Teachership
Teachership reflects a teacher’s knowledge, skills, values, and dedication to students and growth. Built through experience and reflection, it extends beyond the classroom, shaped by one’s educational philosophy. Its core pillars are subject expertise, pedagogy, ethics, professionalism, and empathy.
Overview of SCL strategies
This provides a brief overview of the SCL strategies included on the Lesson Planning Template
Tanach Teaching Tips with Nechama Leibowitz
Tanach Tips from Nechama Leibowitz offers practical strategies for teaching Torah and Navi that cultivate higher-level thinking and a love of learning. The deck highlights Nechama’s “five prohibitions,” her use of active learning activities, and her focus on comparisons, textual difficulties, and multiple commentaries. It equips teachers to design lessons with clear goals, rich questions, and engaging methods that echo Nechama’s approach to Torah study.
Questions (and good answers for those questions) that new teachers ask
Edutopia once again has a quick take on what new teachers most often want and need to know. It is also useful for new teachers to read to see where they are on their journey to achieving teachership and to get some answers to questions that they may share with other new teachers.
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Lesson Launchers
Template of 3-5 strategies to 'launch' a lesson, complete 'core' activities, and 'close' or reflect on a lesson
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30 Ways to Bring Calm to a Noisy High School Classrooom
Edutopia's quick article offers thirty different strategies that teachers can use to gain students' attention and quiet a room when needed. A couple are sure to resonate with most high school teachers.
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