Resources for Educators

Use this guide to help you keep growing as an educator. Find inspiration for encouraging struggling students, writing assessments, and establishing trust with parents so that both you and your students can succeed.

  • A fun morning meeting greeting in the classroom
    7 Fun Ideas for Morning Meeting Greetings
  • A piece of paper on a teacher's desk with the following text written on it, Design Tips for Teachers: create a list of learning goals, know your time constraints, plan your instructional methods, establish evaluation methods
    Curriculum Design: Definition, Purpose and Types
  • Team-building activities for middle school
    10 Fun Team-Building Activities for Middle School
  • Man reading letter
    Sample Recommendation Letters for College Applicants
  • Difficult student
    Tips for Handling Difficult Students
  • Education 2
    7 Annual Writing Contests for Kids
  • Teacher standing at whiteboard
    Tips for Dressing Like a Professional Teacher
  • Close up of a man signing letters on his desk.
    4 Recommendation Letter Samples That Get It Right
  • Children working
    Nonverbal Strategies to Quiet Down a Classroom
  • Elementary School Classroom
    "The Essential 55" in your Elementary Classroom
  • Boy about to pull hair of girl sitting in front of him
    5 Behavior Management Resources for Teachers
  • Teacher Communicating with Class
    10 Ways Teachers Can Communicate Expectations to Students
  • Students paying attention in the classroom
    Active Listening in the Classroom, an Important Motivational Strategy
  • Teacher in front of row of students in classroom
    Sample Classroom Rules That Are Comprehensive, Positive, and Clear
  • Girls eating lunch together in classroom
    9 Free and Effective Classroom Rewards for Students
  • Teenage girl (16-17) sitting in classroom, looking away
    What to Do When Students Lack Interest
  • A teacher puts a sticker on a behavior chart
    Behavior Incentives in the Classroom
  • A child writing in a booklet
    Sample Behavior Contract for Improving Student Behavior
  • Understanding Fluency Tables for Progress Monitoring in Reading
  • Girl (6-8) carrying desk and chair in classroom
    Classroom Jobs for Elementary School Students
  • Students raising hands in classroom
    Tips and Tricks for Getting Your Students' Attention
  • Teacher doing a science demonstration for students.
    Gradual Release of Responsibility Creates Independent Learners
  • A picture of kids enjoying a field trip at a planetarium
    Field Trip Ideas for Elementary School Students
  • Overhead view high school students studying hanging out
    10 Ways to Make Education Relevant
  • Classroom
    How Teachers Can Ease Students' First Day Jitters
  • Woman speaking to young students in classroom
    The Turn-A-Card Behavior Management Plan
  • Little girl raising her hand in the classroom
    Introducing Your Class Rules
  • Back to school supplies
    What to Do If Your Students Come to Class Unprepared
  • class circle
    Class Meetings Help Foster Responsible, Ethical Student Behavior
  • students
    Effective Classroom Policies and Procedures
  • Teacher pointing to students with arms raised
    What Is a Brain Break?
  • A group of middle school students having fun on the bus
    Things to Do Before Middle School is Over
  • Students raising hands in classroom
    Behavior Management Tips
  • Weekly Newsletter for Parent Communication
  • Woman in living room looking at cloud above head
    Writing Effective Specific Goals
  • How to write a teaching philosophy statement
    4 Teaching Philosophy Statement Examples
  • Rules for successful teachers. Five scenes depicting teachers at work, labeled with the following rules: Act in your students' best interest. Provide clear rules and expectations. Never stop learning. Always be willing to listen. Come to class prepared.
    24 Simple Rules All Teachers Should Live By
  • Teacher and students using digital tablets
    How to Write a Philosophy of Education for Elementary Teachers
  • The many roles of a teacher including lecturing, tutoring, counseling, and mentoring
    What Is the Role of a Teacher?
  • Teacher reading book in classroom, children (2-7) raising hands
    8 Signs You Should Become a Teacher
  • student teacher in front of a small class of peers
    A Short Guide to Microteaching
  • Elementary students listening to teacher read in classroom
    9 Things to Know About Becoming a Teacher
  • Professor and adult education student with laptop at whiteboard in classroom
    Student Teacher Evaluation Criteria
  • Teacher helping student with science experiment
    Landing Your First Teaching Job
  • Teacher and student sitting at a table looking at computer and tablet
    Learning the Basics of a Student Teacher Resume
  • Taking notes during interview
    Top Tips for Acing a Teacher Interview
  • Schoolchildren raising hands for teacher in classroom
    7 Reasons to Become a Teacher
  • Teacher writing on blackboard with students
    Weighing the Decision: To Teach or Not to Teach
  • Teacher Standing in Front of a Class of Raised Hands
    What Requirements Are Needed to Be an Elementary School Teacher?
  • Teacher Survival Kit: 10 Essential Items
  • Woman at job interview
    Common Interview Questions in Education
  • Mother and child waving to teacher
    How to Take Over a Classroom Midyear
  • A teacher assisting children with worksheets
    10 Useful Skills Modern Teachers Need
  • Teacher and students in a classroom.
    What Is Student Teaching Really Like?
  • Implement Your Tutoring Business Plan
  • creative informal assessment ideas
    13 Creative Examples of Informal Assessments for the Classroom
  • New Bloom's Taxonomy Chart
    How to Construct a Bloom's Taxonomy Assessment
  • Vocabulary words for Christmas and winter holidays
    Christmas and Winter Holiday Vocabulary (100-Word List)
  • Lesson Plan
    Here's What You Need to Know About Lesson Plans
  • BINGO markers
    Bingo Across the Curriculum
  • Student presenting project on tablet, to group
    Authentic Ways to Develop Performance-Based Activities
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