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So far Model Teaching has created 134 blog entries.
  • Flipped Learning and AI

How Flipped Learning Can Save Classrooms from Over-Reliance on AI

May 18, 2026|

Students are using AI chatbots to skip the hard work of learning, and teachers are watching critical thinking skills suffer as a result. But AI isn't going away, and the benefits it offers for productivity and research are hard to ignore. So how do educators take advantage of what AI does well without letting it shortcut student learning? In this article, we make the case for flipped learning as a potential solution. Flipped learning gives teachers a practical way to embrace AI while keeping students doing the thinking themselves. Read the whole article to learn more.

  • Ohio Teacher Lane Change

Ohio Teacher Lane Change: How to Advance Your Salary

May 11, 2026|

This article will provide you with examples of how your lane change works in districts across Ohio, as well as the lowest cost path for you to accumulate credits to increase your salary. Earn graduate-level credits for your Ohio lane change to add thousands of dollars to your salary each year.

  • Supporting Reading Struggles

Understanding Students with Reading Struggles

May 5, 2026|

All teachers, not only reading teachers, can benefit from understanding how students may struggle in reading, in order to better support them in the classroom. While the reading teacher is the primary educator focused on teaching students to read, all teachers across all content areas must be mindful of students’ reading difficulties. Reading is essential to comprehension, and all teachers have a responsibility to ensure that students learn to the fullest extent in the classroom. However, some students struggle significantly more with reading than others. This article will provide you with an overview of what to consider as you encounter students in your class who may exhibit reading struggles, either due to a specific disability or due to other reading difficulties.

  • Illinois Lane Change

Illinois Teacher Lane Change

May 4, 2026|

If you teach in Illinois, you may have noticed that your district’s salary schedule may be different from that of a neighboring district, and options for salary increases depend on the individual school district you work in. In many districts across Illinois, earning graduate-level credits can help you increase your salary. For every 15 or 30 credits you accumulate beyond your bachelor’s degree or your master’s degree, your district could allow you to trigger a lane change on your salary schedule and add thousands of dollars to your paycheck every year. Read more in this article.

  • Brain Breaks Webinar

Webinar: Press Pause & Power Up

April 23, 2026|

Learn about the benefits of brain breaks and explore simple brain break strategies you can implement through your lessons. You will have the opportunity to plan to implement brain breaks, leave the course with ideas and strategies to immediately add these ideas to your next lesson.

  • Testing Effect Theory

The Testing Effect Theory

April 20, 2026|

Why take practice tests? You have likely given your students practice tests at many points in your lessons. Often, you may check in to monitor their progress and ensure they are learning the material. But how often do you assign tests as a way to help your students retrieve information and engage in the process of strengthening their memory? Practice tests can be a useful study tool for improving memory and learning. In fact, any recall activity can be used as a way for student to “test” their memory and determine what they can recall from stored knowledge in their minds. This continued practice can be an important way to improve memory and recall, and incorporating it into your lessons is another tool for you to support student understanding and improve performance in your classroom.

  • AI Prompting Teaching

AI Prompts for Differentiated Lesson Plans

April 13, 2026|

Teachers are quickly realizing how much time AI tools can save them. This includes lesson planning, creating student-facing documents, and even helping with direct instruction. AI tools are nowhere close to a solution for all the challenges a teacher may face in the classroom, but they can help in several areas, particularly when it comes to planning and creating plans, lessons, or assessments for their students. Perhaps one of the best ways AI can be leveraged in the classroom is through creating customized and highly differentiated lessons and content for the various student groups all teachers find within their classroom.

  • Ohio Teacher License Renewal

Renewing Your Ohio Teaching License

April 9, 2026|

Renewing your Ohio teaching license requires completing state-approved professional development and submitting your renewal before your license expires. While some professional development may be available through your district, you may need to complete additional coursework or continuing education. Whether you are currently teaching or maintaining your license while not in the classroom, it is important to understand Ohio’s renewal requirements so you can plan ahead.

  • Differentiation Tech Tools Blog

Tech Tools to Support Differentiation in Your Classroom

April 7, 2026|

Differentiation is a general term for an instructional approach in which teachers tailor curriculum, teaching methods, and assessments to meet the diverse needs of students in their classrooms. Between tracking student data, creating varied materials, and managing multiple groups, you may feel like differentiation in your classroom can be overwhelming! The good news is that technology can be your ally. The right edtech tools can streamline many differentiation tasks, from grouping students based on learning profiles to generating leveled content to creating varied assessments. These tools don’t replace your expertise as a teacher, but they do enhance it by handling the time-consuming logistics so you can focus on what matters most: teaching. In this article, we’ll explore five tech tools that support different aspects of differentiation. Whether you need help grouping students, creating accessible content, varying your instructional processes, designing diverse assessments, or supporting students with IEPs, there’s a tool here that can make your life easier.

  • Answering with Confidence Webinar

Webinar: Answering with Confidence

March 26, 2026|

Explore guidelines for teaching testing behaviors, testing strategies, and a process for students to justify their answer choices on assessments. You will learn specific behaviors or strategies to identify in students, as well as simple methods to explicitly teach appropriate testing behaviors.

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