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I Love Being a Teacher, But I Can’t Survive on Compassion

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In 1998, I began my journey as an elementary teacher under the tutelage of my aunt and revered educator, Marva N. Most administrators were more concerned with meeting academic standards and metrics than offering holistic support to students who couldn’t meet these standards because of their personal challenges.

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To Close the Math Achievement Gap, We Must Recognize What Students Bring to the Classroom

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Picture the following: A student volunteers to answer a math question in an elementary school classroom. As we think about the future of math classrooms, we continue to explore how academic standards and cultural, social and emotional development intersect to support learning mathematics.

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What I Learned From My Students Who Became Teachers

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While shows like Abbott Elementary – which I especially love as a graduate of Philly Public Schools – try to show teachers as real, dynamic people with complexities and contradictions, few educators get to narrate the true power of the relationships we’ve been able to cultivate with our students.

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Is it STEM or a Craft?

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These examples are just some of the ways that STEM can be implemented in the elementary classroom. These projects don’t often have connections to content areas, and they may not reinforce any academic standards. These aren’t crafts. So, what are crafts? They might include cutting and pasting or even adding googly eyes.

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How to Teach the Human Body and 16 Sites to Help

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There are also lots of teacher resources to help in using this unit such as lesson plans, training, and academic standards met. An easier version — and well-suited to elementary age students — is Find My Body Parts. Each is three-five minutes and aimed at elementary age students. BrainPOP Jr.

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How to Qualify Online Tutoring Services

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However, if they are from a different country try to find out if that country’s educational system and academic standard is the same or at par with your own country. What subjects does their service cover?

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As STEM evolves, so does South Carolina’s Coalition for Mathematics & Science

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That said, we work collaboratively with the state Department of Education to review and revise academic standards, promote computer science, support connections between STEM and career and technical education and more. SCCMS is unique in its current iteration in that we are not directly affiliated with any government agency.