Nurturing Instructional Leadership
An article providing key reflective questions about rigor including–Are we giving accommodations in students’ zone of proximal development or their comfort zone? Do our accommodations empower students to access more content and higher-level thinking or do they remove learning opportunities? Are scaffolds gradually removed as kids approach independence or do the scaffolds anchor them in …
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An article that provides ready-to-use choice activities such as, giving students the choice to share their work in the form of a podcast, children’s book, 2- to 3-minute video, art installation, or paper.
A book offering information, insights, and motivation to teach students of diverse cultural, racial, and linguistic backgrounds. Examples are included throughout to illustrate real-life dilemmas about diversity that teachers face in their classrooms; ideas about how language, culture, and teaching are linked; and ways to engage with these ideas through reflection and collaborative inquiry.
A guide to using the fishbowl strategy for organizing medium- to large-group discussions.
An article featuring Zaretta Hammond (author of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain) and her three suggestions for implementing culturally responsive teaching in the current situation.
A guide that illustrates the ties between culturally responsive-sustainable education and students’ social-emotional and academic success.
A matrix to help teachers think more critically about ways to engage students with content.
In an effort to be affirming, reflective, and critical about how to approach and celebrate holidays as school communities, these guides offer curated lists of resources for educators and families that aim to provide inclusive understanding of Thanksgiving and religious holiday celebrations and strategies for supporting all students.
Resources that include classroom-appropriate lesson plans, guides on how to have tough conversations with peers and students, and more.
A 7-minute interview with two teachers about bringing current events, including wildfires, protests and the coronavirus, into their teaching.
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