Building Classroom Expertise

Imagine the possibilities for changing student attitudes and perspectives if students were invited not only to share their fascinations but also to serve as classroom experts and teachers in those areas. This quick excerpt provides ideas for building classroom expertise via student interests and passions. Read More

Classroom management

Read the excerpt and learn how to actively create inclusive learning environments that support all students, foster cultural understandings, promote safety and emotional well-being, support positive social interactions, and facilitate active engagement of all students. Read More

Collaborating with others: working within a team

Read the excerpt and find information and tools that will enable educators to engage in effective collaboration. This excerpt will help educators to see their role as a member of the larger educational team and to address the roles and responsibilities of each team member. Read More

Collaboration

Excerpted from Teaching Everyone, this chapter reviews best practices in collaboration and discusses ways in which teachers are expected to collaborate. Read More

Making inclusion work: 5 strategies every teacher should know

Today's classrooms have changed significantly since many educators received their formal training. As inclusive classrooms become the norm, many teachers are hungry for insights that will help them ensure students with various abilities make strides individually while their classes progress as a whole. Here are five fresh approaches you can apply to create successful inclusive classrooms. Read More

Purposeful puzzles

View the sample activity and discover how to create purposeful puzzles. A description of what purposeful puzzles are, as well as directions, examples, and a list of vendors are included. Read More