SELF-STUDY: Standards Based Instruction through STEM (5 hours)
“ STEM is for Everyone ”
STEM integration doesn’t need a huge budget, lots of technology, or a ready-to-use curriculum. It’s something any teacher, any school and any classroom can integrate. This course teaches you how.
We understand that no one knows your students better than you. Therefore, this course is […]
Common Core Mathematics for All Teachers
“ How often do you hear someone proclaim that they love math? ”
Math is a subject that is very connected with every other subject taught in the classroom. This course is designed to help any teacher gain confidence in areas related to mathematics and the common core. It is […]
SELF-STUDY: iPads in the Classroom (5 hours)
“You have an iPad in your classroom, now what?”
The iPad helps us prepare today’s student for today’s world in more ways than we could ever do using traditional teaching strategies. However to achieve heights in teaching and learning, teachers need to understand much more than just how to use […]
Partnering with Parents
Do you have a child you know can soar
if she had extra help learning at home?
Partnering with parents is a way to support students.
Many parents need motivation and support to help them partner with the teacher. In our profession as teachers, we must partner with the parents of […]
What Role might a Teacher play in Suicide Prevention?
Students with mental health disorders can be prone to suicidal tendencies. Some of the red flags that should put a teacher on alert include:
Threatening suicide.
Looking for access to means.
Talking or writing about death, dying, suicide.
Made a previous attempt that was serious enough to require hospitalization.
If you have a student in your classroom who fits […]
What Behavior Intervention Strategies can I use with Uncooperative Students?
Uncooperative students can be motivated using specific behavior intervention strategies. When a student’s confrontational behavior seems driven by a need for control, the teacher can state directives as two-part choice statements.
This strategy involves structuring verbal requests to both acknowledge the student’s freedom to choose whether to comply and present the logical consequences for […]
Understanding ADHD
Have you ever come across a child who’s always on the move?
They might have had ADHD.
Have you ever come across a child who’s always on the move? They might have had ADHD. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity disorder or ADHD is seen commonly in today’s classroom. Children with this condition […]
Bulletin Boards – Ideas for Every Classroom
As teachers, we spend so much time in creating an ideal classroom for our students that often we tend to forget the available and rich physical space that surrounds us in the classroom – the wall space.
A classroom can seem incomplete without attractive and educative bulletin boards. Have […]
What are Flipped Classrooms?
You might have heard about a flipped classroom and wondered what it was. In fact you might have even done it, and may not know that you used this strategy. The flipped classroom provides avenues for teachers to become facilitators of learning and move away from the sage on a stage approach to teaching. […]
