Join us as we discuss how to develop a student-centered approach to accelerate learning and develop opportunities to foster student agency.

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#55 – Connecting Students and Building Classroom Community
In this episode, we share relationship-building strategies that you can implement to help students feel safe and supported—ready to take risks and apply a growth mindset to their learning process.
Accelerate Learning by Designing for Personalization
Explore ways to design a learning environment that allows you to accelerate learning by meeting the unique needs of each learner.
#54 – Leveraging What We Have Learned This Past School Year to Reimagine Education Moving Forward
As we return to full-time, in-person teaching, let’s take a moment to examine strategies and best practices from remote teaching that we will continue to use in our face-to-face classrooms.
#53 – Managing Academic Transitions After a Disruptive Year of Learning
Join us to explore how to plan for an effective academic transition where the focus is on bolstering student confidence and building relationships to accelerate learning.
Accelerate Learning by Empowering Students
Explore ways to accelerate learning by empowering students with key study skills and then by exposing them to rich, rigorous learning experiences where they can achieve success by applying these important skills.
Connect Computational Thinking to Computing
Help students make connections between computational thinking and computing.
Accelerate Learning by Making Connections: Build Trust Through Relationships, Community, and Connection
Explore four ways to accelerate learning through classroom connections: connecting teacher to student, student to student, teacher to family, and student to learning.
#50 – Insights from the Class of 2021: A Conversation with High School Graduate, Andrew Hoggard
Let’s celebrate our students by sharing the story of a graduating senior from Washington, Andrew Hoggard. Andrew describes his senior year of high school and how he navigated remote, hybrid, and face-to-face learning.
#49 – Teacher Insights and Reflections: Taking Lessons Learned From Pandemic Teaching Into a New School Year
Let’s celebrate teachers by sharing the stories you submitted about your experiences during this extraordinary year of teaching and learning.
Accelerate Learning by Focusing on Assets and Opportunities, Not Deficits
Explore an introduction to accelerated learning, including the dangers of a deficit mindset and the need to accelerate rather than remediate.
#48 – Game-Based Learning as a Medium to Connect With Every Child
Join us to explore the power of game-based learning and discover how video games can be used to teach core concepts, while promoting critical thinking and problem-solving.
#47 – Computational Thinking: A Conversation with Tammie Schrader
In this week’s episode, we explore computational thinking and begin helping teachers unpack the concept for application in the classroom to help build students’ critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Find and Explore Websites to Help Teach Music
Find resources to help you teach music, including websites that feature music theory, virtual instruments, and lesson planning ideas.
Empower Students to Create Musically
Find resources to help students learn the music creation process, from writing and composing through recording and production.