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Teaching Strategies for Summer Success: Reflect, Revise, and Rejuvenate Your Practice

Leave a Comment / Educator / Kerri Wilder

Teachers don’t always have additional teaching duties during the summer, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t gearing up for the exciting year ahead! With everything that has unfolded over the last few years, educators have a fantastic opportunity this summer to shift gears and prepare for the upcoming adventures in the classroom. Whether you’re returning […]

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Creative Ways to Celebrate ‘Get Caught Reading’ Month Beyond the Books

Leave a Comment / Educator / Alicia Verweij

May is a special time in the educational calendar. Not only is it Teacher Appreciation Month, a period to celebrate the hard work and dedication of educators everywhere, but it also marks “Get Caught Reading” Month. This unique celebration offers an excellent opportunity for teachers to foster a love for reading among students, an endeavor

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Digital Citizenship and How to Teach It

1 Comment / Educator, Leadership / Kerri Wilder

When teachers think about 21st-century skills, very few focus on one of the fastest-growing topics of digital citizenship. In the past two years, educators have put more electronics into the hands of their students than ever before. The CARES Act has made it possible for our classrooms to enter the digital age, but are the

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Free Reading Resources for ALL AGES

4 Comments / Educator, Leadership / Kerri Wilder

Reading development is something that looks completely different for young students and older students, but everyone should have access to the assistance they need. When educators discuss reading resources, most of them are focused on students between the ages of 4 and 9. During this phase of reading education, students are learning how to read.

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Educational Funds Shake-Up: Title I, Teacher Funding & Student Success

1 Comment / Educator, Leadership / Kerri Wilder

Educators today face both opportunities and challenges in securing educational funding for their classrooms. With the administration moving to downsize or dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, shifts in funding policy are underway. Programs like Title I, Part A, state-level enhancement funding, and afterschool programs are being reevaluated, consolidated, or even eliminated. To ensure your

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Top 10 Intervention Resources

Leave a Comment / Educator, Leadership / Kerri Wilder

The first quarter of school is ending and this time of year is prime time for researching intervention resources. The first quarter of every school year is a time of learning for the student and the teachers. Teachers take the first quarter to learn everything they can about their students. The variety of information that

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Writing SMART Goals in Education

Leave a Comment / Educator, Leadership / Alicia Verweij

Unprecedented challenges! A new school year is underway, and students are facing unprecedented challenges as most are having to “learn how to learn” in a whole new way. Due to the learning hurdles dictated by COVID, students have brought traditional classroom learning back into their own homes, giving a huge rise to the relatively new

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Building Real-World Connections: Communication Skills for Students and Parents

Leave a Comment / Educator, Leadership / Kerri Wilder

Communication with parents doesn’t always have to be from the teacher or the administrator. There are some simple, yet effective, ways to prepare students to share what is happening in the classroom to promote language skills and to keep parents involved in the learning process. Children are notorious for giving their parents simple, one-word answers

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Positive School Climate Starts in the Classroom

Leave a Comment / Educator, Leadership / Kerri Wilder

A positive school climate is important to all teachers, but sometimes the school’s leadership is not ready to move forward with a school-wide PBIS program. The great thing about schools is the fact that teachers can start the process of having a positive school climate in their classrooms. A teacher’s attitude and relationship with the

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