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Meeting the Core Human Needs of a Teacher

Cult of Pedagogy

” Amazon | Bookshop.org The strategies in Arise are all built on a framework of six core human needs: belonging, autonomy, competence, self-esteem, trust , and purpose. When you’re thinking about wanting to help someone develop, you need to keep their full humanity at the center.” ” 1. .”

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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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I’m a Teacher, Will Artificial Intelligence Help Me?

Digital Promise

The goal of AI is to create machines that can mimic human capabilities. In this post, we will focus on one example of an AI system that can help teachers manage their workload and the importance of engaging teachers in the design of AI systems. Example: A Digital Assistant for The Classroom. Educator CIRCLS.

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What I Need From My White Peers to Thrive as a Teacher of Color

ED Surge

In my classroom, I treat students as humans first, not obstacles to classroom management. What had they done or said in their classroom that day that made this student feel unsafe? I would have felt like my autonomy and humanity were being honored because I would get to advocate for not only the student but myself.

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TEACHER VOICE: Why that chatty student driving you nuts could become president of the United States

The Hechinger Report

It’s an ironic twist: The very behaviors that educators often work to suppress in the classroom may be critical to students’ success in the workforce. How can classroom teachers balance their roles in preparing students to meet the interpersonal and leadership demands of the new economy with classroom management?

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A weekly meetup aims to keep black male teachers in the classroom

The Hechinger Report

Leave this field empty if you're human: Black male teachers are often asked to mentor or motivate students, particularly male of students of color, who their white colleagues may have trouble reaching. It’s the type of support that the union hopes will help teachers grow in the classroom while empowering them to pursue leadership roles.

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I Spent Years Hiding Parts of My Identity When Students Really Needed Me to Embrace My Whole Self

ED Surge

We need to think of diversity beyond discrete, all-encompassing and exclusive labels and empower role models for students who are more than an ethnicity, a gender, a sexual orientation, or a disability, but unique and intricate human beings.