The transition between the end of one school year and the beginning of another often begins weeks before the actual last day of school. That’s when some teachers begin looking for another position at a different school or decide to leave teaching altogether. For administrators, teacher retention is one of the many concerns that come with the management of ... Read More
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Challenging Your Distracted Students to “Level Up”
In every classroom, there is at least one student (or more!) who has trouble staying on task and engaged in the learning process. There are a variety of reasons for this, and every distracted student is different. You can work with these easily distracted students to improve their engagement by creating incentives for engaged learning. Gamify your classroom ... Read More
The Most Powerful Way to Reduce School Suspensions
Discipline in schools can be a tricky proposition. It would be great if every student was a model student and infractions were minor. But every student is an individual. Each one comes to school every day with their own goals, dreams, issues, and obstacles. Sometimes poor behavior can be effectively redirected and corrected. Other times, students are ... Read More
Acknowledging Quiet Students
Acknowledging quiet students can change the dynamics of your classroom in profound ways. When Susan Cain’s book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking was published in 2012, it opened up a deep and lengthy discussion regarding individuals who are on the quiet side of the introversion-extroversion scale. Quiet and/or shy ... Read More