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Why Teacher Self-Care Matters and How to Practice Self-Care in Your School

Waterford

In fact, practicing self-care can be in the best interest of everyone in your classroom. By eating well, sleeping enough, exercising, and finding other ways to take care of yourself, self-care can help your reach your potential in the classroom, which will in turn help your students succeed, too.[8]. Self-Care Ideas for Teachers.

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University Scholars Plant Seeds In a New Field of Study: Early Childhood Policy

Edsurge

They’ve made 12 modules, four syllabi for upper-level bachelor’s or master’s courses, and several handbooks for guiding faculty and creating internship programs. But most college programs that address early childhood education still focus on classroom teaching, not policy. They’re not stopping at resources, though.

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Students Are Slipping Through the Cracks of Special Education. Schools Must Do Better.

Edsurge

Special education services often included classes separate from the regular classroom. A key challenge facing RTI implementation is there is no guide or handbook. Most importantly, I encouraged Jason’s teacher to praise him for his self-advocacy and to let him know that his story would be a catalyst for systemic change.

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Social and Cultural Literacy Resources for Classrooms

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Each of us -- teachers and students alike -- enter classrooms from different perspectives and points of view. Challenging or Difficult Conversations Controversial and difficult conversations are unavoidable in classrooms, especially those grappling with important cultural, social, and political issues.

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The newest form of school discipline: Kicking kids out of class and into virtual learning

The Hechinger Report

But one day in February, after refusing to go into her classroom and allegedly cursing at her teachers, the seventh grader was sent home to learn online indefinitely. Sometimes, there is no system in place for tracking how many students are being punished this way or how many days of in-person classroom learning they are forced to miss. “We

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How Strategic Thinking and Planning Make for Improved Behavior

edWeb.net

Extended intervention support to kindergarten classrooms. If It’s Tier 1 attendance, the goal is enhanced classroom management the student advocacy team supports. Social skills development is a Tier 1 element, with Pre-K classrooms involved in Second Step. State-sponsored PBIS training through a whole-child lens.

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College and career readiness activities

Kathy Schrock

One publication I love to recommend to support this process is the Occupational Outlook Handbook. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook , Home Page, on the Internet at [link] (visited November 21, 2018). There are tons of sites on the Web to help students with this process. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S.