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The negative effects from teaching during COVID-19 are a hot topic. While there have been positives resulting from the pandemic—especially the need to value and teach self-regulation and to have teachers engage in higher levels of release of responsibility (Hattie 2021)—there are many students who have failed to thrive, been denied access to technology, and been absent and not engaged. While these results occur also in regular schooling, too, COVID-19 spotlights the need to

Equity, Multilingual Learners

Culturally Responsive Teaching for Multilingual Learners in a Virtual or Hybrid Setting: Where Do We Go From Here?

February 8, 2021

author: Sydney Snyder and Diane Staehr Fenner

Beginning in March 2020 and continuing to the present, educators across the nation have shown remarkable resilience, creativity, and compassion as they work to educate their students. The COVID-19 pandemic and the dramatic shift to virtual and hybrid learning have revealed and exacerbated educational inequities

Distance Learning, Teaching Methods

How to Motivate and Engage Learners in Any Environment

February 5, 2021

author: Jeanne L. Paynter

Has the sudden shift to virtual learning sent you searching for motivating, engaging, and challenging activities for your online classroom? More and more, I am hearing teachers and parents lament over students who are logging in but tuning out. And as schools transition back to face-to-face,

Distance Learning, Leadership

Why We Are Not Doing Teacher Evaluations This Year (And What We Are Doing Instead)

December 7, 2020

author: Matthew Renwick

“This year is a mulligan.” The analogy, a golf term to describe a do-over for a shot, is hard to hear from a colleague, and even harder to admit that there is a lot of truth in what they say. With the pandemic significantly impacting people’s

Distance Learning, Teaching Methods, Wellbeing

Home Sweet Classroom: 5 Things to Consider When Transitioning Back to In-Person Teaching

December 4, 2020

author: Jamie Chaves and Ashley Taylor

Educators, you’ve been waiting for this moment for the past four (or five, or six) months: the return to your classroom. Home away from home. This is the platform where you thrive. While most of you likely can’t wait to get back to being in person, it may not

Distance Learning, Literacy

5 Tips for Literacy Stations in a Virtual or Hybrid Classroom — Yes, It’s Possible!

December 2, 2020

author: Debbie Diller

So far 2020 has been a doozy, hasn’t it? I’m so proud of teachers across the US and the world who are adjusting their work to meet constantly changing needs of students and schools. When I launched my series Simply Stations in February, I was thrilled to bring you my updated thinking on how to ensure

Assessment, Distance Learning

6 Tools for Assessing Learning from a Distance

November 20, 2020

author: Douglas B. Fisher and Nancy Frey

Anyone who has been teaching remotely knows that there are parents—well-intended parents—who are over-helping. And by over-helping, we mean telling students answers and doing the work for students. When parents do so, teachers are not sure if students have learned what they need to learn.

Wellbeing

Now More Than Ever, Implementing SEL Will Help Teachers and Students

November 18, 2020

author: Jessica and John Hannigan

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a great deal of reflection in schools throughout the nation. As you are probably well aware, significant mental health, social, emotional, and behavioral needs existed before the pandemic, and social and emotional learning (SEL) has been part of education for decades. Although it isn’t a new topic, we

Literacy

How Can You Partner with Parents to Support Young Writers?

November 16, 2020

author: Melanie Meehan

Over the last several months, teachers, students, and families have experienced several different learning platforms and iterations of school. Throughout the experiences, both parents and caregivers have expressed the challenges of writing instruction in a virtual or hybrid model. I’ve always recognized the challenges of writing instruction,

Distance Learning, Math

Student-Led, Real-World Math for Distance Learning

November 13, 2020

author: Theresa Wills

No matter how you are teaching--remotely, hybrid, or face-to-face--your students have a plethora of unique, real world examples of mathematics all around their homes and neighborhoods. They just may not recognize it! Student-Led Math Show-and-Tell is a simple activity that provides students the opportunity to

Coming Back from COVID: Anything but Retention

Culturally Responsive Teaching for Multilingual Learners in a Virtual or Hybrid Setting: Where Do We Go From Here?

How to Motivate and Engage Learners in Any Environment

Why We Are Not Doing Teacher Evaluations This Year (And What We Are Doing Instead)

5 Tips for Literacy Stations in a Virtual or Hybrid Classroom — Yes, It’s Possible!

6 Tools for Assessing Learning from a Distance

How Can You Partner with Parents to Support Young Writers?

Student-Led, Real-World Math for Distance Learning

The Power of Tutoring to Empower Students Struggling in Math

Teacher Noticing: The Key to Unlocking Student Success

#CorwinTalks: Making Sense of Visible Learning

Math Proficiency for All: Part 3

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