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11 Strategies to Engage with Students
Our students get bored when we lecture them about a topic. Find 11 different ways to engage your students in their learning. Use these strategies to make learning interesting again and get your students involved in the process. Some of the examples of the strategies talked about in this article are active learning, collaborative learning, game-based learning, and lesson hooks.
Planned Ignoring: An Intervention Strategy for Inappropriate Behavior
Planned ignoring is a great strategy to use with students who exhibit attention-seeking behavior, especially temper tantrums or similar problem behavior.
If a student is misbehaving to get your attention and they’re safe, planned ignoring can be the best way to respond to that child.
This attention-seeking behavior is designed to get attention, even negative attention will do. The best way to end this behavior completely might be to ignore it.
I’ve had great success with planned ignoring with temper tantrums in a first-grade class, but it can be used with tattling and goofing off too, depending on the situation.
How to Write a SMART Goal
This blog includes teacher SMART goals examples as well as a description of each SMART goal characteristic - specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-bound. Read about when to create a SMART goal, how to create a SMART goal for elementary students, and why SMART goals work well!
Pursue Professional Growth, Not Competition
Professional development can seem unnecessary. Perhaps there are no new skills you want to learn, you feel your previous professional growth is sufficient, or the professional development courses seem unhelpful.
However, professional growth, learning leadership skills, and having career goals can all set you up for a successful career through self-improvement.
Professional growth is an ongoing process, and success is measured as you see self-improvement, not when you feel you are doing better than your peers.
The 2 Things I Did to Turn My Impossible Class Around
I had an impossible class my second year as a preschool teacher. I was drowning, barely holding my head above water. During this time, I learned 2 tricks that saved me and helped me turn my classroom around.
Should I Be a Teacher? 8 Reasons to Pursue Teaching
Ever considered getting into teaching in an elementary classroom? This article discusses 8 reasons why teaching elementary students is worth it.