Tip Sheets: Fresh Ideas, Quick Reference Guides

Whether you’re striving to bring increased rigor to your classroom, find new ways to manage the classroom, or want to become a more effective school leader, Mindsteps’ Tip Sheets can spark new ideas and provide a quick how to for improving student engagement. Our tip sheets share practical advice and make the expertise you need readily available and easily accessible.

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Tip Sheets for Teachers

Classroom Management

• 10 Tips for Going Green in the Classroom
• Classroom Management Strategies
• Classroom Set-Up to Save You Time
• Packing Your Classroom for the Summer
• Setting Classroom Rules

Rigorous Instruction

• Implementing More Rigorous Instruction
• Rigor Checklist

Instruction Strategies

• Adjusting your mindset
• Checking for Understanding
• Corrective Action to Give Before Giving Retakes
• Effectively Responding to a Crisis
• Engagement Versus Entertainment
• Giving Growth-Oriented Feedback
• Giving the Work Back to the Students
• Making Lessons as Compelling as Video Games
• Teaching students to handle freedom
• Ten Small Risks
• Thinking through Climate, Instruction, and Relationships
• Time Saving Tips
• Using Homework More Effectively

The Seven Principles of Effective Instruction

• The Seven Principles and the Danielson Framework for Teaching

Tip Sheets for Educational Leaders

• Creating Professional Learning Communities Around Differentiation
• Having Difficult Conversations
• 10 Tips for Conducting Strategic Conversations with Your Colleagues

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