Day: April 27, 2020

Using Differentiated Instruction for Gifted Learners

Did you know that differentiated instruction strategies can be used to tailor the educational needs of your gifted learners?
It’s true – by using differentiated instruction-based assignments, you can meet the needs of each individual learner, and therefore challenge them.
Janelle Cox, a seasoned TeachHUB.com contributing writer and a longtime elementary school educator based in Upstate New York, today looks at some unique teaching strategies that employ differentiated instruction to provide new learning opportunities.
Janelle’s ideas include:
  • Consider the Content
  • Consider the Assessment
  • Consider the Pace
  • And More!

Janelle sums up her article thusly: “If you want to ensure that every student is learning to the best of her ability, then be sure to follow these tips and consider these strategies when implementing differentiated instruction in your gifted and talented classroom.”
How do you use differentiated instruction for gifted learners? Is there anything different that you do in your classroom? Please share your thoughts in the comment section.
Get our differentiated instruction tips to engage gifted learners>>
Get a Teaching Job: Cover Letter Tips
When you’re seeking that new (or first) teaching position, you can never underestimate the power of the cover letter.
Recently we outlined several surefire cover letter tips that could possibly land you a teaching job, including:
Keep your cover letter on target
Keep your tone conversational
And more!
What cover letter tips have we missed? Do you have any surefire tips?
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Benefits of Technology in the Classroom

TeachHUB.com has long been a proponent of teachers using technology in the classroom. We have been a longstanding supporter of teachers trying new teaching strategies with the latest technological gadgetry at their disposal.
Today, frequent TeachHUB.com contributing writer Janelle Cox gives us a reminder of the benefits of using technology in the classroom, including:
  • Technology in the Classroom Makes Learning More Fun
  • Technology Helps Students Learn at Their Own Pace
  • Technology Prepares Students for the Future
  • And more

Do you embrace technology in your classroom? What benefits do you think technology has for your classroom?
Read our take on the benefits of using technology in the classroom>>
Restorative Justice in School Discipline
Since the invention of schools, teachers and administrators everywhere have employed the same procedures for all classroom infractions: A kid who threatened a teacher or got into a fight would basically receive the same discipline as a student with multiple tardies, for example (detentions, in-school suspensions, ultimately expulsion).
But a newer approach to school discipline called restorative justice could is revolutionizing the way teachers and administrators handle punishment. Rather than only administering punishment, restorative justice is based more on talking and listening than on delivering consequences. The technique brings together those who have caused and experienced harm and providing all parties with equal attention.
Frequent TeachHUB.com contributor Jordan Catapano enlightens readers on restorative justice, in a must-read guaranteed to make you rethink your disciplinary approach.
What is your school’s approach to restorative justice? What are the impacts that a restorative justice mentality has had on your school?
Learn more about this groundbreaking approach to school discipline>>
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Fighting Childhood Hunger in Schools

Schools Fight Hunger is on a mission to bring America’s schools and school families together in the effort to end childhood hunger.

Learn about the Schools Fight Hunger organization and find out how your school can participate in this exclusive TeachHUB interview.

Get “Lost” in Your Lesson Plans

Lost is back and ready to bring some island mystery to your classroom!

In honor of the long-awaited last season of the hugely popular show, here are some Lost-inspired lesson ideas across grade levels and subjects.

Since Lost watchers are so passionate about the show, it seems like a fun way to teach a lesson that includes watching an episode in class (yay!), offering some extra credit to older students, or just using the get some thinking-outside-the-box lessons.

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Get "Lost" in Your Lesson Plans

Lost is back and ready to bring some island mystery to your classroom!

In honor of the long-awaited last season of the hugely popular show, here are some Lost-inspired lesson ideas across grade levels and subjects.

Since Lost watchers are so passionate about the show, it seems like a fun way to teach a lesson that includes watching an episode in class (yay!), offering some extra credit to older students, or just using the get some thinking-outside-the-box lessons.

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Visible Learning Teaching Strategies and John Hattie

Today on TeachHUB.com, we look at some outside-the-box teaching strategies designed to go beyond the norm. Jacqui Murray, a frequent TeachHUB.com (and TeachHUB Magazine) contributing writer, outlines the fresh teaching strategies set forth by John Hattie, a teacher and education researcher. Hattie is a proponent of what has come to be known as “Visible Learning”: “Visible teaching and learning occur when there is deliberate practice aimed at attaining mastery of the goal, when there is feedback given and sought, and when there are active, passionate, and engaging people (teacher, students, peers) participating in the act of learning.”

Jacqui sums up her article like this: “What it gets down to is simply good teaching. Worry less that you aren\’t up to the job (because of PD or classes or whatever else crosses your mind) and more about the students.”

What visible learning teaching strategies would you add? Let us know in the comment section below the article!

Our overview of visible learning teaching strategies, and an introduction to their primary champion, John Hattie>>
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