A month ago, at one of the schools I serve in East New York, I found myself in a challenging situation that highlighted the misconceptions surrounding the role of school mental health professionals. A teacher, visibly frustrated, approached me after struggling with a student in her class. Despite my three counseling sessions with the student,…
geralt / Pixabay At least, for now, I’m going to make this a weekly feature which will highlight additions to THE BEST NEW – & FREE – ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS THAT COULD BE USED IN THE CLASSROOM. Here are the latest: FIVE WAYS TO MAKE CHATGPT YOUR TIME-SAVING AI ASSISTANT is from TechNotes. I’m…
geralt / Pixabay As most people know, “exit interviews” are typically done in companies when a worker is leaving and an employer can gain feedback about they felt about working their and learn their reasons for leaving. Though I use the same term, I turn its meaning on its head for voluntary exit interviews…
(I’m republishing posts on my My All-Time Favorite Posts list. This one appeared in 2023. You can see them all here) I sent this tweet a couple of days ago: These last three years have been the most challenging of my teaching career – even more challenging than my first year. How common of…
It’s been four years since George Floyd’s murder, and I’ve shared many related resources at GEORGE FLOYD WAS MURDERED FOUR YEARS AGO ON MAY 25TH – HERE ARE TEACHING & LEARNING RESOURCES. Here are some videos from today that I’m adding to that list: It’s been four years since George Floyd’s murder, and…
Human resources training materials to use for providing hr training programs. HR training materials for human resources deps for their own training. The post Human Resources Training Materials – 7 Popular Topics for Getting Started appeared first on Symonds Research. Human resources training materials to use for providing hr training programs. HR training materials for…
(I’m republishing posts on my My All-Time Favorite Posts list. This one appeared in 2022. You can see them all here) Pexels / Pixabay The Ikea Effect (see Video: “How the ‘IKEA effect’ can motivate people to work [& learn] harder” ) – basically, we are more invested in something if we feel…
StartupStockPhotos / Pixabay Nicole Scrivner, a talented teacher colleague whose create ideas are no stranger to this blog’s pages, shared another great one last week at our English Department meeting. She talked about a “Shoutout Whiteboard” where she lists particular work they’ve done in class like “Excellent Draft Essay” and lists names of students…
When Teaching English Learners, Embrace These 3 Critical Mindsets is the headline of one of my recent Education Week columns. English learners will have more success if teachers adjust their thinking. Here’s how. Here’s an excerpt: When Teaching English Learners, Embrace These 3 Critical Mindsets is the headline of one of my recent Education Week…
Social–emotional learning’s (SEL’s) reach has expanded significantly over the past decade and has especially accelerated during the last few years. High-quality SEL can support students’ general well-being as a pathway to improved academic outcomes (Durlak et al., 2011; Zins and Elias, 2007). With multilingual learners comprising nearly 23% of the US student-age population and rising…