Author name: Dylan Callens

You already juggle lesson planning, grading, and hallway duty—hunting down professional-development hours shouldn’t feel like a second job. Whether your state calls them CEUs, CPDUs, or graduate credits, the courses below can be completed from a laptop on your own schedule, many at no cost. Each option issues a verified certificate that meets most district […]

Curriculum design theory is the research-backed playbook that shows teachers not just what to teach, but why, when, and how to teach it—along with reliable ways to judge whether learning actually stuck. By translating big-picture educational values into daily lesson choices, a solid theory shortens planning time, raises achievement, and keeps equity from slipping through

If your Sunday evenings still disappear into lesson plans and stacks of grading, you’re not alone. The good news: a smart set of digital helpers can give many of those hours back. This guide spotlights 15 classroom-tested apps that tighten up planning, marking, parent messaging, and everything in between—so you spend less time on paperwork

Challenge & enjoyment, breadth, progression, depth, personalisation & choice, coherence, and relevance form the seven principles of curriculum design that have guided Scottish education since Curriculum for Excellence and are now inspiring teachers worldwide. More than buzzwords, they give any class—whether kindergarten phonics or AP Calculus—a sturdy skeleton on which meaningful learning can grow. They

When the bell rings, you know instantly whether the day will glide or grind. Some classes lean in, eyes bright; others slump, phones creeping from pockets. That gap nearly always comes down to motivation—something you can influence. Below you’ll find 20 classroom-proven strategies that consistently boost student motivation, engagement, and achievement across grade levels. They

Between grading essays, steering class discussions, and answering lunchtime questions, professional development hours can feel like one more spinning plate. Yet state mandates and personal growth goals don’t pause just because your planning period vanished. What teachers really need is PD that slots into a Tuesday night after dinner or a Saturday morning before soccer

Slip on a headset and gravity lessons move from textbook diagrams to a moonwalk where every hop demonstrates Newton’s laws. That instant, virtual reality shifts teaching from telling to letting students experience, boosting attention, retention, and confidence across science labs, historical tours, creative studios, and social-emotional rehearsals. Teachers gain a repeatable, risk-free way to run

You’ve explained claim and evidence a dozen times, yet many students still hand in five-paragraphs of opinion wrapped in filler. This guide fixes that. Drawing on classroom-tested routines, it walks you through a seven-step framework that takes writers from initial spark to published piece, with mini-lessons, graphic organizers, and debate activities ready for Monday morning.