Encourage Students to be Resilient and Embrace Mistakes
Knowing how to learn from failure can be a key to success. Model and reinforce the benefits of failure with your students. Encourage students to be re…
Category: Teaching Tools
Teach Time Management: Help Students Develop 21st-Century Skills
Teach time management: Challenge students to use their time to do what matters most to them by using lesson plans like
this one from Harvard Graduate…
Help Students Be Life-Ready: Teach Collaboration and Teamwork
Provide opportunities for students to work on skills that teach collaboration and teamwork - two skillsets required for their future success in career…
Engage Students in All Learning: Collaborate Across Subject Areas to Develop Multidisciplinary Projects
Create prep time for teachers to collaborate across subject areas to develop key multidisciplinary projects and assignments that show how subjects are…
Successful Learning: Provide Students Opportunities to Be Comfortable with Discomfort
Provide students with opportunities to become more comfortable with discomfort.
Connect Career Interest with School Curriculum: Foster Student Engagement & Understanding of Relevance
Using MyNexMove.org, have students explore career options. Have the students make connections between what they learned, and the careers they are most…
Cultivate Growth Mindsets: Reflect on the Failures and Successes of Learning Something New
Challenge students to learn something new. Develop a space within classrooms to celebrate and reflect on the failures and successes in learning someth…
Incorporate KNOW Skills for Student-Centered Learning: Redesign Your School to Incorporate Project-Based Learning
Redesign and commit to a schoolwide framework and curriculum that uses Project Based Learning and/or cross-curricular experiences for all students.
Student Self-Awareness & Self-Knowledge: Ask the Right Questions to Understand Your Students
Ask students essential questions. This activity is a great way to learn more about your students, while fostering a sense of self-reflection. These qu…
Student Engagement Through Relevant Discussion: Link Real-World Current Challenges to the Classroom
Give students the opportunity in classrooms, or a common area, to identify a current challenge (either in or out of school), and have them connect two…