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A Systematic Approach to Social and Emotional Support

A Principal's Reflections

For SEL to be more than a buzzword or fad, it needs to be embedded into school culture. Below are some to consider: Daily meeting : Many educators have heard of the Morning Meeting , where students engage in various SEL activities prior to the start of content-related lessons. Let’s start with students.

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Relevance is the Fuel of Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Sara Briggs sums it up nicely: "Research shows that relevant learning means effective learning and that alone should be enough to get us rethinking our lesson plans (and school culture for that matter). The many benefits speak for themselves, which compels all of us to ensure that this becomes a mainstay in daily pedagogy.

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5 Conditions for Getting Formative Assessment Right

Cult of Pedagogy

When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. ” Ideally, she says, teachers should have a plan B written into their lesson plans, a next step for what to do for students who show that they aren’t getting it. It was not learned.”

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10 Strategies to Strengthen Instruction and Learning

A Principal's Reflections

These consisted of sound classroom management, listing the learning objectives, and developing a lesson plan. When it came to the lesson plan piece, many of my colleagues and I in the Northeastern United States were educated in the Instructional Theory Into Practice Model (ITIP) developed by Madeline Hunter.

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Creating a curriculum with Black girls in mind 

The Hechinger Report

Many of Kaler-Jones’ students — most of them Black — weren’t taught about important Black figures or positive history lessons from a non-white perspective in school. When she discovered this, Kaler-Jones began weaving culturally responsive lesson plans into her dance classes. Credit: Courtesy of Cierra Kaler-Jones.

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The Intersection of Inquiry-Based Learning and High-Quality Instructional Materials in Social Studies

ED Surge

They can include textbooks, lesson plans, digital resources and other materials carefully crafted to meet the needs of diverse learners and facilitate meaningful learning experiences. This variation reflects the diverse historical and cultural priorities of different states. She then earned her Ph.D.

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My School Learned The Hard Way That Edtech Saves Time, But It Can't Solve Human Problems

ED Surge

Teachers were burnt out, the national turnover rate was high and our school didn’t have the capacity to train staff to facilitate community-building circles and implement socio-emotional pedagogy. Considering these adverse factors, the school leaders decided to invest in our students’ well-being and purchase a packaged curriculum.

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