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“Getting to know you” questionnaire
Title: Getting to Know You Binder Section: Daily Work Date:   Name:   Subject:...
By Kristi Johnson Smith.
“I am very sorry. It is going to happen again”
In The First Year, page 4.2
Maintain your commitment to classroom organization and management all the way through the end of the year.
Format: article
By Kristi Johnson Smith.Commentary and sidebar notes by Lindy Norman.
The “three Rs” of school leadership
A quick check of effectiveness for school administrators.
By Chris Hitch.
The “who cares” approach: Long-term benefits
Using classroom footage and teacher interviews, this video addresses the long-term benefits to students of using assignments based on real-world perspectives. Teachers from elementary, middle, and high school share observations and success stories. This video...
Format: video/video
“Who cares” in action: Formative and summative assessment
Using teacher interviews and classroom footage, this video illustrates how using perspectives-based assignments can improve classroom instruction and assessment. Teachers from elementary, middle, and high school discuss how this approach contributes to effective...
Format: video/video
'Tis the season...for observations
In The First Year, page 2.8
When you're facing an observation, keep your focus on your students, and think of it as an opportunity to work with administrators and gain a new perspective on your teaching.
Format: article
By Kristi Johnson Smith.Commentary and sidebar notes by Lindy Norman.
Acceleration vs. social promotion in special education
Popular belief holds that accelerated programs are not good for gifted students. This article shows that these students actually excel with support from their teachers and parents.
Format: article
By Jennifer Job.
Accessibility, usability and visual design -- Carolina Online Teacher Program
An introduction to basic web design, accessibility, and usability principles. You will learn how much the placement of materials, the use of graphics, and even color and font styles can affect students' success in your online course.
Format: article/online course
Adolescent literacy for middle grades
Help your students become more strategic readers. You’ll improve your own reading comprehension by teaching and modeling a variety of reading strategies. This course will introduce you to literacy resources and reading tools that will assist and enhance daily instruction.
Format: article/online course
Adolescent literacy: English language arts comprehension strategies
This course will equip teachers with a variety of strategies and resources to enhance literacy instruction in the classroom in an ongoing and purposeful manner.
Format: article/online course
Adolescent literacy: Social studies comprehension strategies
"Adolescent Literacy: Social Studies Strategies" equips teachers with a variety of strategies and resources to enhance literacy instruction in the social studies classroom in an ongoing and purposeful manner.
Format: article/online course
Adolescent literacy: Social studies comprehension strategies: Online course syllabus
Adolescent Literacy: Social Studies Strategies equips teachers with a variety of strategies and resources to enhance literacy instruction in the social studies classroom in an ongoing and purposeful manner.
Format: syllabus
African American history to 1950
This course explores African American history in the contexts of United States, North Carolina, and world history.
Format: article/online course
African American History to 1950: Online course syllabus
Syllabus for the online course "African American History to 1950," which explores African American history in the contexts of United States, North Carolina, and world history.
Format: syllabus
Alamance County Historical Museum
Learn about the history of Alamance County on a field trip to this museum.
Algebraic thinking in elementary school
This online course will enable participants to learn how to include opportunities in the upper elementary curriculum for children to think about basic algebraic concepts, and to appreciate the importance of algebraic thinking.
Format: article/online course
Algebraic thinking in elementary school: Online course syllabus
This workshop will enable participants to learn how to include opportunities in the upper elementary curriculum for children to think about basic algebraic concepts, and to appreciate the importance of algebraic thinking.
Format: syllabus