Providing Consistent Feedback to Parents
Why provide feedback? It is vital to provide feedback to parents that recognizes what students are doing well. We often express what students do wrong, but seldom reward and recognize good [...]
Do You Know How Your Students Feel About Their Learning Environment?
If you don’t know how your students feel about the environment in your classroom, you should ask them. Our goal as teachers is to create learning environments where students want to learn [...]
End the School Year with Strong Student Engagement
Once the end of the school year rolls around, it can feel like everyone is dragging their feet. Students and teachers can see the light at the end of tunnel and are ready for summer vacation. [...]
Amie Canter’s Innovative Classroom is Engaging Students With a Hands-On Approach
Amie Canter, TeacherReady Alumni, is turning the traditional classroom experience on its head. Amie became a certified teacher through the TeacherReady program in 2011. Ever since, she has been [...]
Building Relationships By Checking In with Students
Building relationships make a difference Checking in with your students makes such a difference. Not only does is it improve student grades, but it is also key to building relationships between [...]
Back to School. Every Child, Every Day!
As parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and friends, it’s likely that we have all celebrated Back to School with youngsters in our lives. In the book How Will You Measure Your Life, Christensen [...]