Miriam Plotinsky News Today

Promoting emotional well-being is key to improving tweens’ ability to manage the challenges that come with puberty and increased schoolwork.

Written from the vantage point as an educator who has navigated a singular role that lies somewhere between teaching and leading for many years and includes some commonly held teacher perceptions that affect school leadership, for better or worse.

With consistent experimentation and implementation of the four stages of “hover-free” instruction, making the shift from teacher-directed to student-centered learning is a practical, gradual endeavor that brings a classroom community one step closer to a culture of shared responsibility for learning. 

Conducting classes at a distance caused an unintentional but unfortunate paradigm shift: a return to teacher-centered classrooms in which teachers talk and students listen. How can this be shifted back to a more student-centered approach to facilitate more profound student engagement?