Add These Tricks To Your Instructional Strategies Toolbox

posted on July 13, 2015

If you feel like you're getting stuck in a rut, or perhaps your students are bored, check out these strategies. I know it's still summer, but you can never be too prepared…

Source: K20 Center :: Instructional Strategies

Michelle Waters

I am a secondary English Language Arts teacher, a University of Oklahoma student working on my Master's of Education in Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum with an concentration in English Education, and a NBPTS candidate. I am constantly seeking ways to amplify my students' voices and choices.

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I am a secondary English Language Arts teacher working on my National Board Certification, an Oklahoma Writing Project Teacher Consultant, and a graduate student at the University of Oklahoma earning a Master's degree in Instructional Leadership and Academic Curriculum with a concentration in English Education.

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