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AFS-USA Educator's Materials

by Dr. Wills

Sep 19, 2015

AFS-USA Partnership Scholastic, Inc. Scholastic materials

This coming week, AFS-USA in partnership with Scholastic Inc, - the nation’s largest publisher of supplemental educational materials will launch a special, AFS-focused edition of Scholastic’s award-winning “ Upfront” magazine to approximately 51,000 9th 12th grade classroo...See More AFS-USA Partnership Scholastic, Inc. Scholastic materials

This coming week, AFS-USA in partnership with Scholastic Inc, - the nation’s largest publisher of supplemental educational materials will launch a special, AFS-focused edition of Scholastic’s award-winning “ Upfront” magazine to approximately 51,000 9th 12th grade classrooms across the U.S.

This 8-page publication is designed to help 1.4 million students learn about Global Citizenship and inspire them to be a part of the AFS Effect. Articles range from a first person account of studying abroad, to the history of the American Field Service, to AFS Returnees traveling to space, and to the global impact of hosting an AFS student in their homes.

Accompanying the Upfront magazine is a complete, 4-page teaching guide which provides detailed lesson plans for educators, specifically designed by the education-experts at Scholastic to satisfy both state 'common core' requirements and AFS learning objectives.

To support middle school educators, as well as to promote our Global Prep programming for younger students, a special digital edition of Upfront will also be sent to 75,000 8th grade teachers. This has the potential to reach an additional 2 million students and parents.

All of the classroom materials, along with AFS videos and a link to our newly-launched AFS-USA educator’s portal will be hosted and featured on Scholastic.com. Each month, Scholastic.com receives over 8 million unique visitors. View it here.

You can also download a digital version of the AFS Upfront magazine and the Teacher’s Guide here, or request print copies from your Team Development Specialist within the next few weeks. We encourage you to read the magazine and reference the teacher's guide at the same time, to get the full effect of the experience we are providing to students and educators.

I hope you will use these materials to access schools and influential educators or other AFS-advocates year-round, especially as you plan local activities to support International Education Week November 16-20, 2015.

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Science

by pam

Sep 16, 2015

need help

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Dream Flag project for classrms, Langston Hughes poetry

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Sep 14, 2015

The Dream Flag project goals are high academic standards, promoting citizenship and good character and respect for others.

With more than 70,000 dream flag K-12 student participants in 38 US states and 18 countries including Australia, Belize, Canada, China, Costa Rica, France, Honduras, Japan, Kenya, Morocco, Mexico, Nepal, Pakistan, Rwa...See More

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moving from elementary to middle

by southernliving

Sep 10, 2015

Hi! I am curious what peoples thoughts, concerns, encouragements might be to a kindergarten teacher that is considering a move to teach middle grades social studies...

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Kevin On 9/10/15, southernliving wrote: > Hi! I am curious what peoples thoughts, concerns, > encouragements might be to a kindergarten teacher that is > considering a move to teach middle grades social > studies... I made the leap ten years ago. While there have been ups and downs, I'd suggest thoroughly investigating the MS environment you ...See More

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leap of faith... I made the transition form MS to HS and absolutely loved it. I will only go back to MS if I absolutely have to. I had friends go from ELE to MS feel the same way. I agree with the last poster, check into the work environment of the middle school you are looking at to make sure it is a good fit and really evaluate why you want to leave ELE and go to...See More

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New to Middle School!

by MLE2000

Sep 9, 2015

I have always been an elementary school regular classroom teacher. I recently moved and took a job as a PE teacher for grades Pre-K to 8th grade.

I LOVE middle school, but I still have some children that are just disrespectful. It is only a few children, but it really takes a toll on me. How do you reward middle school children? Since I t...See More

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Aleman-Former Prison instructor On 9/09/15, MLE2000 wrote: > I have always been an elementary school regular classroom > teacher. I recently moved and took a job as a PE teacher > for grades Pre-K to 8th grade. > > I LOVE middle school, but I still have some children that > are just disrespectful. It is only a few children, but it > really takes a toll on me....See More

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3 Attributes of a Great Principal

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Aug 25, 2015

Teachers.Net teachers listed 3 (sometimes more) attributes of a great principal. (We were especially struck by the 2 shortest entries, those posted after "Mutual respect and trust needs to be nurtured," about 3/4 of the way down the page.)

What would you add to the list?

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Class Dojo

by Mrs. H

Aug 24, 2015

Hi,

I'm going to use Class Dojo for the first time this year. I was hoping to get some feedback on what teachers like and dislike about it, and how they use it in their classroom. Thanks!

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Without Words - The ELL Student - Article by Sarah Powley

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Aug 24, 2015

Without Words – Teaching ELL - By Sarah Powley

"Here’s what I learned from our Spanish-speaking ELL students, and here are the suggestions I will be passing on to content-area teachers about what they can do to help ELL students learn English and learn their content. (And by the way, these ideas will help everyone in the room. Th...See More

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12 Tips to Manage Time, Increase Efficiency in the Classroom

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Aug 22, 2015

Susan Fitzell offers indispensable instructional tips and classroom management techniques!

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Tips and Procedures for the First 10 Days of School

by Teachers.Net Gazette

Aug 21, 2015

"Over 80 percent of what teachers consider to be discipline problems have nothing to do with discipline." ~Harry K. Wong

Read about procedures and routines you can teach and reinforce that will help establish a smooth-running instructional environment.

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