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5 types of data you must collect to move your students forward

August 9, 2018 by Kim Lepre 4 Comments

5 types of data

The beginning of the school year is probably right around the corner for you. You might be thinking about how you want to decorate your classroom, looking for back-to-school activities and getting-to-know-you ideas, and making copies of your syllabus. You may meet with your school and/or department prior to that first day, and then proceed […]

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Filed Under: Digging into Data Series, Teaching Tagged With: assessment, data, differentiation, IEP, lexile

How to ensure that your summer planning prepares you for success

May 15, 2018 by Kim Lepre 1 Comment

As another school year winds down, many teachers are envisioning all of the things they want to do (or NOT do) over the summer. With an extended student-free block of time and no assignments to grade, lessons to plan, or parents to call, the time off during summer offers so many opportunities for catching up! […]

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How to keep your students from going insane after finals

May 1, 2018 by Kim Lepre 1 Comment

We’re fast approaching the end of the school year, and for many districts, this means a week of finals/end-of-course exams (EOCs). Since my school is already on a block schedule, we don’t modify the classes at all. However, I know that some non-block schools change to two-hour blocks for each period to allow extra for […]

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Filed Under: Educational Technology, Teaching, Teaching Strategies Tagged With: end of course, finals, Geoguessr, memes, vacation

How to plan a lesson that will keep your students engaged and on-task

March 12, 2018 by Kim Lepre 5 Comments

lesson plans | lesson planning | classroom management | student behavior | how to plan a lesson

As a beginning teacher mentor, I have the privilege of helping our future educators wrap their brains around the many components of teaching. This requires me to get my own brain back into what it felt like to start out – the details I would miss, what I struggled the most with, and the mistakes […]

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Why effective lesson planning leads to good classroom management

March 5, 2018 by Kim Lepre 5 Comments

lesson plans | classroom management | teaching tips | student behavior

The average teacher probably handles classroom management and lesson planning as separate entities. I know I do, especially since it seems like once you have your classroom management plan in place, you just have to worry about enforcing it. This leaves open the mental space to tackle everything else involved with teaching. I was recently […]

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6 foundations of teaching to focus on in your first year

February 28, 2018 by Kim Lepre 4 Comments

first year teacher | first year teaching | beginning teacher | beginning teaching tips | first year teaching tips | how to survive your first year of teaching

I’ll bet that some of you are reading this blog post in an attempt to distract yourself from the crushing amount of work you need to do. Perhaps it’s 10:00 PM, and you still don’t know what you’re teaching tomorrow. Even worse, it’s now 11:00 PM, you don’t know what you’re teaching tomorrow, and you […]

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What to do when you get an angry parent email

February 12, 2018 by Kim Lepre 10 Comments

parent emails | parent communication | angry emails | angry parent | solving conflict

Like many of you reading this, I’m both a parent and a teacher. Wearing these hats has given me a unique perspective while also a disadvantage – I just might think I know more than my daughter’s teachers. Admittedly, this sounds terrible, but every parent/teacher is guilty of this. You look at the work they take […]

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How to conquer assignment grading and take back your weekends

February 5, 2018 by Kim Lepre 7 Comments

grading assignments | grading papers | grading essays | how to grade faster | kaizena | google drive | google docs | giving feedback | effective feedback

So we need to talk…about grading. You’re thinking, AGAIN? Didn’t you tell me how to grade less while improving student outcomes, and then how to attack that pile of grading? I sure did! But in the past month or so I discovered yet another amazing tool that has cut down the amount of time I spend […]

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Filed Under: Assessment and Grading, Educational Technology, Teaching Strategies

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