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Teaching Strategies, Educator Insights, Curriculum Development | March 12, 2019
Be a Concept-based Curriculum Hacker
Maybe you are wondering what exactly it means to “hack into curriculum.” And the buzz around concept-based curriculum. Here are some of the reasons we do both at Oporto International School.
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Teaching Strategies, Educator Insights | February 27, 2019
Use Data to Support Your School’s Behavior Interventions
Going through the data collection process, interacting with the data, creating plans around the data and monitoring progress and adjusting is not a new idea for our classrooms or our school districts. As educators we are constantly reflecting on the needs of both our students, families, and staff
Teaching Strategies, Educator Insights, Curriculum Development | February 27, 2019
The Relational Bank Account
Think about the last student you interacted with. Ask yourself If my relationship with that student is like a bank account, what is my account balance. Do I have a lot of credit with this student or have I been making withdrawals without any deposits
Teaching Strategies, PD Team Insights | February 27, 2019
Improve Classroom Management with Restorative Justice
Curriculum Development, PD Team Insights | February 26, 2019
Use a Data Inquiry Cycle to Guide Your Curriculum Review
Research confirms what common sense has long suggested we should base our curricular decisions and curriculum cycle on data. While the concept of data-driven instruction seems straightforward, putting it into practice can be challenging, especially when it comes to curriculum
Teaching Strategies, Educator Insights, Curriculum Development | February 25, 2019
STEAM UP Your Curriculum
STEM and STEAM are the current buzzwords in many educational settings. Educators everywhere are creating maker spacers, designing lessons focused on STEM concepts, including coding, engineering and design thinking
Teaching Strategies, Educator Insights | February 14, 2019
How Technology and Teacher Websites in Language Classrooms Can Increase Engagement and Access
We are now in the Digital Age, which continues to evolve and grow at a dizzying pace, with new tools and online resources to support language learning and teaching. Language skills can be acquired and practiced in the most authentic way via technology
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School Leadership | February 11, 2019
5 Essential Strategies to Facilitate Collaborative Curriculum Conversations
Throughout my years of working with schools to establish and sustain curriculum mapping it has become evident that the effectiveness of the curriculum mapping process relies on a deeply embedded culture of collaborative conversations
Teaching Strategies, Educator Insights, Curriculum Development | February 11, 2019
Obsessed with Fantasy Football
A Call to Action It s time for schools to stop being like Yahoo Fantasy Sports when it comes to our assessment and grading practices. My Season Story grade should be an accurate reflection of where my season ended up
Teaching Strategies, Educator Insights, Curriculum Development | February 4, 2019
Teachers Teaching Teachers Tech (T4): Technology Integration is a Mindset, Not a Skillset
From many years as a teacher, I found cooperative learning and collaboration to be the best teaching and learning strategies, because it combines the intellectual and socio-emotional benefits as students work together towards a common agenda and learn how to work with other people
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