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It's the beginning of a new school year! This is an exciting time of year, but can become overwhelmed very easily. There are so many tasks to complete and prepare for the first day of school. We have a new checklist to guide our teachers with success in your classroom during the first 10 days of school. Please check out this great tool full of great resources.
This resource outlines the responsibilities of Beginning Teachers for the three years you are in the Beginning Teacher Support Program. This is a wonderful document for your reference!
Have you ever wished that you had your all of teaching artifacts in one spot that you could access at anytime? Well here is your solution! This document is broken down by the standards aligned to the North Carolina Teacher Evaluation Rubric. Here, you can link your artifacts that support each standard making it an all-in-one easy to access document!
Effective Lesson Planning Tips & Strategies
"Unlock the secrets to successful teaching with our 'Effective Lesson Planning' infographic. Discover essential tips and strategies to create engaging and impactful lessons. From setting clear objectives to incorporating multimedia, this visual-graphic is your guide to crafting lessons that inspire learning and empower your students. Elevate your teaching game today!"
Licensure for Beginning Teachers
This professional development visual graphic focuses on the licensure procedure for teachers who have less than three years of teaching experience.
4 TLAC Strategies
We encourage you to take advantage of four Teach Like a Champion (TLAC) strategies which can be especially useful to New Teachers. This video provides a brief overview of the strategies: Cold Calling, Show Calling, No Opt Out and Positive Framing. Utilizing these tools can help to create an equitable learning environment where everyone's voice is heard and students are open to taking risks.
Collaborative Learning Strategies
Hello, Phenomenal Educators! Are you ready for your scholars to work as a team and improve their social interactions through diverse grouping, engaging task-aligned conversations, idea sharing, and respectful interactions? Most importantly, are you ready to take your teaching to another level by implementing Collaborative Learning Strategies in your classroom? If you answered “yes” to both questions, then this Professional Development (PD) will provide you with Collaborative Learning Strategies and the tools needed to successfully implement these strategies in your classroom.
Everyday Reflection Techniques
Check out a few techniques that you can use with your students to help them reflect on their academic practices.
Positive Classroom Community
Looking for ways to build a more positive classroom community? Check out the Positive Classroom Community infographic and find easy activities that will impact your day-to-day connections , strengthen your teacher-student relationships and the student-to-student culture in your classroom!
Student Engagement in the Classroom
Educators are always looking for strategies to increase student participation and engagement in their classroom. You can stop searching because this Professional Development (PD) is tailored to meet the needs of all Educators in grades Kindergarten – Twelfth. This PD will provide Educators with strategies to actively engage their scholars during instruction without having to do a lot of heavy lifting. The scholars will be able to use the strategies across subjects. Scholars will develop critical thinking skills, explore content on their own, and engage in healthy on-task conversation with their peers.
Time & Energy Management PD
Something we frequently hear educators say is that they never have enough time. This Connect 4 Professional Development will teach you 5 steps for maximizing your time and increasing your energy to accomplish what you need to get done.
Make a copy of this handout (bit.ly/Time-EnergyHandout) to accompany your learning and reach out to us if you have any questions or need support!
Learn more about planning procedures and creating routines with our first Connect4 PD video!
How To Give Directions To Your Students
September's teaching tips is "How to give directions to your students." Using these 4 techniques will lift your expectations and enhance your classroom management. Use this guide to practice and put into practice with your students.