TCI

JULY 9, 2024

This summer, take advantage of TCI’s professional development opportunities to brush up on the latest teaching strategies and earn professional hours. and Social Studies Alive! Plus, you’ll receive a certificate for 3 professional development hours!

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Professional Development Social Studies Cultures Teaching 98

C3 Teachers

MARCH 14, 2025

That search led us to the Inquiry Design Model (IDM), an approach that shifts Social Studies from rote memorization to deep, student-driven inquiry. As an administrator in a very large district, I found my content competing with other disciplines for professional development time.

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Social Studies Public School Primary Sources Civic Engagement 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

Every teacher at her school, the Health Sciences High and Middle College, in San Diego, shares in the responsibility of teaching students literacy skills, regardless of the subject they teach. For decades, the primary methods for teaching students how to read in the U.S.

High School 145

High School Teaching Primary Sources K-12 145

TCI

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Building a toolbox of teaching strategies can help educators meet the needs of students and bring social studies to life. This hands-on approach ensures that students are not just absorbing information but actively applying and exploring it, making subjects like social studies more meaningful and memorable.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Teaching Professional Development Geography 52

Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 14, 2024

But over the last ten years, whenever I set out to find information about teaching strategies, educational resources, technology for schools, or pretty much anything related to improving learning for our students, someone would inevitably pipe up and say, “Librarians can also help with that.” That was about it.

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Library Pedagogy Advocacy Professional Development 360

Digital Promise

MAY 13, 2021

Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) : Teachers perceived their students’ top problem as missing social interactions at school or with friends (88 percent), followed by keeping up academically (82 percent). Social-Emotional Learning as Part of Whole Child Learning. Edtech and Professional Development.

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Teaching EdTech K-12 Professional Development 143

ED Surge

JANUARY 21, 2025

But by the time she was heading up her own elementary school classroom in Chicago, she found herself missing the library and longing to teach media literacy again. She teaches concepts as wide-ranging as American Sign Language, critical thinking, typing, conducting research and writing in cursive. If you can't manage, you can't teach.

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Library Charter School Education Lesson Plan 114

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2020

They are advocating for core curriculum changes in social studies — specifically American history — classes. To them, educators should teach significant topics like the 1950s and 1960s civil rights movement with more depth and breadth. And school districts are working to expand their curricula on race.

Teaching 145

Teaching Elementary School Social Justice American History 145

Studies Weekly

JANUARY 30, 2024

Teacher Tips: A Better Way to Think About Social Studies Jan. 30, 2024 • by Debbie Bagley Some of the best teaching advice I received from my mother, a teacher of 30+ years, was a different way to look at Social Studies. Every subject, discipline, and activity teaches Social Studies.

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Social Studies Geography Lesson Plan Library 59

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Paula Stamey, a seventh-grade social studies teacher in Benton, Tennessee, taught for 20 years before her school became a Verizon Innovative Learning School and adopted one-to-one technology in 2017. The inconvenient truth, however, is that it is not easy to come by high-impact professional development.

Professional Development 132

Professional Development K-12 Educational Technology Social Studies 132

The Hechinger Report

JULY 6, 2019

The science behind climate change is complicated and evolving, and most teachers aren’t prepared to teach it well. Lots of teachers feel they don’t have the content knowledge or pedagogical know-how to teach climate change effectively.”. Ten years ago, you teach climate change and you could see eyes roll.”.

Teaching 110

Teaching Social Studies Humanities High School 110

ED Surge

AUGUST 16, 2022

I hope no behavioral concerns arise, because if I can avoid a parent phone call I might be able to get some of this done—well, that is if I do a virtual assignment during social studies. What am I teaching today? With a to-do list this long, do I even have time to teach? “I Oh, shoot.

Teaching 106

Teaching Leadership Lesson Plan Professional Development 106

Studies Weekly

MARCH 14, 2025

Experience with Studies Weekly Frances recently attended a Professional Development training hosted by Studies Weekly. Studies Weekly does an excellent job of incorporating age-appropriate text and engaging activities, and I loved exploring the online components that make it such a robust program.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources American History World History Social Studies 52

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Leveraging AI in the classroom can enhance teaching while preparing students for a future where AI is integral to the workforce. It is essential for educators to tap into professional development (PD) opportunities to advance their understanding of how to use AI to improve the classroom experience. That’s our job as teachers.

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Primary Sources Lesson Plan Professional Development EdTech 137

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Professional Development Partnerships with Studies Weekly | Teacher Testimonial Feb 07, 2025 Video Transcript Speaker : Julie G., 4th Grade Teacher, TX How was your experience with our Professional Development team? I had the opportunity to have a training for Studies Weekly through my district yesterday.

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Professional Development Social Studies Lesson Plan Classroom Management 40

Studies Weekly

MAY 6, 2024

How to Teach Soft Skills in Elementary School May 6, 2024 • By Studies Weekly In elementary school, students learn and refine an immeasurable number of skills. They develop math, reading, spelling, grammar, and writing skills that teachers measure and monitor.

Elementary School 59

Elementary School Teaching Artifacts Heritage 59

TCI

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Many social studies topics are nuanced, motivating students to debate and engage deeply. TCI’s Teaching Strategies The Response Group strategy is one of six core teaching strategies built into TCI’s curriculum. Learn more about TCI’s innovative approach to social studies.

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Critical Thinking Social Studies Teaching Professional Development 52

Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Teacher Advocates are only available for classroom teachers currently using Studies Weekly materials. They are not available for homeschools.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Lesson Plan Classroom Management Professional Development 52

Studies Weekly

MAY 2, 2024

A Teacher’s Guide to Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month May 2, 2024 • Studies Weekly Diverse perspectives strengthen education, according to Heather Singmaster’s EdWeek article from November 2018. They broaden students’ view of history and teach them to respect people from different cultures.

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Heritage Museum Social Studies Artifacts 98

ED Surge

MAY 24, 2023

The Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History (TEAACH) Act was signed into law in July 2021 with wide bipartisan support, amending the state’s school code to ensure that all Illinois public school students learn about the contributions Asian Americans have made to the United States. Let’s get them to recognize there is an absence.”

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Inclusive Curriculum American History Primary Sources Professional Development 106

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2024

Over five weeks this spring, about 300 people – teachers, school and district leaders, higher ed faculty, education consultants and AI researchers – came together to learn how to use AI and develop their own basic AI tools and resources. The professional development opportunity was designed by technology nonprofit Playlab.ai

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Lesson Plan Professional Development Tutoring Educational Technology 103

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2021

Four new studies on project-based learning. Developer: Michigan State University Research. 2nd grade social studies. Developer: University of Michigan and Michigan State University Research. Developer: Stanford University Research. Four new studies released in February 2021 are helping to fill this void.

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Project-Based Learning Middle School Social Studies High School 145

Studies Weekly

APRIL 29, 2024

Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month April 29, 2024 • Studies Weekly Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is a great opportunity to incorporate culturally responsive teaching into students’ learning experience.

Heritage 59

Heritage Teaching K-12 Museum 59

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Teaching counting and basic arithmetic sounds like a simple task. Melissa Hedges, the math curriculum director for Milwaukee schools, shows teachers at a professional development seminar how folded paper can be used to demonstrate the solution to a fractions problem. Put yourself into the mind of a child,” Robinson said.

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Professional Development Public School Leadership High School 122

ED Surge

MAY 15, 2024

In 2013, the STEM and Computer Science (STEM+CS) team was created to implement an interdisciplinary grades K-12 STEM program outside the grade-level core disciplines of ELA, math, science and social studies, and separate from the standard Career Technical Education (CTE) programs to reach all students.

Education 138

Education K-12 Critical Thinking Public School 138

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 19, 2020

The e-mail, written by a principal for an elementary school in central Texas, detailed a complex new plan for remote learning in the fall and was full of jargon: asynchronous time, maximum continuous minutes and a separate plan to teach special subjects like art, music and physical education.

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K-12 Elementary School EdTech Social Studies 143

ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2024

Additionally, we have developed a set of principles and capacities aligned to each tenet to create the conditions for mutually beneficial engagement. Because they are designed by those experiencing barriers to teaching and learning, they reflect how educators can support students' needs.

Education 117

Education Leadership Professional Development Tradition 117

ED Surge

MAY 8, 2023

Although it’s not as obviously contentious as say, social studies, educators and researchers (not to mention students and families) have strong feelings about math instruction (remember New Math ? The conversation around math instruction suggests that not that much is really known about how to teach K-12 math.

K-12 136

K-12 Critical Thinking Middle School Pedagogy 136

The Hechinger Report

JULY 21, 2022

Teacher summer camp,” Aimee Hollander, an assistant professor and director of Nicholls State University’s Center for Teaching Excellence, jokingly called it. McMillan, who teaches in a rural southeast part of the state, said the geography of her school is one reason she applied to the fellowship.

Controversial Topics 117

Controversial Topics Education Lesson Plan K-12 117

ED Surge

AUGUST 21, 2023

Annie Talley Ochoa has long known that she was meant to teach. Talley Ochoa is on track to earn her teaching credential next August, when she finishes her master’s degree in education. This year, she’s teaching U.S. And again, I'm like, ‘Oh, this is my thing: teaching. At age 44, that’s about to change.

Professional Development 98

Professional Development Social Studies High School Teaching 98

The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2022

The Sunnyside district, where roughly 90 percent of students are Hispanic, signed on at the start of the pandemic, after discovering that many of its ninth graders were struggling with the demands of recently adopted state standards for social science. There was much more emphasis on critical thinking and primary source investigation.

Primary Sources 124

Primary Sources Social Science Professional Development Critical Thinking 124

Studies Weekly

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Igniting Passion for Teaching Science: Overcoming Challenges and Fostering Enthusiasm Oct. 23, 2023 • Studies Weekly Teaching science is a vital part of any elementary curriculum, but it’s not always easy without essential background knowledge, prep time, and supplies.

Teaching 52

Teaching Professional Development Lesson Plan Social Studies 52

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2020

“The biggest problem is there is not enough time to really do the training that a teacher needs to understand how to teach online,” said Jennifer Mathes, interim chief executive officer of the Boston-based Online Learning Consortium , a nonprofit that offers webinars and resources on online teaching and learning.

K-12 141

K-12 Elementary School Middle School Charter School 141

Studies Weekly

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

5 Classroom Management Tips for Elementary Teachers Sep 17, 2024 • by Studies Weekly Classroom management is such a big part of teaching and has become more critical as students readjust to post-pandemic in-person learning. Role-play a whining voice versus using a big clear student voice so they understand the difference.

Primary Sources 98

Primary Sources Classroom Management Lesson Plan Professional Development 98

Studies Weekly

JANUARY 8, 2024

How to Teach Children Goal Setting Jan. Track Goals with Checkpoints and Journals One way to teach your students to track their goals is to have them draw a timeline with little checkpoints along the way of things to accomplish. Using checkpoints is a great opportunity to teach your students that small steps can lead to big changes.

Teaching 52

Teaching Artifacts Psychology Lesson Plan 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

He finds it easy to teach himself with online content as his guide. The computers themselves bring concerns about the negative effects of screens on children’s learning and brain development. But while computers are the heart of Summit’s model, they’re designed to play a supporting role in teaching kids, not take center stage.

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Junior High Charter School Elementary School Social Studies 128

Studies Weekly

MARCH 11, 2024

How Studies Weekly Uses Scientific Principles to Innovate Science Teaching Mar. 11, 2024 • By Studies Weekly Explore Science is Studies Weekly’s newest K-5 science curriculum. Explore Science is the scientific solution to teaching science. Innovate how you teach Science!

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Teaching K-12 Lesson Plan Elementary School 52