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How Learning a New Language Is Helping Me Connect With My Students

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There are at least four languages spoken by the students I currently teach, so people are often surprised to learn that I’m monolingual. Nearly 4,500 students are eligible to receive direct language support services this year in Hamilton County Schools, the district where I teach in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

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The Case for Expanding the Definition of 'Personalization' to Meet the Needs of the Whole Child

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However, if we define personalization as deeply understanding each individual’s unique experience, passions, strengths and areas for growth and then tailoring learning experiences based on that knowledge, then it requires an approach that meets the needs of the whole child. math, literacy, science, social studies, foreign language, art).

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Pecha Kucha is the Answer

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Research shows that when individuals’ needs are being met and they feel a sense of security and trust, their environment is more conducive to academic development (Zepeda, 2014). Students will perceive instructors as being knowledgeable on the topic as they are perceived to be able to lecture without notes. Robinson, R.

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Pecha Kucha is the Answer

Faculty Focus

Research shows that when individuals’ needs are being met and they feel a sense of security and trust, their environment is more conducive to academic development (Zepeda, 2014). Students will perceive instructors as being knowledgeable on the topic as they are perceived to be able to lecture without notes. Robinson, R.

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Assigning “Accountability Partners” to Support Student Engagement, Learning, and Growth

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The language of “holding” students accountable connotes a kind of control faculty wield over students, carrying the threat of consequences if students do not answer to the demands placed on them. This learning environment not only made knowledge more accessible, but also highlighted the benefit mutual trust has in supporting students.

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Assigning “Accountability Partners” to Support Student Engagement, Learning, and Growth

Faculty Focus

The language of “holding” students accountable connotes a kind of control faculty wield over students, carrying the threat of consequences if students do not answer to the demands placed on them. This learning environment not only made knowledge more accessible, but also highlighted the benefit mutual trust has in supporting students.

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Teenage Brains Are Elastic. That’s a Big Opportunity for Social-Emotional Learning.

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It explicitly acknowledges the importance of mindset and the fundamentally interpersonal project of education, in which knowledge is developed through a series of trusting relationships between teachers, students and peers.

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