You are going to have your own classroom!

Interactive Modeling
From The Responsive Classroom, a "seven-step process that’s effective for teaching children any academic or social skill, routine, or procedure that you want them to do in a specific way..."

The Big List of Classroom Discussion Strategies
Via Jennifer Gonzalez, great ideas to change up classroom discussion

Edutopia is a fantastic resource. Here are a few of their strategies for your classroom routines:

• New Teachers: Classroom Management Essentials

• 6 Opening and Closing Routines for New Teachers

• A 60-Second Strategy: Appreciation, Apology or Aha
  A routine for the end of the day to help solidify your classroom culture

• Student Engagement Resource Roundup
  Articles, videos & other resources…when it’s just not working, take a look here and try something new.

Is Your Morning Work Making Kids Think?

Thinking Routines A huge list of a variety of routines and activities to help your students extend their thinking in any subject area...teach the routine, then try it with a content area. Have your students assess the routine and if it works for them, keep it in your toolbox!

EduProtocols This is a book... I'd suggest getting the book, and the companion website has free templates to use. These help your students develop routines for Language Arts (learning parts of speech, for example), Math, etc. and they make it fun. See it in action in the video below.

"The protocols are like project workflows that achieve efficiency with customizable templates and are tightly aligned with UDL principles to support all learners. Scaffolding with a gradual release is emphasized through the iterative use of protocols. Protocols can be used in nearly all academic subjects and grade levels."

CUE Craft (Scroll down) It's connected to EduProtocols, and the downloads here are Google Docs & Slides templates that you can make a copy of and use. Free, customizable, downloadable! Scroll down until you see "Cybersandwich," then you'll see the downloadable toolkits.

10 Effective Ways to Talk to Your Students about Race From Embrace Race

8 tips for choosing “good” picture books featuring Black and Indigenous people and People of Color

Classroom Library Diversity Questionnaire
Get an idea of what perspectives your classroom library represents. Downloadable .pdf.

Fantastic Readalouds Books for Raising a Brave Generation

Common Sense Media Resources on Race and Racism
Books, movies, discussion guides for parents (some in Spanish as well.)

Diverse Book Finder

Book Lists:

• 30 Books to Help Talk to your Kids about Racism

• Mahogany Books Children ages 0-8

• Mahogany Books Juvenile ages 9-12

• Mahogany Books Teen ages 13-18

• 28 Great Books about Black History

• American Indian Youth Literature Awards

• Best Native American children's books

• 16 Books about Refugees

• 17 LGBTQ Kid Friendly Books

• 25 Books that Celebrate Difference

• 20 Latinx Books that Should be on your Bookshelf

• I need to add lists for Asian Americans, Muslims...

Action Guides for discussing and teaching about race, religion, oppression, equity, inclusivity (Downloadable .pdfs in English and Spanish)

Here’s what authors saw in the classrooms of the most effective teachers-this will be an on-going goal, you can't do it all in one week, one month, one year, many years! But it is your vision:

◆ The classroom is organized. A place for everything and everything in its place.

◆ Lessons are inviting and exciting.

◆ The students do most of the talking and the doing, prompted by the teacher ’s questioning and guidance.

◆ Routines and procedures are evident. Students know exactly what is expected of them.

◆ There are no teacher warnings for student misbehavior. If a rule is broken, a consequence follows. If a procedure isn’t followed, the teacher provides more practice.

◆ The teacher is proactive.

◆ Lesson objectives are clear and measurable.

◆ There is constant teacher movement around the room. Behavior problems are almost nonexistent.

◆ There is little dependence on worksheet-type activities. Lessons are highly interactive, and students remain engaged in meaningful activities.

◆ The punishment for any given infraction is consistent (and rare).

◆ The teacher does not show frustration. Even in the case of misbehavior, the problem is handled seriously but calmly. The teacher always appears to be in control.

◆ Activities are varied to meet the needs of all learners.

◆ Technology is used, thoughtfully, to enhance lessons and learning.

◆ There is constant positive reinforcement.

◆ Teacher enthusiasm is evident and contagious.

Engaging Parents in School Blog

Apps & Websites for Improving Parent-Teacher Communication

Classroom Newsletter Templates

Common Sense Education Parent Media Resources Site includes a Spanish version.

New Teachers: Working with Parents

First 5 California Resources & activities for parents and kids from birth to age 5.

Talking is Teaching
Info for parents on how to help their kids, babies through school age. Site includes a Spanish version. Resources: "Using books, parent videos, text messaging, social media, and information from expert partner"

How Learning Happens
From Edutopia, ideas on the science of learning, and how-to videos for many areas such as trauma, classroom culture, building positive relationships, developing foundational skills, and positive atmospheres for learning.
Also:
Education Research Highlights from Edutopia:
2017 2018 2019 2020

KQED Free Courses
All are free and you receive a certificate of completion. Some example courses: Creating Infographics; Video Essentials: The Basics; Making Digital Comics; Finding and Evaluating Information; and many more.

"Build skills and gain confidence in analyzing, making, and teaching with media-- across all subject areas and grade levels. Each course offers hands-on projects for you to learn how to make media and create instructional resources. Get ready to bring civic media literacy to your practice!"

Education Closet Arts Integration and STEAM

The Educator's Collaborative

-There are free sessions from their Spring 2021 Free Conference so you can get an idea of what they offer.

-They have a number of recognized educators offering sessions, which you can purchase as a team, school or individually. The two leaders that caught my eye are Jeff Anderson ("Grammar and Conventions that Stick -And Don't Stink"), I've read & loved his books on teaching grammar; and Donalyn Miller ("Research Says: What Matters Most to Readers"). The others are probably wonderful as well.

25 Apps for Professional Development

Work/Life Balance and the Modern Teacher

12 Ways Teachers Can Build their own Resilience

16 Things They Don't Tell You About Teaching