According to data from the U.S. Early data from the 2022-23 school year indicates minor improvement, with 27.85 These data reveal a substantial increase from the pre-pandemic rate of 16 percent in 2019. This definition differs from truancy, which only calculates unexcused absences. Department of Education, nearly 14.7

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Young children misbehave. Some are suspended for acting their age

The Hechinger Report

A group of fifth grade boys trailed into the conference room in the front office of Johnsburg Elementary School and sat at the table, their feet dangling from the chairs. “It In elementary schools across the country, an incident as common as a playground fracas over a football could result in kids being suspended. JOHNSBURG, Ill. —

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Practical Ways to Develop School Leaders Now

The CoolCatTeacher

Readlee is an amazing literacy tool that enables teachers to go from collecting reading data a couple times a year to getting data each week (or day!) Norwood Elementary School. Leadership Begins with Relationships 00;00;48;04 – 00;01;30;19 Chris Chappotin Part of this is definitely rooted in relationships.

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Using universal screening to improve student well-being

eSchool News

According to CDC data from 2009-2019, 1 out of 5 adolescents aged 12 to 17 reported having experienced at least some kind of major depressive episode. If all you do is work to fix problems, to alleviate suffering, then by definition you are working to get people to zero, to neutral.”