How can you ensure each professional development event reaches all your teachers? The Answer: Lead by example and run PD like a progressive classroom! We require teachers to instruct using innovative, dynamic, and well developed lessons carrying a strong purpose. Why should PD be any different? I D.A.R.E. you to lead by example and make your next professional development event … Read More
Ensure Every Moment Matters; Utilizing Purpose when Designing A Lesson
Providing value is essential when designing a lesson. How can you ensure you are providing purposeful learning experiences for your students each and every day? Utilize this quick Purposeful Lessons Checklist and make each moment matter!
“Cook Up” Student Motivation with Real World Challenges
Increase student motivation; don’t limit it to inside the four walls of your classroom! Every standard, topic, or target should connect back to a real world purpose – otherwise, why teach it? To increase student motivation, give learning purpose with a HUGE emphasis on a student’s learning experience. Through a lesson theme, you can give learning a purpose and answer the … Read More
Using Community as a Motivational Tool for Students (Video)
FULL TRANSCRIPT Hey guys! It’s Rae. I wanted to do a quick blog post about how to motivate students in the classroom by utilizing community in your classroom. I’m sure as you know, I am so passionate about bringing my community into my classroom, and I find that teachers that I collaborate with often tell me, oh no, they don’t … Read More
How to Get Your Community Involved in Your Classroom (Video)
Video Transcript of How to Get Your Community Involved in Your Classroom Hey guys! It’s Rae. We’re going to be focusing today on how to involve your community in your classroom. In my classroom, my students participate in mock internships that are all sponsored by local businesses. Now this is a great way to involve your community because in my … Read More
