SELF STUDY: Partnering With Parents (5 hours)
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 our […]
What are the Strengths of Students with ADHD?
Students with ADHD have many positive traits that are directly tied to their active, impulsive minds. While diagnostic criteria and treatment plans focus on negative aspects of hyperactivity, impulsive problems or attention deficits, there are a lot of positive aspects regarding children with ADHD. Teachers should note that not all children with ADHD […]
How can I get Students Involved in Creating a Behavior Plan?
Getting students involved in creating a behavior plan is an effective positive behavior management strategy. Students feel a greater sense of ownership in their behavior choices when they are active contributors to determining the outcomes.
As with all of us, students also tend to know themselves best: what triggers will set off their problem […]
How do I Teach Students to Respond to Criticism?
It is important that we teach our students to appreciate what people say to us, if they want them to be friends. Even if what they say is nasty, angry, hurtful or hateful, we can teach students to be grateful and consider how they can learn from it.
Approaching their comments as feedback can […]
What is Participatory Literacy?
There is a need to move away from traditional notions of texts as repositories of learning and toward participatory literacy practices. Participatory literacy is becoming more and more important in today’s digital age where students don’t just read content but also interact with it and are actively creating their own content constantly. It […]
How can Individual Goal Setting enhance Student Performance?
The words aim, purpose and goal are commonly used in a class by teachers in the hope of motivating students to perform better. A close look at our teaching techniques reveal that it is generally the educators who work hard to instill a sense of purpose or goal among their students. This makes […]
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 […]
How can I use a KWL Chart in the Classroom?
The world of education is moving to empowering students to self-advocate and become self-learners. This means that classrooms across America, possibly for the first time, are asking students what they (students) want to learn, how they (students) want to learn it, and how they (students) want to be graded.
Far out there? Maybe not. […]
What are some Personal and Emotional Challenges faced by Talented and Gifted Students?
Talented and gifted students are alike in that they all have advanced cognitive abilities. Some gifted learners, however, have added social and emotional difficulties which might interfere with their learning.
For example, gifted learners might set unreasonably high standards for themselves resulting in a “paralyzed perfectionism” in which the student does not complete a […]
How does Standards-based Teaching impact Student Learning?
Standards-based instruction guides the planning, implementation and assessment of student learning. The use of standards to streamline instruction ensures that teaching practices deliberately focus on agreed upon learning targets. Expectations for student learning are mapped out with each prescribed standard and the road map to mastery is clearly defined within the adopted curriculum.
Teachers […]
