The one bold move that evoked their compassion Sean sat in the big gray chair in my office, his head between his knees. “I have no friends anymore,” he said. I handed him a box of tissues and he wiped his eyes. “No one will talk to me. If I try to sit at someone’s
Helping students succeed by becoming aware of their own thought processes Harsh skies at noon mirror the deep, stormy sea. Winds scream at tumultuously rolling peaks and valleys. Tossing ship and tumbled crew groan in unison. The captain shouts through the chaos, “Look lively, mates. You’ve readied our ship and now I need your strength
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Building college and career readiness by focusing on effort and behavior Life skills, also known as behavior skills, are the base on which academic and technical skills are built. In the work world, the biggest issue is not technical skill in employees, rather it’s behavior skills. People get hired for their technical skills but fired
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Four steps for helping students identify real news Teaching with current events has always been a vital way to help students become informed and engaged citizens. But the importance of news literacy has perhaps never been as critical as it is today, with the pronounced rise of deliberately misleading and patently fake news. While middle
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Helping children with disabilities by supporting families In my first years as a special education teacher, I taught a sixth grade student with Down Syndrome to tie her shoes. When her parent came to pick her up one afternoon, the student and I shared the good news. The parent’s face turned red, she clenched her
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Five teaching strategies designed to challenge and engage students “In education, student engagement refers to the degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion that students show when they are learning or being taught, which extends to the level of motivation they have to learn and progress in their education” (edglossary.org). When students are engaged with
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