Susan ‘s Articles for
Education
Susan ‘s Articles for
Education
10 Expert Tips to Accelerate Learning With Station Teaching
While using station teaching or acceleration centers as an approach to co-teaching is often very successful for both teachers and students, it is important to use this approach correctly. To...
Tools for Teenagers: Mindfulness in Classroom Management
By Ms G. (Christine Galib) & Ms. S (Kelly Seibert), co-founders of Be Well. Teach Well. Jamie* (name changed) was the high school student who directed his energy to pestering others, defying...
Should Co-teaching be Voluntary?
Implementing a Co-teaching Initiative? Start Small with Willing Teachers Some teachers and school administrators believe that co-teaching should be voluntary. We have learned that, when a new...
Five Strategies for Making Multiple Choice Tests Easier
Many students think of multiple choice tests as “easy” tests, but the truth is, they can be very difficult. From “none of the above” and “all of the above” questions to the shorter amount of time...
Proven Techniques to Help You Nurture Media Aware Teens
In this age of age of media overload, it’s important that we recognize and monitor what our children are exposed to, especially our adolescents and teen, so that we can help them to understand,...
Three Affordable Ways to Get Individualized Professional Development and Learn Valuable Teaching Strategies
Who Else Wants to Get Individualized Professional Development and Learn Valuable Teaching Strategies to Meet State Licensing Goals? [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent="yes"...
The Media’s Impact On Our Culture and Young Children
In 1950, when TV was in its infancy, in the entire United States only 170 persons under the age of fifteen were arrested for serious crimes such as murder, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. By...
Clever Organization Ideas for Teachers
I'm an organizing nut. My favorite store is not a clothing store, or a shoe store. My favorite store is the Container Store. And, I LOVE novel ways to repurpose items to create practical and...
Vocabulary Interventions for Really Terrific Instruction (RTI)
Kinesthetic Strategies Increase Vocabulary Recall Many students who may need a vocabulary intervention are Bodily-Kinesthetic learners, meaning they learn through their bodies and they need to...
A Memory Strategy; Chunking, Processing, and Paraphrasing
Many students with learning disabilities struggle with memory deficit issues. Primarily, they forget information they need to do well on tests or to do the higher-level thinking required for problem...
Motivating Students to be Engaged Learners, in 30 Days or Less
Seven tips from a learning strategies motivational expert While it's easy to look at underperforming students and label them as lazy, in reality, research indicates that most students lack...
Top 8 Mistakes That Doom Effective Lecture Delivery
If you are going to direct teach, sometimes still referred to as lecture, one of the best ways to do it well is to identify the mistakes made during ineffective lectures and steer clear of them....