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Free Webinar Series This free webinar series examines the Responsive Classroom practices and strategies teachers and school leaders can use to build a successful school year experience for all students.   Read More…
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Consider the energy and intensity that often accompany the middle of the day. Lunch and recess provide students with opportunities to run, play, eat, and socialize, and teachers often see Read More…
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A productive, purposeful hum fills Ms. Vincent's fourth grade classroom as the school day draws to a close and students complete their end-of-day jobs. Ten minutes before dismissal, when everyone is packed…
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Long breaks away from school offer students opportunities to relax and spend time with family and friends, but they can also make returning to school challenging. After winter break is Read More…
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How often have you either needed a break from a stressful moment or noticed your mind wandering and needed an opportunity to purposefully refocus yourself? What do you do in Read More…
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Let’s face it—technology is changing the way students learn. With the increase of screen time in classrooms, it is imperative that we continue to teach to the whole child, bolstering Read More…
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The end of the school day can be a challenging, hectic time. As the day’s final lesson or period concludes, students must pack up their belongings and often organize homework Read More…
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The physical space of the classroom plays a significant role in both the culture and community of your learning environment. In fact, I consider the space to be a third Read More…
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Traditions feel good. It is why we sing songs that we know well, why we go to the same store each week, and why we drive to work the same Read More…
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Julie Kelly and Kirsten Howard are Responsive Classroom consulting teachers and contributing authors for the forthcoming Empowering Educators series (Julie worked on Empowering Educators for Grades 3, 4, 5; Kirsten Read More…
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Did the first half of the school year give you a “déjà vu” feeling from your first year of teaching? Everything feels new and unfamiliar. A lot of time is spent Read More…
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Helping students create a habit of reflection is an essential step in teaching them how to establish and maintain self-control. But sometimes teachers with positive intentions inadvertently ask questions around Read More…
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Written by Sarah Scavone At this point in the school year, we have spent a great deal of time intentionally building our learning community. The strong relationships we build with Read More…
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Last spring, when terms like global pandemic, virus, hybrid-, distance-, synchronous-, and asynchronous-learning first became a regular part of educators’ vernacular and most educators across the country were thrown into Read More…
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Ever since March 23, 2020, when the school where I work, Steel City Academy, transitioned to virtual learning, I’ve found myself constantly asking what education will look like moving forward. Read More…
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Along with new structures and strategies teachers are employing in response to the multitude of changes to their teaching environments, the beginning of this school year is defined by the Read More…
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Students thrive both socially and academically when they interact while learning. They need to think, explore, create, and apply their knowledge. Order 10 or more of the same Quick Coaching Guide to…
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Students benefit when teachers use effective questioning techniques. Asking students effective questions will initiate their natural inclination to seek learning experiences that will inspire them and instill a lifelong love of learning. …
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Details Date: September 3, 2020 Time: 4:00 pm EST Length: 90 minutes As we transform our classrooms to adapt to COVID-19 safety requirements, we must be especially mindful about creating Read More…
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In early 2018 I presented my first Responsive Classroom course at the American School of Bombay (ASB) in Mumbai, India. This independent day school follows a college preparatory curriculum that supports an Read More…
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Details Date: August 18, 2020 Time: 4:00 pm EST Length: 60 minutes Creating a welcoming and inviting classroom is a priority for teachers at the start of every new school Read More…
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Linda Berger is a consulting teacher for Center for Responsive Schools. Through her 25 years in education, she primarily taught K/1 and recently landed in fourth grade in Santa Clara, Read More…
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Jodi McErlane is currently a first grade teacher in Greenville, Pennsylvania. She has been teaching for 29 years. When not in the classroom, she is passionate about sharing the Responsive Read More…
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Ensuring that all our students are academically engaged is our highest priority as educators. We want to teach our students the skills needed to creatively engage with content while becoming Read More…
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Helping students get back on track when they are engaged in off-task or rule-breaking behavior is an important goal when responding to misbehavior. We want students to quickly get back Read More…
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Does this sound familiar? You teach your students classroom routines at the beginning of the year and watch as they integrate these new routines into their learning, but for some Read More…
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