TL;DR: Teach Better provides personalized, growth-focused professional development for educators. Unlike Edmodo, Teach Better offers comprehensive support across all aspects of teaching. Join a collaborative community designed to help educators reach their full potential. As educators, we’re always on the lookout for ways to enhance our skills and better support our students. With countless options out there, it can be … Read More
Episode 117: Lively Minds with Candace Heiken
Candace Heiken joins Darrin on the podcast this week to talk about executive function skills, ways we can assess for them, and how teachers can best support students in learning these all important cognitive abilities. That, plus your #PepTalk on this week’s show. MORE EPISODES
Teacher Authenticity: Be You, Not Them
TL;DR: Be authentic in the classroom. Make connections with children through purposeful activities such as games. Develop classroom norms together and review them often. Take time daily to self-reflect and make a plan for the next day. Justin joined Rae on the Daily Drop In to chat about teacher authenticity. Click here to watch! Be Authentic We often hear about … Read More
Classroom Management Then and Now
TL;DR: Classroom management has changed quite a bit since the days of Harry Wong. Today’s classrooms have shifted physically and philosophically to empower students in their learning. Consider including wellness breaks in an instructional period to allow for meditation, hydration, or socialization. La-Shanda joined Rae on the Daily Drop In to chat about classroom management and including wellness practices with … Read More
Creating Norms with My Students Changed My Classroom
TL;DR: Students really do want ownership in how their classroom runs. When they understand the why behind expectations, they can value those even when they don’t agree with them. Mutual trust is a necessary component before students can reliably set and follow their own norms. Creating Norms with My Students Changed My Classroom For 16 years, most of the students … Read More