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When Your Classroom Management Goes Off the Rails

Cult of Pedagogy

Little by little, the kids got noisier and more distracted, the classroom started to get chaotic, you found yourself yelling more, running out of time for planned activities, and generally feeling completely run down. It can happen to the best of us classroom management deteriorating over time. Be the calm presence.

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A System for Meeting Absent Students’ Needs (and Everyone Else’s Too)

Cult of Pedagogy

You’ll get access to our members-only library of free downloads, including 20 Ways to Cut Your Grading Time in Half , the e-booklet that has helped thousands of teachers save time on grading. Join our mailing list and get weekly tips, tools, and inspiration that will make your teaching more effective and fun.

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How Semantic Pulse Surveys Can Boost Your School Climate

Cult of Pedagogy

When the surveys are complete, school leaders get a simple report with insights on how their staff is feeling that month, along with suggested action steps and selections from Alpaca’s excellent library of resources for supporting teachers. Over 50,000 teachers have already joined—come on in.

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Some Thoughts on Teachers Crying in the Classroom

Cult of Pedagogy

I was in a new seventh grade language arts position, one I’d started in January after a teacher retired mid-year, so I hadn’t had enough time yet to build the relationships that are the foundation of my approach to classroom management. The answer to this question is complicated, and not everyone agrees on it.

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Teaching Executive Functions to All Students

Cult of Pedagogy

You’ll get access to our members-only library of free downloads, including 20 Ways to Cut Your Grading Time in Half , the e-booklet that has helped thousands of teachers save time on grading. Join our mailing list and get weekly tips, tools, and inspiration that will make your teaching more effective and fun.

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Teaching with Primary Sources in Social Studies

Studies Weekly

As the Library of Congress explains, In analyzing primary sources, students move from concrete observations and facts to questioning and making inferences about the materials. Some of the greatest tools that we have in our online library are audio and video recordings.

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Meeting the Core Human Needs of a Teacher

Cult of Pedagogy

The Need for Competence “One of the ways that I hear the need for competence expressed by teachers is I’ll hear them say things like, If we focused on classroom management, if the school was calmer, then I could do my job. .” 3. But right now I’m not able to do my job. The school’s out of control.