KVEC brought together paraeducators to enhance their skills and knowledge in supporting students. During the conference, one paraeducator discovered she was just a small step away from becoming a full-time teacher. This inspiring story highlighted the potential growth and opportunities available to paraeducators within the education field. Check out the video above to learn more! […]

The “Mystery” of Student Engagement The “Mystery of Student Engagement” utilizes the Deeper Learning Tool From Puzzles to Paradoxes to increase Student Engagement within the ELA Classroom. At the beginning of the year, students reported rarely experiencing engaging lessons during class, and I knew a Deeper Learning Tool could effectively solve the problem. I conducted […]

Because Cooperative Learning Means Deeper Learning   When analyzing the data from the beginning of the year Measures of Academic Progress assessment I noticed that sixty-three percent of students are performing below grade level benchmark. As I desegregated the data a little more, I realized that the biggest area of deficiency was in Vocabulary Acquisition […]

Reading for meaning (World Civilization sources analysis) For my action research plan I chose to use the reading for meaning tool. The tool focuses on helping students break down excerpts by utilizing claims and counterclaims. The various claims are meant to help students better understand the text by forcing them to think more deeply about […]

4-2-1 Summarize  My action research project is based on the tool “4-2-1 Summarize.” My students were having trouble summarizing texts. They wanted to include every minute detail in their summaries, making them as long as the text itself. Summaries are important because they give a brief overview of the main points of a text. A […]