Unique Solutions for Unique Learners
Written by, Reed Harlow, Math, Religion and History It was during my junior year of high school at Loomis Chaffee. I remember my teacher holding a golf ball above a basketball. He dropped them simultaneously, and the golf ball ricocheted off the basketball and hit my table mate in the leg. The lesson was about read more…
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History is offering Summer Seminars for Teachers of Social Studies, English, Language Arts, and American Studies, and School Librarians. Full-time K-12 history and English language arts teachers are invited to apply for the Gilder Lehrman Institute’s renowned Teacher Seminars. Led by eminent historians and held at major educational and read more…
In his book, Teach Like a Champion, Doug Lemov highlights that all effective teachers use a variety of strategies that keep their students highly engaged in the learning process. In those highly effective classrooms, no student has the opportunity to opt out of learning. Some of the strategies highlighted in his book include: Using Wait Time read more…
Written By Amy Shapiro, Executive Director and National Board Certified Teacher In March 2012, I attended Michelle Garcia Winner’s Social Thinking Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. During that two day conference Michelle introduced the participants to a variety of ways to assess and develop social thinking in children. One of the techniques she introduced was the read more…
Written by Rebecca Kirsch, Elementary Education Over the holidays and school breaks, students often do not have any homework, other than helping your families and being kind and lovely children/grandchildren/siblings/nieces & nephews and friends. However, there are many ways that they and you can enrich their learning and keep their brains from going on vacation! read more…
Written by Laurie Gross and Amy Shapiro In a number of studies, Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning, better known as CASEL , has found that students need explicit and direct instruction on how to collaborate with each other in order to resolve problems so that they can work together to achieve a common read more…
My Learning Springboard is defined by its success as a comprehensive educational services company that develops unique solutions for all of its unique learners. The first question we ask – What would benefit the student and your family? – forms the basis of our work. Using the talent of our Leadership Team and educational professionals, read more…
Annie Murphy Paul, one of my favorite columnists, published a piece in Sunday’s New York Times about computer-based tutoring programs. Many researchers and companies have developed technologies to deliver individualized instruction. The challenge, however, is capturing the human decision-making that occurs in more expensive one-on-one private tutoring sessions. One company, ASSISTments, has tried to do read more…
Written by Jean Snyder, Math and Literacy Specialist OK…as a parent, teacher, coach, or tutor….it is our job to teach, right? Well, yes, but not always. One of the most powerful teaching tools we have is giving our students the “job” of teaching us. There are several specific reasons for this: First, often the role of read more…
Written by Talya Braunstein, Writing and Organizational Skills Tutor As a private tutor, I am devoted to my students’ future success and helping them to become passionate and curious learners. I am also cognizant of their short-term goals and their performance on specific projects and exams. So, when I am confronted with a student’s claim: read more…
As an experienced educator who has been through more than two dozen back-to-school seasons, I have my own ideas about how to get a new school year off to a good start and keep it moving forward. Here are some quick tips for teachers at any grade level and in any location. Get your personal read more…
Written By Sandra Cornell, Math, Science and Language Arts Some kids are naturally great writers – but some aren’t. Although there are a number of cool strategies for teaching writing (Six Traits, Writers’ Workshop, The Writing Process) the holistic approach to writing isn’t always effective for the student who just doesn’t have a knack for written read more…
