True education is as much about the environment as it is about instruction. That may sound like a bold statement, but it makes sense when you take a moment to consider the evidence. If a child is ...

The next University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) session will address how faculty can create a positive classroom environment. Much has been written about the academic ...

Fruitville Elementary School kindergarten teacher Kari Johnson sounds amazed as she reflects on a year in which she was chosen as Sarasota County’s 2021 Teacher of the Year before advancing to be just ...

With summer wafting away and students back in school now, teachers often ask me: what is positive psychology anyway? I answer that it is a compendium of reciprocal principles and practices that ...

The first University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) seminar of the semester will discuss strategies and practices to use in the classroom to establish an effective teaching ...

Classroom management issues are often the biggest impediment to learning for the novice teacher and even seasoned veterans. Any teacher can be suddenly derailed by outrageous behavior, and without a ...

During the year I spent teaching from various spaces in my home, my teaching was no longer something I did only when I was at work. Instead, it became something that was more visible to my family, ...

It’s accepted wisdom that good relationships between teachers and their students lead to students who are willing to work harder in the classroom. Could those positive feelings also have an impact in ...

Over the past four years, I have worked with student-teachers from three universities in a variety of settings from kindergarten to high school. One of the key areas where I see student-teachers ...

Dressing up as a queen to introduce the letter ‘Q’ and how it looks and sounds was a relatively easy choice for kindergarten teacher Alex Kellemen. “It was the ‘V’ that stumped me for a while, and ...

With summer wafting away and students back in school now, teachers often ask me: what is positive psychology anyway? I answer that it is a compendium of reciprocal principles and practices that ...