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Thinking outside the classroom: Creative strategies to combat the teacher shortage

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Here are three scalable strategies our district has used to build and strengthen our team of classroom educators: “Grow your own” Untapped teaching talent is all around us. Local industry professionals are a powerful resource pool of work-based knowledge and skills, but require varying levels of preparation before teaching a class.

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How to Prepare Students for PARCC/SBACC Tests

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Tests were administered via digital devices (though there are options for paper-and-pencil). Besides measuring student achievement, they also were an indicator of school facility to administer green digital tests instead of the traditional paper-and-pencil versions. It boils down to five tech areas. Will students get used to that?

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The Link Between Edtech, Curiosity and Creativity in the Classroom

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Schools and districts are tasked with many challenges—from classroom management and test scores to student safety and emotional well-being. Classroom technology, like Pear Deck and GoGuardian Teacher, makes room for more students to share their thoughts, ideas and knowledge at the pace that works for them.

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What All High Schools Can Draw From Career and Technical Education Programs

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Students from the county apply to the program of their choice during eighth grade, a process that involves taking an admissions test; submitting transcripts, teacher recommendations and a personal video; and entering a lottery, since demand is high. Earlier this year, I was facilitating a series of three lessons about classroom management.

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7 Authentic Assessment Tools

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To prepare students well for college and career means they must deeply learn the material and its application to their lives and future learning.That means assessing student knowledge authentically and accountably. This doesn’t stop with quizzes, tests, and memorizing facts. Classroom management assessments'

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10 Ways Any Teacher Can (and Should) Use Technology

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Common Core tells us: New technologies have broadened and expanded the role that speaking and listening play in acquiring and sharing knowledge and have tightened their link to other forms of communication. It includes all relevant dates for homework, projects, tests. Twitter blasts to remind students of due dates.

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22 Ways to Add Rigor to Your Classroom

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It’s seeing how that knowledge connects to life, to circumstances and to daily problems. More on classroom management: What’s the Classroom of the Future Look Like? How to Prepare Students for PARCC Tests. Classroom management Education reform' supported so they can learn at high levels.