Educational Links 6/21/19

3 Ways to Build Student Agency into Your Lessons

https://catlintucker.com/2019/06/3-ways-to-build-student-agency-into-your-lessons/?fbclid=IwAR2oQ2DgYw6bu-32LoNStY8x7Jxp52C-RYgRKBSeN8t-UzDZ-cZq1cospm0

5 WAYS TO CUSTOMIZE YOUR TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THIS SUMMER

https://www.coolcatteacher.com/5-ways-to-customize-your-teacher-professional-development-this-summer/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork&fbclid=IwAR0cUNWV7YPQra75lOL6stmvlER_hIqcVS0I6_9Q22FhZ0n1vr9ghHFgGDI

High-quality teachers significantly boost student attendance

https://www.educationdive.com/news/high-quality-teachers-significantly-boost-student-attendance/557241/?fbclid=IwAR1H9JIm1IcbxYK6WCNf4NR0jKAV9e2JC6KWOq5m3EWUjYJgSx4Pd3yiKjc

'Principals Shouldn't Be Lonely'

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/classroom_qa_with_larry_ferlazzo/2019/06/response_principals_shouldnt_be_lonely.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB&fbclid=IwAR3HtTzUzdRF2HhwlBB_gGwzm3gnXU9s7BKn9588LvVab0VakNW1lK7dBT4

Six Steps Toward Fair and Accurate Grading

https://www.middleweb.com/40472/six-baby-steps-toward-fair-and-valid-grading/?fbclid=IwAR2g5GNoSu6wjxRr-56CsdRXoXrrhoO76Y9le7aZOm8tB2uY9ujWPEt6d3E

Restoring Children’s Play: Overcoming Parental Fears

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/freedom-learn/201906/restoring-children-s-play-overcoming-parental-fears?fbclid=IwAR1ltIjaqoE2EYVa56LylcjWZaNMS31Pe7A61yU7L5mNWND97bV78uVh3YQ

Children are designed, by nature, to spend hours per day playing with other children, independently of adults.  In such play they practice all sorts of physical and mental skills; discover and pursue their passions; and learn how to create their own activities, solve their own problems, get along with peers, and control their emotions and impulses. Depriving children of independent play inflicts serious harm on them.