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eSports: The Growing Extra-Curricular Activity NOW!

The CoolCatTeacher

The Kansas Health Foundation named her a Civic Health Hero, and the Kansas Association of Secondary School Principals named her the 2018 Principal of the Year. Dr. Custer is a leader in character education and civic advocacy.

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Student involvement and game-based learning. It is typical that every fall, parents and their children’s kindergarten teacher meet to design and discuss an individualized learning map for their children. Read more: Why students love a game-based learning experience.

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What is Active Learning? And Why it Matters

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universities have implemented active learning classrooms. Many, like Stanford and the University of Minnesota , have initiatives to train instructors in active learning practices. Primary and secondary schools are swiftly responding to the evidence in support of active learning. Game-based learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

After graduation, I pursued and obtained my Masters in Secondary English Education. From there, I moved to the secondary world and bounced from Alabama, to Tennessee, to Virginia and finally settled in Bellevue, Nebraska, where I teach 8th grade English.

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Dr. Angela Peery has been an educator 31 years and has served as a secondary English teacher, secondary administrator, instructional coach, turnaround specialist, curriculum developer, and consultant. Blended Vocabulary Book Giveaway Contest. Full Bio As Submitted. Dr. Angela Peery. Dr. Angela Peery.

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The CoolCatTeacher

And we have grade checks every three weeks in every secondary school in the state. But of course, when attendance goes up, typically your academic averages go up too, because you do have an academic requirement to be able to participate, right? Danielle Johnson (04:32.49) Mm-hmm.

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