- Jan 26, 2022
- Teaching During COVID-19
- 3 mins
How To Be Prepared for Remote Teaching at a Mom...
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers and students have been faced with many different challenges. One in particular was the shift from in-person instruction to remote learning in the earlier days of the pandemic. Now, with the uptick in the number of cases due to the Omicron variant, many classrooms across the US have switched back […]
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Read Post- Aug 24, 2021
- Teaching During COVID-19
- 2 mins
Setting Behavior Expectations in the Virtual En...
What student behavior looked, sounded, and felt like took a unique turn with virtual learning. When students can turn their cameras off and fully hide their engagement, how can you ensure every student maximizes their potential? Follow these four strategies to help you maintain the same level of participation with your students virtually that they […]
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Read Post- Aug 16, 2021
- Teaching During COVID-19
- 3 mins
How to Make the Best of Mask Mandates in School...
When you return to the classroom this fall, you’ll be faced with all new challenges due to COVID-19. Daily temperature checks, social distancing, mask wearing, quarantines — a lot of new rules! It’s enough to make anyone overwhelmed. Whether you agree with masks or not, many of us now live-in parts of the country where masks […]
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Read Post- Feb 10, 2021
- Teaching During COVID-19
- 3 mins
Six Ways to Build More Meaningful Relationships...
As our students and teachers remain socially distanced, our classroom leaders are facing an unfamiliar challenge—how to form bonds of trust and respect with students whom they only see in person a few days a week at most, or not at all. In unfamiliar times we must turn to innovative approaches and modalities. To help […]
Read Post- Jan 13, 2021
- Teaching During COVID-19
- 3 mins
How to Help Your Remote and Hybrid Students Mak...
For children, friendships are means to be forged through tactile moments and experiences. Little children build forts together, chase one another on a playground, and play make-believe together. Older children hang out and listen to music, play basketball, or even attend events and concerts together. As we continue to keep our children and teachers safe […]
Read Post- Dec 12, 2020
- Teaching During COVID-19
- 4 mins
Three Ways to Support Your Students Who May Be ...
This blog post is by our guest contributor Ryan Divita who is a special education teacher at Williamsville North High School in Western New York. This school year has brought many new challenges, such as virtual learning, hybrid models, and a renewed focus on social-emotional well-being. Synchronous and asynchronous learning have become centerpieces of household […]
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Read Post- Oct 29, 2020
- Teaching During COVID-19
- 6 mins
Engaging Student Learners During a Pandemic
Today we have a very special guest blog by Susan Corrie, a former elementary building principal for the Clarence Central School District in Western New York. Susan has worked in education for over 35 years and works with PLS 3rd Learning, PLS Classes’s parent company. Thank you Sue for sharing your ideas with our readers! Like […]
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Read Post- Sep 20, 2020
- Teaching During COVID-19
- 5 mins
Six Easy Ways to Engage Your Students When Teac...
If you’re like most educators, up until around March 15, 2020, your teaching style had been based on the presumption that you would be in-person and hands-on with your students. Your professional development likely did not cover online learning and how to lead a virtual classroom of socially distanced students. If your school or district […]
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Read Post- Sep 14, 2020
- Teaching During COVID-19
- 3 mins
Get Your Students Excited About Learning in an ...
We can all agree that the last school year did not go as planned. The 2020-2021 school year is also proving to be unconventional, with COVID-19 continuing to disrupt many traditional education modalities and sometimes even separating students from their teachers to ensure social distance safety. Despite the ongoing effects of the pandemic on our […]
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Read Post- Aug 14, 2020
- Teaching During COVID-19
- 4 mins
Five Ways to Create a Sense of Community in a V...
A classroom community is formed when students come together as a class to work towards the common goal of learning. In such a community, students feel valued and connected to the teacher and other students in the class. Taking the time to create this type of environment takes practice but with a little effort and […]
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Read Post- Aug 11, 2020
- Teaching During COVID-19
- 3 mins
Top Remote Learning Platforms for Teachers and ...
A wise man adapts himself to circumstances, as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it. — Chinese Proverb One year ago, your continuing education plan most likely did not include developing confidence and competency with distance learning tools. But as they say, change is inevitable. And it’s how we choose to embrace change […]
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Read Post- Jul 14, 2020
- Great Ideas in Teaching
- 4 mins
Create a Classroom Culture that Empowers Your S...
Giving students more autonomy over their education and creating climates that foster student expression are growing priorities in K–12 education. The trend results from the intersection of personalized learning plans tailored to offer individualized experiences for optimal outcomes, and student-centered learning movements, which prioritize student needs over institutional goals. Regardless of its impetus, the goal […]
Read Post- May 28, 2020
- Teaching During COVID-19
- 3 mins
Reflecting on the 2019-2020 School Year: What h...
“Challenges are what make life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes them meaningful.” — Anonymous The best leaders are continually self-reflecting on their skills and successes and identifying opportunities for improvement. Teachers who wish to offer their students the most effective learning opportunities should also engage in the process of self-reflection. Use the summer months […]
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Read Post- May 12, 2020
- Teaching During COVID-19
- 3 mins
Five Tips to Support Students Learning From Home
Students who have spent their academic careers learning in a formal classroom setting, collaborating with peers, and participating in group work are also feeling the struggle of trying to remain focused and engaged in lessons and assignments from their home living room. To help your students, and their parents succeed for the remainder of this […]
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Read Post- Apr 10, 2020
- Teaching During COVID-19
- 2 mins
PLS Classes Presents New Video Series to Suppor...
At the heart of everything we do at PLS Classes is our mission to support and strengthen educators. During this time, we feel it is especially important to be a helpful resource for you. As you settle into the new distance learning environment we’re sure you’ve met some challenges along the way. And that’s ok! […]
Read Post- Apr 7, 2020
- Teaching During COVID-19
- 2 mins
Take a Virtual Field Trip as a Class
While students are settling in to learning in the confines of their new at-home classrooms, they might be missing an important out-of-class activity: field trips. Field trips provide students with the opportunity to visit and explore a brand new space in their communities, which can: Strengthen observation skills, offer opportunities for hands-on activities, and […]
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Read Post- Mar 25, 2020
- Teaching During COVID-19
- 2 mins
Educators Given Free Access to Wistia’s Video H...
As students make the change to at-home classrooms, parents transition to work-from-home life and homeschooling — teachers are making an even bigger adjustment: finding ways to deliver instruction and connect with students outside of the classroom. Luckily, technology provides plenty of ways for teachers to stay connected to students, whether it’s through Google Classroom, social […]
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Read Post- Mar 24, 2020
- Teaching During COVID-19
- 4 mins
Working at Home for Teachers: 7 Best Practices ...
COVID-19 has created unprecedented changes to how teachers and their students are finishing the 2019-2020 school year. Almost overnight we’ve moved from face-to-face classes to a distance learning environment. Even though you don’t get to physically see your students every day, they need you to guide them, provide structured assignments, and be a resource until […]
Read Post- Mar 19, 2020
- Hot Topics in Teaching
- 2 mins
Resources from Fred Rogers Productions to Help ...
When Fred Rogers was a child, he spent a lot of time inside due to asthma. He felt isolated physically and emotionally, which, in turn, made him feel sad and scared. Now, more than ever, we may all be experiencing some of the same feelings that young Freddie Rogers felt. Isolated. Sad. Scared. Stressed. Angry. […]
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Read Post- Dec 10, 2018
- Teaching During COVID-19
- 3 mins
Seven Tips to Stop the Spread of Germs in Your ...
We are fully in the grasp of cold and flu season, which means that every coughing, sneezing, sniffling child in your classroom could put other students—or you—at risk of falling ill too. According to WebMD, the average American child contracts six to 10 colds per year, making colds the number one illness resulting in doctors’ […]
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