Abandon Nostalgia Practices
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Abandon Nostalgia Practices

  Inspired today by Jeanne Muzi Year after year you continue to roll out the same assignment. “Students have always done this.”“It’s a tradition.”“The students love it!” Usually, the reason you keep…
Student Voice in Classroom Design
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Student Voice in Classroom Design

  Check out some thoughts about classroom design: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT3RxXQPIy4 How are you giving students VOICE in classroom design? How are you designing your classroom to correlate to your goals or…
Questions for Students
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Questions for Students

How do we get students to engage in work that they are passionate about? Start by asking students these questions.
Right Now
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Right Now

  If you ask many educators a simple question: What is your responsibility as a teacher? You might get the same answer from any number of respondents, I need to…
7 Disney Principles to Use in the Classroom
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7 Disney Principles to Use in the Classroom

  How does Disney excel at meeting customer needs? Leadership remembers that customers rule, and design leadership and management strategies to deliver exceptional customer service. Use these 7 principles to…
What is Arts Education for?
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What is Arts Education for?

  If we are asking the questions, what is arts education for? Why do we have it? And perhaps more importantly, why do we need it? Canned, highly predictable projects,…
Individual Voice
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Individual Voice

  When students are allowed and encouraged to bring their interests and passions, their curiosity into creative spaces it automatically makes the work relevant and meaningful to their own lives.…
Your Routines
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Your Routines

  You work to build routines and implement easy to follow procedures for students at the beginning of the year. Consistent routines can be a great help for students who…
Rewards & Consequences
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Rewards & Consequences

  For the last several years, I haven’t posted rewards or consequences in my classroom. To be honest, I never even really gave them much thought. However, after attending the NJPAECET2 conference several…