A Process For Responding To Your Most Challenging StudentsBy Jeffrey Bensoned note: this has been republished from a previous postHanging In is about making a difference in the lives of significantly challenging special needs students. A number of mainstream...
How To Use Flexible Grouping In The Classroomby Jessica Hockett, PhD., and Kristina Doubet, PhDGroups and group work are woven into the fabric of many classrooms.Having students interact with one or more peers can build community, increase engagement, and make...
Audience And Purpose: Who Are You Teaching And Why?by Terry HeickOne thing leads to another.A love for words (and the funny sounds they made) led me to write. A love for the craft of writing led me to write even when I wasn’t told to or didn’t have an assignment due,...
Dear Teachers: Don’t Forget To Take Care Of Yourselvesby Susan BaumgartnerWe operate in a web.Educators are intimately connected to students, administrations, support staff, each other AND the families of all those previously listed individuals. While less...
A Teacher Planning Model For Multiple Intelligences by TeachThought Staff Until recently, the prevailing thought in education was that differentiation according the theory of multiple intelligences was a good thing. Then data started coming out, and the theories...
You’re a lurker—love social media, but more the media than the social, so you stay in the background—looking, skimming, saving, and skimming and looking some more, but always quietly, and always just out of sight. You spend an hour or two tops online—just the...