Teacher To Teacher
Making your new year’s ‘resolutions’
The start of the school year, when the previous year is still fresh in your mind, is a great time to make some “new year’s resolutions” to improve your teaching practice. UFT Teacher Center coach and 10th-grade social studies teacher Shawn Fisch shows you how.
Help students learn naturally all summer
6th-grade teacher Ruth Duran shares tips for educators about how to make summer learning for students feel less like homework by engaging them in activities that tap into their creative sides and activities they genuinely enjoy.
Bring a Scientist to Class (It’s Easier Than You Think)
STEM has a long history of being exclusionary, and some students have a hard time imagining themselves in such roles. Bringing real scientists into the classroom, especially ones who share students’ backgrounds, helps expand that vision, middle school science teacher Stephen Kos explains as he shares tips on how educators can easily bring scientists into their classrooms.
Behavior-management tips from a District 75 educator
Behavior-management techniques commonly employed in District 75 special education classrooms can be used to address and de-escalate student behavior in general education settings as well. Longtime District 75 teacher Nina Krisel Berke shares four behavior-management tools.
Making every voice count
Talking roles are discussion jobs that rotate among students in a small discussion group. The roles give quieter students a clear entry point, encourage active listening and build accountability.
Nature journaling brings science to life
Nature journaling not only boosts students’ attention, sense of well-being and joy, but also strengthens their scientific, mathematical and critical-thinking skills.