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Teacher Engagement Part I: Understanging Cognitive Engagement in Blended Learning Environments

Catlin Tucker

What do teachers find mentally stimulating about their work? What causes teachers to invest their mental energy and time resources in a task? What aspects of a teacher’s work lead them to engage in problem-solving, critical thinking, and reflection? Teachers as Architects of Learning Experiences.

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What the F? Grading strategies for early career teachers

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According to a recent study , grading is one of the least stressful activities early career teachers have to complete. Grading is time consuming, however, and more grading-related questions are popping up in the news these days. For instance, are teachers allowed to reduce grades for late work?

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Shifting from Time-Consuming Teacher-led Workflows to Sustainable Student-led Workflows

Catlin Tucker

One culprit is the mentality that, “If I don’t grade it, the students won’t do it.” First, I do not think grades are an effective long-term strategy for motivating most students. First, I do not think grades are an effective long-term strategy for motivating most students.

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15 questions to ask when evaluating communications platforms

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Does it involve all users from district administrators and teachers to families? For teachers: Does the solution provide classroom communication for teachers? Will it free up teachers’ time in their day-to-day schedule? Teachers, principals, and districts often use multiple systems.

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How to integrate environmental concepts into every subject

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I asked myself: If a teachers role is to prepare students for the real world, shouldnt we be helping them solve the climate crisis? I asked myself: If a teachers role is to prepare students for the real world, shouldnt we be helping them solve the climate crisis? With that question in mind, I made the root of my work about connection.

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Science teachers, math teachers, history teachers–we’re all reading teachers now

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Im in my fifth year teaching science to fifth and sixth graders, but, like every other teacher at the K-8 charter school where I work, I also teach reading. He began by sending a handful of teachers out of the room. And when John hit me with rapid-fire comprehension questions, it was clear that I had derived no meaning from the text.

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Science teachers, math teachers, history teachers–we’re all reading teachers now

eSchool News

I’m in my fifth year teaching science to fifth and sixth graders, but, like every other teacher at the K-8 charter school where I work, I also teach reading. He began by sending a handful of teachers out of the room. And when John hit me with rapid-fire comprehension questions, it was clear that I had derived no meaning from the text.

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