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Focusing on Growth over Grades

GPA. Class rank. College honors admission. How do we help students change the narrative and focus on growth over grades? Ashley Johnson shares ideas from her northern Indiana high school classroom.

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Connecting & Communicating with Parents

Communicating with students’ caring adults is critical, and, in the world of special education, it is even more true. Nicolette Lesniak shares a number of benefits in building the home-to-school connection.

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“How Can I Help?”

Instructional Assistants are sometimes overlooked for the role they play in classrooms. Angie Wiggins shares her approach to partnering with the classroom teachers she interacts with each day.

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Supporting Our Youngest Learners

Kristin Parisi highlights great information available to Early Learning Professionals through the new Indiana Early Learning Standards, and she shares a pot of gold of resources available as well!

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Obstacles into Opportunities

While most admit there is always room for improvement, actually making the needed changes isn’t always met with positivity. Tim Daugherty shares some thoughts on how to shift the thinking from obstacles to opportunities.

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Book Studies in the CTE Classroom

“Book study” and “CTE class” might not be a combination typically put together. Ashley Johnson shares strategies which have left her students begging for more book studies.

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An Introduction to MTSS

MTSS – a string of letters every educator hears regularly. #VirtuallyDifferent Digital Learning Coach Sandy Goehring provides an introduction to how MTSS can enhance a student’s learning.