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Celebrating Culturally Diverse Winter Holidays in the Classroom

Waterford

Guidelines for Inclusive Holidays Celebrations. 2] While that data focuses on racial backgrounds, the numbers clearly show how diversity in schools is increasing. Hoping to avoid controversy, many districts have created guidelines about how to appropriately celebrate holidays in the classroom. Sources: U.S. January, 2020.

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How Differentiated Instruction Can Help You Reach Every Student in Class

Waterford

How to Differentiate Instruction in Your Classroom. If a student might work more efficiently in a quieter learning environment, for example, you could allow them to complete a project in the school library. Students can also select independent reading books from our online library. To learn more , get in touch! Tomlinson, C.A.

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What role should a teacher play in choosing books kids read?

The Cornerstone for Teachers

This article is about book choice as well, but it’s about the choice to say no (how to say no, how to tell when you should say no, what are the ramifications of saying no, what to do when you maybe should have said no but said yes instead, and how to turn a no into a consenting yes).

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Culturally Responsive Teaching: Tips and Strategies for Educators

Waterford

Culturally responsive teaching encompasses little steps like adding diverse books in your classroom library , as well as larger ones like adjusting your curriculum to include voices from marginalized communities. How to Improve Your Cultural Competency as a Teacher. That’s where culturally responsive teaching comes in.

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Teaching Using News Articles: Helpful Tips and Resources for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

With the widespread use of social media platforms and the ubiquity of news stories, teaching students how to critically evaluate sources and sift the good from the bad becomes a pressing pedagogical necessity. How to spot fake news classroom posters Here are two handy posters to use with students in class.

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Using ESSER Funds Effectively for PBL and STEM: Advice From the Experts

edWeb.net

During the edLeader Panel, “ Utilizing ESSER Funding to Implement PBL + STEM Initiatives ,” a panel of educational peers engaged in a lively discussion about how to best invest funding from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund (ESSER) in high-impact project-based learning (PBL) and STEM initiatives across the nation.

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Demonstrating the Impact of Powerful Learning: HP Teaching Fellows and Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

As part of the Reinvent the Classroom initiative, a collaboration between Digital Promise, HP, Microsoft, and Intel, Digital Promise is supporting innovative elementary and secondary school teachers through the HP Teaching Fellows. Library Media Specialist, Suffield Middle School, Suffield, CT. Practicing Reflection.

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