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The Station Rotation Model

Catlin Tucker

When I work with secondary teachers, I often hear the statement that “station rotation is an elementary model.” Just because many of us at the secondary level were not taught how to design lessons this way does not mean it is only beneficial for younger learners. The Benefits of the Station Rotation Model.

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Refreshing Your Devices? Here’s What You Need to Know!

EdTech Magazine

K–12 IT leaders must reflect on what we learned during that time and use that knowledge to guide our approach to refreshing our districts’ devices, especially with the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund cliff approaching.

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Station Rotation Model: Grouping Strategies

Catlin Tucker

Unfortunately, most secondary teachers do not learn how to design lessons using stations in credential school. That said, there are clear advantages to using this model at the secondary level. It makes it possible for secondary teachers to: Create smaller learning communities within the larger class.

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Creating Digital Notebooks with Google Slides

Catlin Tucker

This will make it easier for students to add to and retrieve information from their digital notebooks. If you are working with secondary students and want them to use Blogger or Google Sites to create their digital notebooks, check out this blog ! Insert the media you want to include.

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Design a Choose Your Own Adventure Learning Experience

Catlin Tucker

I’d like to propose using a creative strategy to free the teacher from needing to be “on” presenting information or orchestrating the lesson. For example, an elementary teacher may want to focus on a specific season or weather pattern while a secondary teacher might focus on cell division or energy sustainability.

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Learning Recovery Through Acceleration

A Principal's Reflections

With the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund, Congress has made money available to school districts to tackle the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Feel free to email me at any time (esheninger@leadered.com) for more information. Below are some more thoughts from Kyra.

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50 Minute Periods Are Killing Teacher Creativity

Catlin Tucker

Too often the default in this scenario is to lecture or verbally present information because it is faster. Yet, if we want students to develop these crucial life skills–finding and evaluating information, communicating and collaborating with peers–they need time. They cannot feel they are being hurried through the process of learning.