This is an amazing book list for read alouds PLUS there are activities and objectives for each book. https://www.welcomingschools.org/pages/looking-at-skin-color-with-books-and-activities/

My first year as a lead (art) teacher I was told to incentivize my classroom. I had a group of students who didn't want to participate in activities, projects, or learning. I started a Friday donut club. I would write a note to every student who earned a donut through finishing projects and kind beh

Weaving SEL into every lesson benefits the whole-child, increases learning ability, and creates a centered positive classroom! Name some of your favorite go-to SEL strategies!

Does anyone have any podcast suggestions for trauma-informed teaching practices???

When teaching in-person the rules keep changing district-wide for classroom safety. How do you think all of these regulations in addition to all of the outside school experiences our students are experiencing during COVID will impact our students in the long run? Have you noticed anything in your cl

It is essential that the community becomes part of the educational experience. Students build positive relationships within when they can extend their purpose to others.

Should we teach students how to perform positive affirmations? Should we purposefully teach students the power of their thoughts and what manifesting their future could be like?

Representation matters. Period. All children should be regularly exposed to characters and real-life individuals who look like them and who like different from themselves. It is so important to the growth of our society to begin this journey in grade school. No one should be shocked to see a lesbian

In every classroom there are students who have bigger personalities than the rest. What is your best practice for maintaining an emotional constant in your classroom? How do you deal with behaviors?

How do you create a classroom culture where everyone lifts each other up and actively seeks out information? How do you teach student buy-in? How do you get students to want to learn?

How are you developing a community or learners when you are all apart? What activities did you do that brought you all together where you shared joy and all participated?

Hi! I am looking for a literacy curriculum that provides representation for BIPOC? Any suggestions?

Research suggests that parent involvement in student academics and within the school creates a connection where students thrive. Does your school dedicate time to connecting with parents? Outside of the annual Field Day and Quarterly conferences, how does your school reach out to parents to keep t

How is your school combating systemic racism? Do you have any Professional Development hours dedicated to implicit and explicit bias?

I just heard of this term this week. In theory, you can observe a student who is feeling a big emotion but is unable to communicate about this emotion. They don't know what to do or how to describe their feeling. They begin a journey to make others understand their emotions by causing the students o

Hello! Welcome to the first post on our Edu Forum! There are so many things that teachers can share with each other on how to better our schools. We all have different levels of experience and expertise. This forum was created to serve as a virtual community for teachers, school staff, families,