Today’s teachers aren’t just tired – they’re exhausted, drained, and jaded. This is more than burnout, which the National Education Association (NEA) considers a temporary condition, but collective demoralization that leaves educators feeling they’re unable to perform their work to the professional and personal standards they uphold.
Teacher Appreciation Week 2021 has a new poignancy this year. Our teachers always show up, and we’re always grateful for them, but this past year the dedication, creativity, adaptability, and compassion they brought into their virtual and in-person classrooms has been nothing short of amazing.
Although teacher burnout is a hot topic in education and mainstream media right now, there are many signs of hope for the teaching profession as we move forward.
In our eighth episode of Opportunity Thrives, a podcast committed to better supporting the needs of today’s students, we discuss tools, tips, and best practices to help support teachers who are new to online learning.
Summative assessment plays an important role in measuring outcomes and accounting for progress.
Research Put into Practice: Apex Learning Curriculum and Pedagogy examines what it means for a student to learn and presents research pointing to the elements of curriculum design that are necessary for supporting learning in middle and high schools.
Students are more engaged and try harder when instruction and tasks are meaningful to them. Motivation to learn can come from personally relevant goals which can be developed when students have personal choice and control over their own learning.
Students learn more when information is presented in different ways -- direct instruction, text, audio, video, and interactive simulations are just a few examples.
Research Put into Practice: Apex Learning Curriculum and Pedagogy examines what it means for a student to learn and presents research pointing to the elements of curriculum design that are necessary for supporting learning in middle and high schools.