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  • Behavioral Momentum

Using Behavioral Momentum to Improve Student Behaviors

July 1, 2026|

Think about this familiar scene. In a kindergarten classroom, it is time to clean up an art activity and move to the carpet for reading time. You give the instructions for cleaning up, and most of your class starts putting materials away. One student does not; instead, she stays at her table, continuing to color and play with her materials. When you ask her to put her materials away and join the group, she says no and turns away. You repeat the direction more firmly, then walk over to her and ask her to join the group. Many teachers in this situation might continue to restate the expectations and become frustrated if one student is not able to listen. Even when classroom norms and rules are well implemented, some children will not comply for various reasons. Instead of struggling with compliance, teachers can add another approach for those students who need additional help. Called behavioral momentum, a teacher instead asks students to do smaller, easier-to-complete tasks that lead up to the main, more challenging tasks. (Read more)

  • Levels of Processing Theory

The Levels of Processing Theory

May 21, 2026|

Have your students ever come into your classroom, insisting they studied and prepared for an upcoming test, yet they don’t perform nearly as well as you’d expect? While there are several reasons this could occur, one is that your students were not effectively retaining concepts to recall and apply them on an assessment. In this article, you will first learn about the three core processes of memory: encoding, storage, and retrieval, and discover briefly how those processes work together to help support learning and memory. Then, you will be introduced to one of many theories on memory, the Levels of Processing Theory, which describes how the level of processing concepts and ideas can dictate how strong your memory is.

  • California Salary Advancement

How California Teachers Can Advance Their Salary Through Graduate Credits

May 20, 2026|

You can earn graduate-level credits for your California teaching lane change to add thousands of dollars to your salary each year. This article will provide you with some examples of lane changes and how they work across different types of districts, and will help you evaluate the lowest cost path to earn credits and increase your salary.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Affordable Professional Development

Why is Model Teaching so Affordable?

March 18, 2026|

Teaching is one of the most important professions in the world. You are educating and helping to raise the next generation of citizens. You are often the first adult outside of the student’s immediate family who believes in them and pushes them to be their best selves, and you have a significant responsibility to ensure your students are successful. And yet, you are in a profession that rarely pays you what it should, based on the immense value that you provide your students.

  • Credits for Salary Advancement

The Teacher’s Financial Guide to Credits for Salary Advancement

February 25, 2026|

Teachers are some of the most financially resourceful people in the workforce. You stretch classroom budgets, buy supplies out of pocket, and find ways to make things work with less. For those of you who work in a district that allows for lane changes/ salary step increases through the accumulation of graduate-level credits, you know that moving up in your salary schedule is the obvious plan to secure your financial future.

  • Eriksons Theory in Teaching

Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development: A Guide for Educators

January 21, 2026|

Understanding the development of your students helps you become a stronger educator, because you can identify specific strategies and ways to help your students that are developmentally appropriate. There are many developmental theories present to explain our growth has humans over time, but this article will focus on just one: Erik Erikson’s eight stages of development.

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