Explore the concept of toxic positivity: how to recognize it, how you can better understand it, and ways of approaching it in a school setting.

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#79 – Design for Flexibility; Be Ready for Multiple Teaching Scenarios
Discover ways to design lessons and learning strategies that are flexible and can be used in a variety of learning models, including face-to-face, remote, hybrid, and concurrent.
STEM Career Connections
Introduce students to career opportunities they may not know exist and help them develop the skills they need to be future-ready with this critical reading lesson from AVID Weekly.
#77 – Recalibrating Normal
Join us for a conversation about how we can apply what we’ve learned from two years of teaching during a pandemic to improve our schools and classrooms.
Connect With Colleagues
Learn about why it is so important to connect and build positive relationships with colleagues and six ways to build those connections.
#73 – 2022 New Year’s Resolutions
Join us for a special episode to say farewell to 2021 and set the stage for a new year. We share the goals, reflections, and wishes for the new year that you shared with us via social media.
#71 – Embracing Your Holiday Break
In this episode from our Host Choice series for the holidays, Rena Clark shares her tips for remembering to prioritize self-care during the winter break.
Accelerate Learning With Successful Student Conferencing
Explore 13 ways to make student conferences more efficient and effective.
#70 – Caring for Students and Yourself During the Holiday Season
Let’s get started on the holiday season with our Host Choice series, where each host reflects on their favorite episode of the year. We get started with Dr. Winston Benjamin.
#69 – Inspire K–12 Students to Learn Computer Science
Celebrate Computer Science Education Week with us as we chat with Master Teacher, Erica Roberts, about her experience developing equitable pathways to CS to inspire all students and empower them to embrace all the possibilities in their future.
Accelerate Learning Through One-on-One and Small-Group Meetings
Explore four ways for finding time to meet with students.
Mystery Chemical Reactions
Inspire students to explore chemistry, where they analyze data from double-replacement reactions and use evidence from their observations to help identify the reactants and products in chemical reactions.
#68 – Making Connections With Families
By building relationships with families, you can identify ways to differentiate and personalize instruction to better engage students in their learning process and motivate parents to become advocates for their child’s success.
#67 – Remembering Your Why
In preparation for Thanksgiving, we reached out on social media and asked teachers to share their “why” with us. Join us to learn what motivates and inspires our teachers, as we say thank you for all they do.
Connect With Families
Explore how to better connect with the families of the students you support and why it is so important.