Student Motivation & Challenge

Great Toolkit from CDE

Watch Dr. Kate Kinsella, an expert on the instruction of adolescent English learners, as she provides practical, research-based strategies and recommendations for promoting student engagement in understanding lesson content. Dr. Kinsella shares exemplary teaching models from California’s middle grades classrooms and provides tools and directions that you can download and use to help implement the practices in your own classroom.

This professional learning tool is one of several in the TCSII Get into the Act! Professional Learning Series.

Engaging Middle Grades Learners — Four-Part Professional Learning Tool

Take Stock: Consider your own practices — pre-video reflection exercise

Take Time: View the video presentation

Take Action: Apply the concepts — activities to help educators incorporate Dr. Kinsella's practices in their own lessons

Take it Away: Make it happen at your school — identify support and resources needed for implementation

New K-5 Math Adoption: enVision Math

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Classroom-Management Tips for Teachers | Edutopia

Classroom-Management Tips for Teachers | Edutopia

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In the Loop: The Payoff for Parent-Teacher Conferences | Edutopia

In the Loop: The Payoff for Parent-Teacher Conferences | Edutopia

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How Students Benefit from Teacher's Use of Data

Free Online PD from PBS

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Simple Management Tips from Harvard

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Marzano Keynote on Assessment & Technology

Calavera Hills Middle

SMART goals

Admin Academy

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Principals Meeting at Agua Hedionda