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Behavior Management In the Classroom or Academic Instruction: What Comes First?
A popular viewpoint among educators is that discipline must come before instruction. Because student disruptions create a ripple effect across…
Literacy in Content Areas: Effective Literacy Instruction
The Common Core State Standards have established new expectations for literacy in all content areas. The expression “all teachers are…
4 Strategies for Engaging Students Online
Being an online teacher has its challenges; however, it also affords us the opportunity to rejuvenate our practice while engaging…
Teaching Vocabulary: Effective PreK Vocabulary Instruction in the Classroom
A child’s educational career is like a marathon, but many students start school only prepared to run a mile and…
Word Wall Ideas – Ready for an Interactive Classroom Word Wall Makeover?
What is a Word Wall? Word Walls are organized collections of words placed on a wall or other surface in…
Effective Teacher Professional Development: Why Teacher Coaching Is the Missing Piece
According to Joyce and Showers (2002), less than 10% of what teachers learn in traditional professional development is transferred into…
