Differentiated instruction is meeting the needs of different types of learners. You can differentiate by intelligences, content, process or the product. When planning your lesson depending on your goal/objective, you can choose which way you would like to differentiate. The prerequisite for differentiation is that you know your students. You can get to know your […]
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After reading this blog post, you’ll learn the five mistakes to avoid when preparing for standardized testing. The pandemic has disrupted the education system but what about assessments? Some states have decided to skip the tests for 2021 while other states are still deciding. Don’t wait to prepare your students, be prepared whether or not
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Teacher efficacy is defined as “teacher’s confidence in their ability to promote student learning.” (Protheroe 1) In other words, what you believe your abilities as a teacher is in direct proportion to you promoting student learning. This makes me think of Henry Ford’s quote, “Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t, you’re
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After reading this blog post, you’ll come away with the top 5 tips for teacher collaboration to make your professional learning teams a more valuable experience. Its heard all the time, the more teachers collaborate, the better students will do. But do you think to yourself, I just want to stay in my classroom and
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The Poet X chronicles the life a young tween girl living in New York. The main character Xiomara (or X) and her family is from the Dominican Republic. She has a twin brother and friend, Caridad that also helps her to navigate the growing pains of being a tween. Although completely written in poetry, the
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Do you want to know the one method that has the greatest effect on your students’ achievement? Are you doing the most of the cognitive lift and not your students? Is it your goal to be a more effective teacher? Keep reading because you’ll learn the five teaching strategies you need to be effective. If
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These are 5 Myths About Great Elementary Teachers that you may be holding on to. After reading this blog post, your perspective on what great teachers do in elementary school will adjust. MYTH #1- Great elementary teachers always have cute, heavily decorated classrooms. An elementary teacher’s classroom should support student learning. A lot of times
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If you’re a teacher that’s been using google classroom for the past year or previous years and you have not been certified then you need to follow these simple steps to become certified. For the purpose of this blog post, I am talking about Google Certified Educator Level 1. PREPARATION Set up an account with
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After reading this blog post, you’ll learn how to master your craft as a teacher. Daily teaching can be stressful and unfulfilling; this is not usually talked about in an honest way. Teachers stay in survival mode for a numbers of years and never reach to the next level. It doesn’t have to be that
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The book Deep Work asserts that knowledge workers need to intentionally focus to produce and or create work that will help them to accomplish their ultimate goals and provide value to society. Newport also argues that knowledge workers of today and the future need to learn the skill of deep work in order to thrive in
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