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Browse by Topic: Inspiration
Finding Calm in the Classroom in the Midst of Chaos
The difficult news stories of last week left students with added stress and anxiety, and while we tried to help them process questions and emotions, we found our own stress and concerns needing attention, as...
Author:
Kasey Short
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Health, Wellness, Guidance
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Social Emotional Learning
Distance learning
COVID-19
Virtual Learning
Remote Learning
Four Ways Educators Can Meet Middle Schoolers' Social Needs During the Pandemic
This article supports the following characteristics from The Successful Middle School: This We Believe: Educators respect and value young adolescents. The school environment is welcoming, inclusive, and affirming...
Author:
Phyllis Fagell
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Health, Wellness, Guidance
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The Great Unknown
Teaching students during COVID
Each year I look for new and creative ways to introduce the content in my class. Each year, the expectation of educating, entertaining, and inspiring my students is my top priority. However, this year…well,...
Author:
Kevin DuRoss
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Social Studies
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How to Build a Resilient School Community
Three ways to preserve relationships so we emerge stronger together
Right before my son started college, the dean, Kathryn Lively, shared a story with the first-year students. A few years earlier, she had attended a silent meditation retreat where one of the other participants...
Author:
Phyllis Fagell
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Finding Success in Virtual Learning
Meeting students’ needs by building relationships, identifying learning intentions, and creating success criteria
Even the most experienced educators find teaching to be a challenge. The flexibility required to solve unexpected issues; the immediacy of meeting the needs of each individual student; staying current...
Author:
Nicholas J. Leonardi
Number of views (1408)
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Standards-based Grading
Distance learning
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Remote Learning
Helping Girls Thrive in Uncertain Times
The impact of COVID-19 on teen girls and timely, responsive ideas for supporting them
Without a doubt, COVID-19 has upended our country, our economy, and our educational system in a way that none of us have ever experienced or could have imagined. From the immediate impact of stay-at-home orders...
Author:
Lisa Hinkelman, Ph.D.
Number of views (1241)
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Health, Wellness, Guidance
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Student Engagement
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Masked Leadership
Five things to help middle school leaders to stay positive and supported
During your career as an educator, you had many discussions with different stakeholders about changing the face of education. You also had multiple sessions about ridding your students of the high-stakes, standardized...
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Frank Rudnesky
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Leadership
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Distance learning
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coronavirus
Remote Learning
Building the Classroom of the Future
We’re only a couple of months into the academic year, but for many educators it already feels much longer. Teachers are working more hours than ever before, with the added strains of preparing lessons in new...
Author:
AMLE
Number of views (1458)
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Teacher Motivation
Distance learning
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The Enduring Power of Rituals
Well-designed rituals encourage student participation and are an important part of school culture
Picture it. Twenty-four Grade 8 students are standing on one side of a creek, high in the Sierra Mountains in Northern California. Water rushes by, melted from the mountains behind them. This is the last day of their...
Author:
Chris Balme, Roberto d'Erizans
Number of views (2389)
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Distance learning
COVID-19
Sudden Shift: Reflections on Online Learning
Lessons learned about humanity, what’s essential, and being prepared
Managing the shift to online instruction at the outset of a pandemic brings to mind the truth that we can hardly call this a “shift.” It was more of a drastic change and philosophical realignment in...
Author:
Jason D. DeHart
Number of views (2010)
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