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Classroom Management, Productivity Strategies, Teaching Tips & Tricks, Truth for Teachers Collective

Mar 10, 2024
Productive morning routines: How one teacher creates intentional practices for daily success
What if you created a “standard algorithm” for your day? Here’s what I mean. In my 4th grade classroom, a focus of my Math curriculum each year is the standard algorithm for double-digit multiplication and long division. I enjoy these instructional days because as a Type-A teacher, I like to...

By Shelly S. Budziszewski

Truth for Teachers Writer

Equity Resources, Teaching Tips & Tricks, Truth for Teachers Collective

May 21, 2023
4 trauma-informed approaches that help kids with ACEs (and benefit your entire class!)
We (teachers) are not mental health counselors. Nor are we psychiatrists, social workers, physicians, or nutritionists. Too often — far too often — we are asked to take on these roles to support our kids. And I get why. We spend a ton of time with our students. It’s inevitable...

By Melissa Forbes

Instructional coach, MTSS coordinator

Productivity Strategies, Teaching Tips & Tricks, Podcast Articles

Mar 17, 2024
Feedback first: How 2 different teachers help students focus on learning, not grades
Teachers spend so much time giving feedback to students, but often kids don’t internalize it. They tune out the carefully-crafted written comments on their work, briefly register the grade they earned, and move on. So, how can we help students care about improving their skills and take time to reflect...

By Angela Watson

Founder and Writer

Classroom Management, Education Trends, Productivity Strategies, Podcast Articles

Mar 3, 2024
Thinking creatively about tough problems: the power of diffuse thinking (for you and your students)
Have you ever noticed how breakthroughs often come when you’re not actively trying to find a solution? That’s diffuse thinking at work: a relaxed state in which creativity flourishes. On this episode of the Truth for Teachers Podcast, I’ll share how stepping back can lead us forward. It turns out...

By Angela Watson

Founder and Writer

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