Students who have learned to endure toxic environments often develop a "survival brain" — which can be the result of years of living with harmful stress. https://youtu.be/0qFyFhtYGhY Watch Jim Sporleder…
“Edutainment” is an emerging trend that seeks to teach and build a wide array of cognitive competencies. One example advocated by Dr. Marquita Blades: Escape the Classroom: Students are in…
Hotep Benzo says "classroom behavior is a symptom, NOT the problem. Repeated negative behaviors are due to innate beliefs. Listen to Hotep describe how the Outcome Progression Model lends itself…
The affective filters in the brain can determine whether students are in a receptive emotional state and capable of paying attention. https://youtu.be/jD_2YOqK6Yc Watch LaVonna Roth illustrate how to help a…
For students with learning differences and disabilities, the path to success does not have to be burdensome. Though Plenary Speaker Brian Mendler's own desperate experience called for desperate measures, he…
A behavior is a discipline problem, according to Levin & Nolan’s widely respected Principles of Classroom Management, if the behavior: • Interferes with the teaching act • Interferes with another…
Creating "buzz" in the classroom, says “educational buccaneer” Dave Burgess, is all about "pre-heating the grill of learning." https://youtu.be/QapU66WW_G8 Watch Dave Burgess illustrate how to drop "sizzling" content in your…
What is the value of a student hearing his or her name pronounced correctly?Learning to pronounce students’ names correctly — even if it takes a lot of effort/practice — can…
NextGen School Safety Keynoter Vaughn Baker says that knowledge is power to prevail against a violent intruder. But he warns that the natural response to a violent intruder is often…
Those boy engagement strategies – how are they working, and what do they look like to the (sometimes) astute student vlogger? https://youtu.be/Sd3XPmzZ0LU Why worry about Dillon and his male friends…