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When Your Classroom Management Goes Off the Rails

Cult of Pedagogy

You were teaching right along, getting things done, and then it started to crumble. 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. Our pace is slower.

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Teaching Executive Functions to All Students

Cult of Pedagogy

Most of my teaching experience was in middle schools, so I spent a lot of time with kids who were going through one of the most tumultuous transitions of their lives. The challenge with teaching these skills, however, is time. In the middle is teaching a lesson however you might normally do it.

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Are Students Off-Task in Class on Phones? There's an App for That!

A Principal's Reflections

Up until recently, there have been two main deterrents: Well-designed lessons combined with sound classroom management A school culture that empowers kids to use their devices responsibly Now the above strategies might still work well, but in my experience working in schools as a job-embedded coach, I have seen more and more students off-task.

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

Cult of Pedagogy

In the very first minute of my first day teaching at Eastern Senior High School in Washington, DC, I received a rude awakening. And if you have new lessons to teach, you may struggle to help them catch up. Its important to note here that you dont need to transform your entire classroom or stop teaching the way youre used to.

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It is Time For Schools to Seriously Consider BYOT

A Principal's Reflections

As I download all of the apps on these devices, the majority of their time is spent engaged in games that require thought, creativity, and sometimes collaboration. When it comes to off task behavior in the classroom, this is most likely the result of a poorly planned lesson or ineffective classroom management techniques.

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Some Thoughts on Teachers Crying in the Classroom

Cult of Pedagogy

Listen to this post as a podcast: Sponsored by Edge•U Badges and EVERFI The day it happened to me was in my fourth year of teaching. And again, I’m only talking here about the kind of crying that typically comes from a classroom management issue. It could very well be that teaching just isn’t for you.

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Teaching with Primary Sources in Social Studies

Studies Weekly

Teaching with Primary Sources in Social Studies Feb. Primary Source Analysis Worksheet: Photograph Analysis Start Learning with Primary Sources Start engaging with primary sources with our free downloadable Primary Source Analysis Tools. For example, most people over 30 can remember where they were on Sept.