Peer tutoring is an effective flexible grouping strategy that can be a terrific way to improve your instructional effectiveness, while also improving the sense of community, confidence, and leadership skills of your students. It is important to establish processes, provide support, and plan when choosing your tutor and tutee and it is important to consider…
Science is different in other content areas in that the foundation of its existence relies on asking questions about the world around us, forming and testing a hypothesis, and analyzing the results. It’s only natural that a science classroom would mirror the essence of this field. While direct instruction and practice-based learning have their place,…
With the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in recent years (and especially in the past several months) in various industries, many in the education space are now wondering how this will affect the careers of K-12 teachers and educators. Many opinion articles have stated the potential for AI to replace teachers. However, we, as professional…
Your students need a model for improving their work; with timely and specific feedback, it will be easier for them to work to improve in certain areas. Student feedback identifies particular areas of student performance and provides insight into their strengths and weaknesses. Therefore, feedback should be a natural component of most assessment methods you…
Ideas and strategies to check for student understanding are plentiful. You may find that you’ll use several different methods within each classroom and choose methods specific to the task students complete. A large toolbox of strategies to pull from can help ensure you understand exactly what each student knows. When designed correctly, your methods to…
In your classroom, you likely have identified specific problems impacting student behavior or performance that needs to be solved in a certain way. You might be utilizing a specific instructional method, assessment, classroom management strategy, or something else as part of your classroom routine to help address the issues you see. Or, you may begin…
At Rubicon, we have always described Next Summit as a forum for growth and collaboration, and as an opportunity to explore the potential of the next phase of your fleet operations. It is also a venue for Rubicon to share what is coming next for our organization. Rubicon’s software-based waste, recycling, and fleet operations products…
As a brand new teacher, you’re probably excited about finally putting everything you have learned into practice. You can’t wait to get to know your new students, but you’re probably also a bit nervous about the unknown. Am I going to enjoy teaching? Will my students like me? Will I be a good teacher? You…
Eventually, all appliances must be replaced, whether you’re upgrading to a newer and nicer lawnmower mid-season, or just getting rid of an old air conditioner at the end of the summer. Unlike everyday trash and recycling, these items require specific steps for safe and legal disposal—you can’t just toss a charcoal grill or string trimmer…
Celebrating a birthday is always special. It doesn’t matter whether you are a child or an adult; your birthday is a special day. Most kids go to school on their birthday. Knowing there is a classroom birthday reminder board creates… Celebrating a birthday is always special. It doesn’t matter whether you are a child or an…