Can how you set up your classroom impact how students think? If you design learning with physical space and interaction in mind, it absolutely can. Ways To Setup A Classroom To Help Your Students Think Maker Spaces How this … Continued
It’s like looking at a photograph where only a small bit of the picture is discernible, but you can’t tell that what you’re actually looking at. This is what happens when students turn in incomplete assignments. Incomplete assignments only … Continued
Classroom ‘Identity’ Just as product and service have a kind of identity (often referred to as a ‘brand’), so does your classroom–whether you plan for it or not. What is the perception of your classroom? What do students most frequently … Continued
What are the factors of academic achievement? First, a definition for academics in the classroom. An academic classroom is one where the primary goal is to promote proficiency of academic standards. Everything else, while appreciated and winked at, comes after. … Continued
Social emotional learning (SEL) by definition is a process for learning life skills, including how to deal with oneself, others and relationships, and work in an effective manner. Although there are many great SEL programs, SEL can also be … Continued
It’s unfortunate that teachers often take the brunt of the backlash when students and school systems don’t succeed. Though it is the role of a teacher to educate, this role cannot be completed efficiently if not provided the right … Continued
Every classroom is different—and that’s good because every student and teacher is, too. But are there any common elements that most/all classrooms should share? and more specifically, in a modern classroom? Screens and data and artificial intelligence and … Continued
The purpose of class rules is to protect every student’s right to learn and enjoy school. It’s to form an impenetrable boundary that keeps misbehavior out and the freedom to teach in. Do your rules do that? Do they … Continued
You see, the exercise was designed to reveal not only weaknesses in your classroom management plan, but also rules you don’t need. Furthermore, these “rules” get passed around from teacher to teacher and even make their way onto posters … Continued
My number one goal on the first day of school is that my students love being in my class. The reason is that, it makes anything and everything to do with effective teaching and classroom management easier. You see, … Continued