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Counselors Couldn’t Keep Up With Our Growing Mental Health Crisis, So Peers Stepped Up

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I became assistant principal in 2018, but served as dean of culture at Westgate for three years prior. But other times, our meetings were less formal—she just wanted to talk about her dog or share her writing. Peer mentoring has without a doubt shifted our school culture.

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Challenging Implicit Linguistic Biases in Teaching and Learning Across Disciplines Through Student-Faculty Partnerships

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The program fosters student agency in learning through solidarity, creates a sense of belonging and self-efficacy for students and instructors, integrates teaching approaches responsive to students’ learning needs, and builds a culture of openness to student feedback (Cavazos, 2024; Cavazos & Chapa, 2023; Cavazos et al.,

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Why We Need to Share Care, Appreciation, Kindness and Empathy (CAKE) in our Classrooms  

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Ask students to think about at least five words that describe their strengths and write one word on each finger. Appreciation Notes To practice appreciation in the classroom, you can do the following: On a note card, instruct students to write a note of appreciation to a person they deeply care about without addressing them by name. (In

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Coronavirus FAQ: Everything Schools and Companies Need and Want to Know

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during lessons, and offer students a variety of ways to complete assignments rather than requiring everyone to write a paper or take a timed exam. Consider setting expectations and establishing a new virtual classroom culture, suggests Wilkey Oh, an executive editor at Common Sense Media. Tools That Build Real-World Writing Skills.

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Developing Your Approach to Generative AI

Scholarly Teacher

Students can use generative AI for academic tasks such as brainstorming, drafting, or improving writing; summarizing, explaining, or synthesizing texts; and data analysis (Sallam, 2023). Generative AI tools can identify grammatical issues and provide tailored suggestions to edit students' writing. For students?

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How Classroom Technology Has Changed the Parent-Teacher Relationship

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But as someone who writes newsletters here, I know that can be a lot of work. So I'm not saying either extreme is good, but there's a huge range in between, and as educators, sadly, I think we're very quick to judge when a parent doesn't write back or doesn't seem to care. I will keep that confidential.’ And I love that.

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For Your Summer Leisure: 17 Good Reads Recommended by the EdSurge Staff

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In “Furious Hours,” Cep writes the book that Lee spent a decade trying to create, and then uses that story to tell the tale of Lee herself. Michelle’s writing style is fluid, descriptive, and detailed. The writing is complex and it’s not something that can be easily read in a day. Aneesa Davenport, Senior Marketing Manager.

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