Guidance for educators

Motivation, both intrinsic and extrinsic, is a key factor in the success of students at all stages of their education, and teachers can play a pivotal role in providing and encouraging that motivation in their students.

Effective teachers are critical to the development and academic success of students. If you are looking to become a good teacher, you need to showcase strong skills in communication, teamwork, time management…

There are a few standard rules that every student should observe at all times when it comes to behavior in the classroom.

Moral values are standards that help an individual choose between right and wrong or good and bad. This understanding is necessary to make honest, credible, and fair decisions and relations in daily life.

Talking about hygiene with your students is never easy. Trying to throw hints never works because they can’t smell themselves and sometimes have no idea that they smell. Every year, teachers ask me to address this issue…

Let’s talk about disrespectful behaviors in the classroom. The child who talks back. The student using their cell phone, even after being told to put it away. The kid who refuses to do their work, and even loudly tells…

Check out our collection of resources for building teacher-student relationships to find instructional practices, research, useful websites and other information to help support you in this area.

Good teachers care about their students. We all know that, but sometimes over the course of a long semester, it’s easy to forget just how important it is to show our students we care about them. I was reminded of this…

Classroom participation is a feature of many course designs. It can result in insightful comments and interesting connections being made by students, and can foster a high level of energy and enthusiasm in the classroom…

What really moves the needle for educators and, by extension, their students?

A teacher stopped penalizing late work and started asking students questions about why assignments were late. Here’s what he learned.

Explaining concepts to their peers helps students shore up their content knowledge and improve their communication skills.

These visual and audio cues can help middle and high school teachers quickly get students back on track.

While face coverings present barriers to easy communication, educators can build a rapport with students by being deliberate in their interactions.

Support provided by early childhood educators can put students on a path that will lead to success in math for years to come.