Dealing with dyslexia is difficult in today’s text-heavy education system. These simple accommodations can help students feel supported and accepted. https://t.co/OxPZsvmztN
It's Reconciliation Week this week - a perfect opportunity for all of us to consider what we don't know about Australian history. #NRW2018@RecAustralia https://t.co/hdMVkTglKg
"Its really powerful to have other educators' ideas. I always learn something new. And it always causes me to think in another way" https://t.co/RthbzrTSbR @Kschwart#lessonstudy#PD#teachchat#adminchat
When students are engaged, predicting answers, talking with one another and sharing with the class in ways that follow safe routines and practices, they not only achieve more but they also act out less @Kschwart https://t.co/lvTSxnIXpy #edchat#teaching
On #SorryDay, we acknowledge the truth of our history and the injustices of those who suffered under the policies aimed at the destruction of family and community life. This brutality and dispossession of First Nations people continues today.
When we read to our children, they are doing more work than meets the eye. "It's that muscle they're developing bringing the images to life in their minds," according to Dr. John Hutton. @anya1anya https://t.co/gNJwsLsjH9
Working with kids, I often lament that as teachers we are often not professionally equipped to respond to our students mental health and are reliant on our gut instincts as we try to understand their trauma. @Marg2511#EDFD459 https://t.co/EaMAzG1p85
A community-wide intervention called Mental Health First Aid seeks to equip teachers, #parents and caregivers with the information and skills they need to intervene during a mental health emergency @dr_fraga https://t.co/Apc66IQLde #edchat#mentalhealth#teachchat#adminchat
Many Students are like icebergs. Their behaviour is their response to the part above the waterline that we see. Below the waterline, the part we don’t see, is the turmoil they are trying to deal with and the enormity of the situations they are exposed to. @Marg2511#EDFD459 https://t.co/qcE4QXHGIG
"At some point in your teaching career, you’re likely to witness emotional outbursts from your students. Research shows that students with trauma don’t respond to punitive discipline, so it’s important to know strategies that work." https://t.co/KeZNmr97Ei
RT @wildlifewatch: Historically 1 in 10 children & young people are affected by mental health issues. Engaging with nature proven to increase moods, boost confidence & aid concentration, try getting outdoors today & seeing what nature has to offer! #MHAW18 https://t.co/wdFPP8KHgC
5/6E have been asking me for a while if we could do poetry. Well, today we collaborated in small groups to construct a poem. We went a step further and turned our poem into a rap! @BecWest81@Bonnyrigg_PS
VIDEO: This elementary school has a peace corner in every classroom, with a comfortable seat, a timer, and some distractions or a form on which students can monitor their own feelings and reactions. https://t.co/MdLrjnZlQz
"Removing a wall from breakout spaces puts learning on display and makes it easier for teachers to supervise students working independently or in groups."
Take a look at those inspiring school designs: https://t.co/ZVIapfP7v6
via @edutopia https://t.co/eZ4q8nl4rM
Easy-to-use apps and tools that can help teach students important life skills such as collaboration, communication, and creativity. https://t.co/JVSiZahEql
How Do You Make Group Work More Inviting for Introverts? Here Are Introvert-Friendly Cooperative Learning Strategies https://t.co/rlVtZMnIAF #education#teaching via @edutopia
Our kids are always watching, set a good example for them to follow and hopefully as teachers we can enable society to steer more towards mindfulness of others rather than the me me attitudes of today @Marg2511#EDFD459 https://t.co/J0nd5sg6WP