5 Easy Ways to Build Positive Relationships With Your Students
Student relationships are one of the most important building blocks to success in the classroom. No matter how well crafted your lesson plan, how creative your methods of instruction are, or how organized your classroom schedule is, without positive relationships, those other efforts will never allow you to tap into the full potential of the […]
Top 4 Best Classroom Management Styles You Need to Know
Whether you are entering the classroom as a first-year teacher or have been at it for a decade, your classroom management style is one of the most important elements of your role as an educator. Classroom management style can mean the difference between teachers whose impacts are felt by the students for years to come […]
How to Create Highly Effective Student Connections
Meaningful connections with your students will lead to classrooms filled with collaboration, engagement, and success stories. Most educators know this, but the “how” of making it happen can be a challenge. Teachers are often so bogged down in administrative tasks, lesson planning, staff meetings, and other activities they struggle to find the time or energy […]
Help Students Get Into Learning Mode: 7 Strategies to Improve Participation
Teachers can sometimes feel as if their words fall on deaf ears, and lesson planning is an absolute waste of time. An uninterested class that fails to participate and engage can crush the spirit of any educator, not to mention result in students with failing grades and administrators with serious concerns. Cultivating an engaged classroom […]
10 Characteristics of a Highly Engaged Classroom
Engagement may seem like a buzzword among educators or an overused missive from administrators; however, its importance in classroom structures cannot be overstated. Getting students engaged is the key to every other measure of success. Without a highly engaged classroom, teachers will face poor test scores, disciplinary issues, absenteeism, and many other problems. Whether you […]
How to Incorporate Movement in the Classroom
Kids need to be active, and that’s a fact. It can be very frustrating for students of all ages to sit in a desk all day, class after class. Without the opportunity to move, students become fidgety and struggle to pay attention to the lesson being given. Research as shown that due to the stimulated […]
6 Tips for Helping Students Develop a Growth Mindset
Education is full of buzzwords, and one popular trend these days is developing a growth mindset. In her book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Stanford professor Carol Dweck explains her research surrounding growth mindsets and fixed mindsets. A person who has a growth mindset believes that skills and intelligence can be developed, while someone with […]
4 Ways To Incorporate 21st Century Skills in the Classroom
The world is changing so fast that relying on traditional approaches in education is swiftly fading out to give way for newer and more relevant ways of preparing students for modern society. One way that teachers are achieving this is by applying 21st-century skills in their lessons. These skills are often refered to as the […]
The Importance of “Brain Breaks”
When was the last time you were a student? Do you recall how exhausting it was? Being a student is so much more than just sitting there in a desk and passively taking in knowledge. As teachers, we must remember that our students sit through seven hours of learning of numerous and varied subjects every […]
Teaching In-Person During COVID: Strategies for Creating a Safe Environment
Though the COVID-19 pandemic is still ongoing, many teachers will be heading back to the classroom this fall. Educators already have so much to worry about when it comes to the start of school; add keeping yourself and your students safe from COVID-19, and the stress can really skyrocket. The best thing we can do […]