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Listen here! - https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-involve-newcomer-parents-ari-gerzon-kessler/ Over 27 percent of all students in America have immigrant parents. In this episode, Ari Gerzon-Kessler and I discuss strategies for better engaging this traditionally underserved population of families. Gerzon-Kessler, a former principal, currently serves as a coordinator of family partnerships and is the author of…

Listen to more here! https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-create-thinking-classrooms-alice-vigors/ The rigor of any lesson begins with the learning objective and what we are asking students to know and be able to do. However, far too often, we do not ask our students to engage in heavy cognitive lift. Join me and my guest, Alice…

Listen here! https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-plan-for-effective-teacher-trainingcollaboration-allison-rodman/ In this episode, my guest Allison Rodman, author of the new book Still Learning and the founder/CEO of The Learning Loop, and I discuss what is required to embed effective teacher professional development in schools. We discuss what administrators must do to ensure that all training is…

Listen here! https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-give-feedback-to-teachers-ryan-burke/ On this podcast, we have discussed the importance of teachers engaging in collaborative design thinking when considering how THEY will innovate their teaching practices. However, collaboration with others often comes with tension. In this episode, Ryan Burke, senior partner with Leadership and Design, discusses strategies for how…

Listen here - https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-lead-teachers-with-humanity-alexandra-auriemma-and-frederick-buskey/ In this Have a Life Teaching podcast episode, we speak with rising admin star and current vice principal Alexandra Auriemma about what she feels are her leadership strengths and opportunities for growth. We are also joined by Frederick Buskey of Strategic Leadership Coaching and host of…

Check out more of this episode here - https://www.podpage.com/have-a-life-teaching/how-to-ensure-educator-wellbeing-part-ii-aimee-presnall/ n Part I, Sybil Hall and I discussed what educators can do to take ownership of their own wellbeing. Here, in Part II, Aimee Parkinson Presnall. Founder and CEO of Well-Nest (Australia) and I discuss how individual responsibility for our own…

3 Key Questions to Ask About Your Teaching Every Day - Yes, your admin might be observing you without notice but don’t let that stop you from killing it! #classroom #teaching #teachersoftiktok

Chat GPT means getting students writing about writing and synthesizing information #teachersoftiktok #school #teachingkids

Chat GPT means getting students writing about writing and synthesizing information #teachersoftiktok #school #teachingkids

#teachersoftiktok #school #learningontiktok - what do you want to see in a lesson plan and when delivering lessons? john-schembari-s-school.teachable.com

Student engagement and checking on student understanding during a lesson do not have to be distinct. You can do both at the same time. Which CFU strategies do you use? #teachersoftiktok #school #teachingkids

How can we bring social-emotional learning into teaching? Try this simple hack that gets kids shouting out their classmates for positive behavior! #teachersoftiktok #teaching #education

You have crafted and posted the perfect grade appropriate learning objective. Oops! You have students not yet ready for it and still others beyond it? What do you do? #teachersoftiktok #teacher #classroom #student

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#teaching #students #motivation

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