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Developing Strong Self-Efficacy with Student Agency

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3 Planning Steps of PBL in the Classrooms You Need to Know

The three planning steps of project-based learning are: Step 1: Plan with the End in Mind Step 2: Plan the assessments. Step 3: Plan the Teaching and Learning

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Seven Misconceptions of Rigor and Depth of Knowledge

The seven misconceptions about rigor and depth of knowledge that educators mistakenly grasp cognitive rigor to mean and it causes inequity in how we teach them.

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Depth of Knowledge Proven Strategy that Increase Rigor

How much students need to know, understand, and be aware of what they are learning is called their "depth of knowledge."

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05.04.2024

Seven Misconceptions of Rigor and Depth of Knowledge

The seven misconceptions about rigor and depth of knowledge that educators mistakenly grasp cognitive rigor to mean and it causes inequity in how we teach them.

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10.03.2024

Identity and Agency Important Foundation of a Human Being

Educators need to pay mindful attention to the development of our students' identity and agency, because it is foundational to their learning and achievement.

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22.02.2024

Student Sense of Belonging Strategies You Need to Know

5 strategies of Student Sense of Belonging Reflections of Self, Quick Checks, 2 x 10 strategy, Kid watching, and Student and Family Inventories.

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What are Learner Strategies? Why is Learner Strategies Important?

According to O'Connell and Vandas, learner strategies are the plans or actions that help you learn faster and can be used in other learning situations.

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02.02.2024

Engage Experience Empower The 3Es Designing Learning Experience

How do you begin to design a meaningful learning experience for students? By using 3Es Engagement Experience Empower as suggested by Andy McNair.

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Identity and Agency Important Foundation of a Human Being

Educators need to pay mindful attention to the development of our students' identity and agency, because it is foundational to their learning and achievement.

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Identity Safe in the Classroom 4 Ways to Increase It

Identity Safe Classrooms are those in which teachers strive to ensure students that their social identity is an asset, not a barrier to success.

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Student Discussion Proven Strategy You Need to Know

Student discussion refers to a cognitive process in which students engage in critical thinking by posing questions and making connections to information.

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26.12.2023

What Does It Mean to be Authentic? Part of Self-Awareness

Authenticity, one of the 12 traits essential to every student’s success in life. It means a person does not pretend to be someone they aren’t.

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22.12.2023

Provoke and Release Strategy Use Learning Something New

What prompts students to ask questions in class? A two-part strategy could be considered “provoke and release.” Provoke curiosity in students and activities.

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10.12.2023

6 Keys Culture of Inquiry You Need to Know in Classroom

Six key things educators can do to create a culture, atmosphere, and environment where students are more comfortable asking questions and more inclined to do so

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07.12.2023

Good Questions are Empowering Authentic Respectful Invitational

Jim Knight, author of The Beautiful Questions, asks what makes a good question? Answer: Empowering Authentic, Respectful and Invitational.

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04.12.2023

What You Need to Know SEL Lesson Planning in Classroom

Tracey A. Hulen and Ann-Bailey Lipsett share planning tools to support elementary teachers in providing authentic forms of SEL. Authors show how planning works

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22.11.2023

What Does Student Agency Look LIke In the Classroom?

Cycle of Cultivating Student Agency supports and fosters the development of student agency. The Cycle helps students achieve their vision and make progress.

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16.11.2023

Take Your Classroom to the Real World with 3 Authentic Strategies

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Success Criteria for Effective Feedback You Need to Know

Effective feedback needs to be reviewed as just right, just in time, and just for me. It can nourish unprecedented growth in learning for all students.

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22.10.2023

How to Clarify Learning Progression Within Standards in 2 Steps

Clarify learning progression within standards is a critical first step for teachers and students to share ownership of learning.

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What You Need to Know Cyber Bullying and Social Media

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Strategies Better Collaborative Relationships for Learning

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Foundations of Success You Need to Know for Students

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Effective SEL Teaching Practices You Need to Know in Classrooms

SEL instructional practices you can use to teach and integrate social-emotional skills into academic and social settings throughout the school day.

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How to Design Project-Based Learning with Clarity in 5 Steps

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How to Shape Project Design with Great Clarity in Classrooms

Michael McDowell's first design shift, Clarity, focuses on shaping project design (PBL) to enable students to address question 1, where am I going?

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How to Create Effective PBL Unit with 5 Important Tips

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How to Develop Deep Thinking Using Hexagonal Thinking

Hexagonal thinking involves students recording ideas, questions or facts on hexagonal tiles and arranging them so that related tiles are next to each other.

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How to Build Commitment to Learning in Students in the Classroom

School functioning as Professional Learning Communities uses their mission, vision, values, and goals, such as Big, Hairy, Audacious, Goal (BHAG).

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Using Community Challenges Promotes Mind and Skill Sets

Using Community Challenges to promote mind and skill sets is to collect real-world problems that are a challenge or driving question for students.

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How to Build Commitment to Learning in Students in the Classroom

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29.12.2022

How Building Community of Belonging Makes Powerful Student Voice

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6 Truths Why Empower Student Learning So Important

Why Empower Students Learning is so important, because every child deserves to own their learning. Teachers can empower student ownership of lifelong learning

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What You Need to Know About Bullying and Glasses in Schools

Bullying often happens at school, and children who wear glasses are common targets. It can be verbal, physical, or both, and often happens at school.

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How Building Community of Belonging Makes Powerful Student Voice

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How Practice Mind and Skill Sets Shape Classroom Culture

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How to Use Student Choice to Support Motivation in the classroom

Many educators who work in the classroom face this dilemma of how to engage students in learning. How do you engage students in learning using student choice?

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How to Craft Questions that Drive Projects Learning

A mission statement of a project is called Driving Questions, which “captures the heart of a project by providing purpose using clear and compelling language”

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How to Seek Rigor in Project Based Learning Classoom

Developing Strong Self-Efficacy with Student Agency

3 Planning Steps of PBL in the Classrooms You Need to Know

Seven Misconceptions of Rigor and Depth of Knowledge

Depth of Knowledge Proven Strategy that Increase Rigor

Seven Misconceptions of Rigor and Depth of Knowledge

Identity and Agency Important Foundation of a Human Being

Student Sense of Belonging Strategies You Need to Know

What are Learner Strategies? Why is Learner Strategies Important?

Engage Experience Empower The 3Es Designing Learning Experience

Identity and Agency Important Foundation of a Human Being

Identity Safe in the Classroom 4 Ways to Increase It

Student Discussion Proven Strategy You Need to Know

What Does It Mean to be Authentic? Part of Self-Awareness

Provoke and Release Strategy Use Learning Something New

6 Keys Culture of Inquiry You Need to Know in Classroom

Good Questions are Empowering Authentic Respectful Invitational

What You Need to Know SEL Lesson Planning in Classroom

What Does Student Agency Look LIke In the Classroom?

Take Your Classroom to the Real World with 3 Authentic Strategies

Success Criteria for Effective Feedback You Need to Know

How to Clarify Learning Progression Within Standards in 2 Steps

What You Need to Know Cyber Bullying and Social Media

Strategies Better Collaborative Relationships for Learning

Foundations of Success You Need to Know for Students

Effective SEL Teaching Practices You Need to Know in Classrooms

How to Design Project-Based Learning with Clarity in 5 Steps

How to Shape Project Design with Great Clarity in Classrooms

How to Create Effective PBL Unit with 5 Important Tips

How to Develop Deep Thinking Using Hexagonal Thinking

How to Build Commitment to Learning in Students in the Classroom

Using Community Challenges Promotes Mind and Skill Sets

How to Build Commitment to Learning in Students in the Classroom

How Building Community of Belonging Makes Powerful Student Voice

6 Truths Why Empower Student Learning So Important

What You Need to Know About Bullying and Glasses in Schools

How Building Community of Belonging Makes Powerful Student Voice

How Practice Mind and Skill Sets Shape Classroom Culture

How to Use Student Choice to Support Motivation in the classroom

How to Craft Questions that Drive Projects Learning

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