12 Ideas From the End of School that Work All Year Long
10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
Release Date: 05/22/2022
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10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
The end of the school year can be so exciting and give us ideas for great teaching. Jillian DuBois talks about her end of the school year and from the conversation we have twelve inspiring ideas for classrooms everywhere including: how to use the element of surprise in learning vocabulary building ideas watching bald eagles and teaching ideas about them how eagles fly higher on turbulent winds how to know children in even a very large class and more. Show notes and transcript: Sponsor: Advancement Courses Last summer I took my professional development with and I am so...
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10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
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10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
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10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
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10 Minute Teacher Podcast with Cool Cat Teacher
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info_outlineThe end of the school year can be so exciting and give us ideas for great teaching. Jillian DuBois talks about her end of the school year and from the conversation we have twelve inspiring ideas for classrooms everywhere including:
- how to use the element of surprise in learning
- vocabulary building ideas
- watching bald eagles and teaching ideas about them
- how eagles fly higher on turbulent winds
- how to know children in even a very large class
- and more.
Show notes and transcript: https://www.coolcatteacher.com/e783
Sponsor: Advancement Courses
Last summer I took my professional development with Advancement Courses and I am so glad that I did! On my blog, I recently shared 10 Ways to Rejuvenate and Learn This Summer. All of the course ideas come from the advancement courses catalog to go to https://www.coolcatteacher.com/top10
Learn about some courses you might want to take and some things that you need to do this summer. Your current needs should impact your professional development. Advancement Courses makes it so easy to complete your PD with courses that are online and self-paced so you can take them anywhere any time with up to six months to complete. And right now you can use the code COOL15 to get 15% off your course today. So go to www.coolcatteacher.com/top10 and begin deciding what you want to learn this summer.
Jillian DuBois - Bio as Submitted
Jillian is a repurposed elementary educator from Clearwater, FL, and currently serves as a Professional Learning Guide for Forward Edge/Edge•U in Ohio. Her passion is to infuse joy to those in educational leadership by focusing efforts on listening, serving, and growing. She uses her voice to foster hope by celebrating equity and empathy.
She is a children’s book author and illustrator of Liv’s Seashells, Road to Awesome: A Journey for Kids, and Look at YOU, Piper Lou!, and Destiny’s Amazingly Different Dreams. She is the founder + Chief Optimistic Originator of Imparted Joy, LLC, which provides services to help others ‘spark their stories’ with confidence.
Each day is a FRESH opportunity to listen, be slow to criticize, and be quick to empathize. Keep dancing and dreaming with JOY.
Twitter: @JillDuBois22
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TikTok: JillDuBois22
www.linkedin.com/in/jill-dubois
Web: www.impartedjoy.com
Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a “sponsored podcast episode.” The company who sponsored it compensated me via cash payment, gift, or something else of value to include a reference to their product. Regardless, I only recommend products or services I believe will be good for my readers and are from companies I can recommend. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."