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Explore the latest strategies, research, guides, and more to create student-centered classrooms.

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Kelly Weidenmiller June 20, 2019

Creating a Student-Centered Routine for In-Class Presentations

How to integrate presentation and public speaking into instruction so all students have the opportunity to hone these skills...
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Alexandra Morgan Rick June 6, 2019

Strategies for Developing a Growth Mindset in Early Childhood Classrooms

How differentiation and personalized support for students has positively impacted my Early Childhood students....
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Marleigh Daly May 23, 2019

Talk it Out!: How Designing My Own Math Strategy Made a Difference for my 3rd Graders

Encourage students to work through multi-step word problems by communicating their process step by step with a partner using the "Talk it Out!" strategy...
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Hadas Heyman May 23, 2019

Five Lessons I Learned Becoming a Blended Learning Coach at My School

Five lessons I learned about how to make instructional coaching (with tech in mind) more effective for teachers and students....
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BetterLesson May 9, 2019

100 Literacy Teaching Strategies Developed with Newsela

Learn about our Newsela Master Teacher project featuring literacy-specific content across all grades and subject areas....
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Romain Bertrand May 2, 2019

Define-Explore-Build: Three Simple Steps to Make Your PD More Actionable

Read an interview with instructional coach Jelena Byers on how she used the Design-Explore-Build framework to create and implement a series of workshops for her teachers....
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Jessica Anderson April 25, 2019

Virtual Coaching: Three Factors to Consider When Engaging Adult Learners in Professional Development

Mobilizing coaching may be the pathway for providing the targeted support teachers in your district need to stay engaged in your vision....
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BetterLesson April 16, 2019

Infographic: Tackling Teacher Retention with Instructional Coaching

This infographic and the accompanying white paper provide insights and solutions for the $7.3 billion challenge of teacher turnover....
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Cheryl Belknap April 12, 2019

There’s Never Been a Better Time to Try a New Strategy, Part 2

In spite of all of the important spring business, you couldn't actually pick a better time to try a new instructional strategy....
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