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March 2019

Promoting Psychological Science A Compendium of Laboratory Exercises For Teachers of High School Psychology

A new e-book "Promoting Psychological Science A Compendium of Laboratory Exercises…

Blog Promoting Psychological Science A Compendium of Laboratory Exercises For Teachers of High School Psychology 2 Likes Mind Games: Think, Learn & Have Fun!!! at La…

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March 2017

You CAN Rise Above Your Raising...

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October 2015

Research on Fr Transition/Interdisciplinary… In order to help "sell" our freshman transition program, I am looking for data as to how effective it is. I haven't found much recent data. If anyone knows of any research out there that supports t… Discussion Research on Fr Transition/Interdisciplinary… 2 Likes

September 2015

May 2014

Starting a transition program Our administrative leadership team is starting the planning process to have a transition program in place beginning in Fall, 2015. We would appreciate any feedback about successes/landmines than any… Discussion Starting a transition program 1 Like

April 2014

John Wooden's Corner

John Wooden - the man, his accomplishments, his life, and his legacy - is a gift to teachers trying to help students reach their full potential. By bringing John Wooden into the classroom teachers…

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February 2014

Set a Wayside Teaching Goal for Next School Year

Are you required to create formal growth objectives for next year? Or are you simply interested in finding new ways to grow professionally regardless of whether or not you are required to have…

Blog Set a Wayside Teaching Goal for Next School Year 5 Likes Go Beyond the Content: Creating a Curriculum… Our students need us to go beyond the content with them. (Read "The Case for Going Beyond the Content".) That doesn't mean the content is not important or that we don't do an amazing… Page Go Beyond the Content: Creating a Curriculum… 2 Likes Elective Choices for Freshmen After visiting a few schools that have freshman transition programs, I discovered that they offer about half the elective choices to their 9th graders than we do. The mindset is that too many choice… Discussion Elective Choices for Freshmen 1 Like Re-freshing Freshmen Hi Folks - I have not posted for quite a while. Here at Urbandale High School we are currently in our 8th year of a 9th Grade House / SLC project. And, while our results are quite well in general,… Discussion Re-freshing Freshmen 2 Likes Psychology Student Network

Since psychology is a very popular college major, I thought I'd post a link to Volume 2, Issue 1 (January, 2014) of the …

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December 2013

Reading skills across content areas at the f… The resource teachers have voiced concerns that the in-coming freshmen are struggling to comprehend text across all of their subject areas. Are there certain reading strategies they seem to respond t… Discussion Reading skills across content areas at the f… 1 Like

November 2013

Games to Explain Human Factors: Come, Partic…

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July 2013

A Pep Talk from Kid President to You

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April 2013

Ninth-grade transitioning through our weekly "Peer Advisory" program

Having recently joined the Freshman Transition Network and introducing myself here, Scott suggested…

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March 2013

Electives for Freshman Hello community, Does anyone offer a freshman seminar or some class-equivilent? I have discussed this idea with our counseling staff and we feel that our students could benefit from such a class. I… Discussion Electives for Freshman 2 Likes

February 2013

The Power of YET (Found on Facebook)

In the last week I have now found two awesome Facebook posts worth sharing from FTN member, Kaitlin Nelson.…

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November 2011

What's My Job? An Effective Career Orientation Program For Middle School Students

What's My Job? An Effective Career Orientation Program For Middle School Students

Are you looking for an…

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July 2011

A Football Game Gives Hope

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May 2011

Recommended Books for Teachers

Here are some great books to consider reading and/or sharing with your students.

Over the years I have been amazed by the number of educators who don't read books related to our…