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The Energy Bus: 5 Ways to Elevate Your Campus Vibe

Cool Cat Teacher

Subscribe to the Show This week's guest Dr. Jim Van Allan is President of The Energy Bus for Schools. He runs The Energy Bus for Schools program which gives schools the blueprint and framework to create a positive school culture. He is the co-author of the book, The Energy Bus for Schools, with Jon Gordon. Good to be here.

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5 Strategies to Ensure Your Edtech Tools Deliver on Their Promises

ED Surge

Evaluating and validating tech tools takes time and energy — resources that are always in short supply. An overwhelming variety of tools are available, each claiming to improve student outcomes in different ways, making it difficult to discern which will have the most meaningful impact.

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Schools Can’t Find Teachers. Do States Need More Credential Rules or Fewer?

ED Surge

There’s a lot of energy in getting creative, because the current process is cumbersome. There’s a lot of energy in getting creative, because the current process is cumbersome,” Viramontes says. Beatrice Viramontes, executive director of Teach for America Bay Area. Solving the problem has required schools to take on a DIY spirit.

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How Educators Save Time and Energy in Their Content Creation and Feedback Loops

ED Surge

An easy-to-use platform for teachers to handle the entire loop from creation to feedback can be the answer to saving time and energy. We are motivated by our desire to engage students in meaningful work, but we also strive to alleviate stress and wasted energy by creating classroom rituals and routines.

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Online Parent & Carer Information Sessions: Energy & Net Zero Jobs

All About STEM

This series, Creating Careers Pathways: Parent & Carer Information Sessions, will explore Apprenticeship and Technical Education (ATE) routes in the Liverpool City Region, designed to give you the information you need to effectively inform and prepare your young person for their best next step.

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Teacher Brain Burnout? GPT-4.1 and 8 Other Headlines that Matter

Cool Cat Teacher

Taurine Test-Tube Challenge [link] student-designed energy-drink inquiry lab. Looking for ideas to engage your students in conversation? Subscribe to the Show Whats Inside Headline Quick Classroom Angle Overwork vs the Teacher Brain [link] staff-PD reflection on sustainable workloads. Venus Has Tectonic Plates? 4-o, 4.5Which Is Which?

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The Role of Phosphorus Properties in Sustainable Technology for Classrooms

Ask a Tech Teacher

Powering Classrooms with Phosphorus-Based Energy Solutions Phosphorus and its properties are increasingly being studied for their potential to transform education tools and technology. One of the most important areas in which phosphorus has the ability to change things is in energy storage in classrooms.