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4 Things to Stop Saying to Your Students: Resolution Ideas for Teachers

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Blog, Classroom Management, Great Academic Work, Mike's Blog, Social and Emotional Learning, Teacher Talk, Teaching Strategies, Uncategorized
Teacher language can be a great focus for a New Year’s resolution. After all, we all use language with students, and we all surely have some habits that could use some refinement. Often, some of our language habits don’t line
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Tap into Self-Motivation with an At-Home Project

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In For Parents, From Surviving to Thriving, From Surviving to Thriving, Great Academic Work, Mike's Blog, Motivation, Student Choice, Teaching Strategies
You want at-home learning to feel purposeful and engaging for students, but you don’t want to further overwhelm yourself with work. What if there was a way to both boost student engagement and reduce the daily assigning, correcting, and keeping
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Beat Teacher Burnout – An Interview with Mike Anderson

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Audio, Blog, Health and Balance, In the Media, Interviews, Mike's Blog, Work Life Balance
On December, 10, 2020, I had en enjoyable chat with Jan Yost, Executive Director of NHASCD to talk about ways teachers can take care of themselves a bit during this intensely stressful time. Here are a few quick points that
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3 Reasons + 5 Tips = GR8 Games

  • By Sarah Fillion
  • In Blog, Classroom Management, Equity, From Surviving to Thriving, From Surviving to Thriving, Great Academic Work, Mike's Blog, Motivation, Teaching Strategies
Games can boost engagement and learning for students while also reducing teacher workload--a win-win!
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Want to Reduce Your Workload and Boost Student Learning? Try This One Powerful Strategy

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Blog, From Surviving to Thriving, Great Academic Work, Homework, Mike's Blog, Motivation, Social and Emotional Learning, Student Choice, Teaching Strategies, Uncategorized, Work Life Balance
What if there was a learning strategy that boosted student engagement, had many (many!) academic benefits for students, and reduced teacher planning and correcting/grading time? Great news! There is–and it’s a tried and true strategy you have probably been using
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From Surviving to Thriving: Introduction

  • By Sarah Fillion
  • In Blog, From Surviving to Thriving, Mike's Blog, Social and Emotional Learning, Teaching Strategies
After the abrupt ending to school last year, the hope and goal was to begin the 2020 – 2021 school year ready to thrive in whatever format teaching would occur. Many teachers were feeling more comfortable with remote teaching and
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Routines to Teach: Fall of 2020

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Blog, Classroom Management, Mike's Blog, Professional Development, Social and Emotional Learning, Teaching Strategies, The Ebb and Flow of the School Year, Uncategorized
Last week I had the privilege of teaching two online workshops for teachers about getting ready for the upcoming school year. They were both so much fun! We played games that teachers can use with their students (either in person
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Make Stress-Management a Priority: Tips for Teachers and School Leaders

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Blog, Health and Balance, Mike's Blog, Professional Development, Social and Emotional Learning, The Ebb and Flow of the School Year, Work Life Balance
“I’m on the edge of a breakdown. I’m pouring everything I have into my students, and it doesn’t seem to be enough. My principal keeps telling me I need to take care of myself, but she never gives me time
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Shifting from Extrinsic to Intrinsic Motivation

  • By David Davis
  • In Blog, Great Academic Work, Homework, Mike's Blog, Motivation, Social and Emotional Learning, Student Choice
It might be the understatement of the summer that teachers, students, parents, and administrators are anxious about the upcoming school year.   In addition to the priorities of health, safety, and equity of access to education in this COVID-19 period, distance
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Learning from Schools that Have Already Reopened

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Blog, For Parents, Mike's Blog, Motivation, Professional Development, Social and Emotional Learning, Student Choice, The Ebb and Flow of the School Year, Work Life Balance
What might schools look like in the fall? We can learn from schools that have already welcomed children back to school. In the United States, many of us (teachers, parents, and students) are filled with anxiety about what the
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A Deep-Dive Into Learner-Centered Education

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Great Academic Work, In the Media, Interviews, Motivation, Student Choice, Teacher Talk, Video
I was delighted to join a group of deep thinkers for an in-depth panel discussion about leaner-centered education. Hosted by Julie Mountcastle of the Slate School, this conversation is rich and engaging. You’ll hear about the importance of cherishing children’s
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Ending the School Year Well Amidst a Pandemic

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Blog, Mike's Blog, Professional Development, Social and Emotional Learning, Teaching Strategies, The Ebb and Flow of the School Year, Uncategorized
This has been a spring that few of us anticipated. As we now look to the end of the year, many of us are aching for our favorite end-of-the-year moments—that final awesome read-aloud, the class gathering with families, the spring
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Self-Care as a Professional Responsibility

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Audio, Blog, Great Academic Work, Health and Balance, Homework, In the Media, Interviews, Mike's Blog, Social and Emotional Learning, Student Choice, Teacher Talk, Work Life Balance
A Conversation with Mike Anderson, Little Things First This is part 3 of a four-part series on how to support educators in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.   In this conversation with the Little Things First podcast hosts, Tracy
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Podcast Interview: Language, Choice, and Balance

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Uncategorized
A Conversation with Steve Tucker In this podcast author and consultant, Mike Anderson and NHASCD President/Laconia School District Superintendent, Steve Tucker discuss the challenges of self-directed learning during the COVID-19 crisis. How do we support true self-direction (not simple compliance)
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Start Planning with Your “Why” Instead of Your “What” and “How”

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Blog, Great Academic Work, Mike's Blog, Motivation, Student Choice
A high school math teacher is recording short lessons on his phone in his basement, using a dry erase board and marker as he explains new math concepts. He posts the videos and then offers one-on-one and small group coaching
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Stay Healthy as You Work from Home

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Health and Balance, Mike's Blog, Professional Development, Work Life Balance
Remember those days in the classroom when you thought, “I have friends who work from home. Wouldn’t that be nice?” Well, here you go! COVID-19 is giving you a chance to try it out. No doubt, there are some upsides
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Maintaining School Momentum as Learning Moves Home

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Equity, For Parents, Homework, Mike's Blog, Motivation, Social and Emotional Learning, Student Choice, Teacher Talk, Teaching Strategies
You’ve spent the whole year building a community of learners. You’ve established rules and routines to help learners manage themselves and work well with each other. Now, with schoolwork potentially moving offsite, you still want to support your students as
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Aligning Words and Intentions

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Audio, In the Media, Interviews
We all have good intentions, don’t we? It’s also true that we all have to fall into habits when it comes to the way we talk with students. There’s also no doubt that we all end up in some
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Is It Time to Try Something Different?

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Homework, Mike's Blog, Motivation, Teaching Strategies
Is it time to try something different with your students? Is there something you’ve been trying over and over again that just isn’t working? One year, I remember it taking me way too long to realize that I needed to
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Should Elementary Teachers Specialize in Content?

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Mike's Blog, Professional Development, Social and Emotional Learning
A school-based content coach wrote to me because her K-5 school is considering moving toward content specialization. This means that at each grade level, teachers would focus on specific content areas and kids would change classes throughout the day. She
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Can Teachers Offer Choice in the Midst of Scripted Programs?

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Mike's Blog, Motivation, Professional Development, Student Choice, Teaching Strategies
The Dilemma You want to offer students choices about what they learn or how the learn it. Engagement would be higher and you could offer differentiated options to meet the needs of various learners. However, you’re saddled with a scripted
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Are You Struggling with PBIS Reward Systems?

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Mike's Blog, Motivation, Social and Emotional Learning, Teaching Strategies
A teacher recently reached out to me about PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention & Supports) and reward systems. It’s a question I’ve been hearing a lot as I work with teachers across the United States.  I am in a district
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Inequities Hidden in Plain Sight: Traditional Grading Practices

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Equity, Mike's Blog, Teaching Strategies
Is there a more controversial issue in schools right now than grading? If it’s not at the top of the list, it’s certainly close. As many schools move away from traditional grading practices and toward standards-based (proficiency-based or competency-based) ones,
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How Do You Promote Intrinsic Motivation at School When Kids Get Extrinsic Motivators at Home?

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Homework, Mike's Blog, Motivation, Social and Emotional Learning, Teacher Talk, Teaching Strategies
A teacher recently wrote me an email asking for some advice about student motivation. She graciously agreed to let my answer morph into a blog post. I just finished listening to your ASCD webinar about language.  I found your presentation thoughtful,
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Inequities Hidden in Plain Sight: Homework

  • By Mike Anderson
  • In Equity, Homework, Mike's Blog, Teaching Strategies
There is much debate about what kind of role homework should play in schools. Research on the topic is mixed. It has negative impacts on the achievement of younger children, positive impacts at the high school level, and mixed results
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