Guidance for educators

How old were you when you made your first friend? Friendships are one of the earliest and most important skills we learn in preschool. Around three or four years old, children begin to gravitate toward each other…

Teaching is a juggling act, with responsibilities like lesson planning, school meetings, parent communication, testing, and grading — not to mention actually teaching.

From crumpled up essays lying on the floor to the overheard “I don’t care anyway”, we have all borne witness to student apathy.

You Just Found Out That Your Child Has Big Project… And It’s Due Tomorrow!

Confident students are more likely to speak in class, ask for help when needed. They absorb material faster and are more excited to learn.

Students need feedback often and creating a system by rubber stamping work can provide visible and immediate proof of student progress.

Often when we think of a student at any age who has low self-esteem, it is easy to correlate the obvious situations that instantly come to mind.

In his book, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Daniel Pink argues that extrinsic motivations such as grades, standardized tests and financial rewards are merely temporary incentives that cannot…

Research and experience has told us that having social skills is essential for success in life. Inclusive teachers have always taught, provided and reinforced the use of good social skills in order to include and…

For those not familiar, he was one half of the musical genius that founded Steely Dan. As a musician myself, I loved the complexity and precision of their music.

In his book, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Daniel Pink argues that extrinsic motivations such as grades, standardized tests and financial rewards are merely temporary incentives that cannot…

The big day is nearly here! And, whether it’s your first year of teaching or your 30th, we know that students aren’t the only ones with a few butterflies in their stomachs thinking about the first day back in the…

Independent reading is a student’s reading of a text on his or her own. It can occur anywhere- as part of an activity in a school classroom or at home and includes books that are appropriate for the student’s reading…

Class discussions work best when everyone participates, and these strategies for grades 6 to 12 help ensure that happens.

Calm down, you’re okay! What does that really mean? If I would have told my three-year-old that in the middle of Target while she was screaming and melting down…. would she have known what I meant?