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Curriculum 101: Easy differentiation tips for teachers

Differentiation often comes with the burden of increased expectations with insufficient support. With this resource, we hope to provide easy, actionable tips that don't actually add to your workload but make a big difference for students.

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Curriculum 101: Easy differentiation tips for teachers

Differentiation often comes with the burden of increased expectations with insufficient support. With this resource, we hope to provide easy, actionable tips that don't actually add to your workload but make a big difference for students.

Curriculum 101: How to implement MTSS in your classroom

February 28, 2025

MTSS can seem like an overwhelming process. In this blog, we talk about exactly how teachers can use MTSS as a framework in their everyday practice. We've included picture examples, practical tips, and suggestions for how teachers can make these changes without disrupting their existing routines.

E-book: Data 101 for new and developing administrators

February 3, 2025

Many new administrators step into their role with very little information about how to gather and analyze data. It can be overwhelming and anxiety-inducing! We've got a comprehensive resource to help you learn the absolute basics, so you can step into your role with data-informed confidence.

Curriculum 101: MTSS Basics

January 31, 2025

If you've ever been confused by the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS), you're not alone! This resource was built to answer your most basic, high-level questions, including "How is MTSS different from RTI?"

Ranking 9 great teachers from movies and TV

December 31, 2024

We all have our favorite teachers from television and movies, but what makes them so memorable? In this blog, we collected nine of our favorite teachers from media and evaluated them according to four common teacher evaluation criteria.

Inclusive assessment design: writing fair tests for diverse classrooms

October 30, 2024

Inclusive assessments are necessary to give each student their best shot at success; however, inclusive design doesn't happen in a vacuum. In this blog, we talk culturally responsive teaching, data-informed instruction, and universal assessment design.

Learning through film: Frightful Flicks

October 2, 2024

Here are 15 kid-friendly Halloween movies to watch in your classroom this year! Our list comes with recommendations of specific skills and discussions you can have with children of any age group.

How to create and manage an unbiased teacher evaluation system

September 27, 2024

Dr. Jeremy Wagner

Dr. Jeremy Wagner is a former district leader who used Strive to analyze his district's evaluation system. Read his tips, tricks, and suggestions to eliminate bias and align evaluators, creating system-wide positive change.

How to teach students to take ownership of their learning

August 30, 2024

Cajisha Telusme and Taylor McCoy

Students who take ownership of their learning are more engaged, resilient, and empowered. Teachers can foster student ownership by teaching metacognitive skills and self-efficacy in their classrooms.

How to establish and maintain strong classroom procedures

In this blog, we look at what research says about student behavior and why ambiguous classroom expectations can cause behavior problems. To help teachers establish a well-organized and well-behaved classroom, we have comprehensive tips, steps, and information about how to write classroom procedures that work.

10 Tips to help teachers relax and recuperate this summer

We want to help you make the most of the rest of your summer vacation. We’ve compiled a list of research-backed tips to help you recover from several different types of burnout.

How Principals can be data pioneers for their schools: A step-by-step guide through the lens of Spongebob Squarepants

In this blog, learn how principals can use data to create a strong foundation that supports a student-growth centered culture. We have a step-by-step guide to help you turn your data observations into procedures that benefit students and staff.

Top 10 tech topics to discuss with your students

Our digitally-native students are struggling with some of the most important tech skills. Teachers can better prepare them for higher learning and their transition to the workforce by directly teaching and discussing topics like these.

How to strengthen teacher evaluation systems to improve student growth

Teaching evaluation systems should support student growth. If students aren't growing, it's probably due to skewed data. District leaders can fix a skewed data problem and create a strong evaluation system with a few important changes.

What does student growth mean in practice?

I want to talk about the hot topic of Student Growth, but I’m going to take the long way around. So let's begin with a little pop quiz:

Why do we assess?

In the shadow of high-stakes state testing and accountability, sometimes “assessment” can feel like a four-letter word (test).

Why I got into teaching

When I was in high school, I loved spreadsheets. I used to design measurement tools to test my friends' abstract psychological constructs like "Movie Trivia Content Mastery" and generate data tables of the results.

Transforming the teacher experience to avoid the education brain drain

November 9, 2022

Eduphoria team members

Teachers are essential. Teachers provide the foundation that helps children succeed in life.

Strive for success with T-TESS

August 31, 2022

Eduphoria team members

Eduphoria’s Strive solution supports Texas districts with T-TESS and T-PESS implementation. Learn why Eduphoria provides the solution that helps educators grow and succeed.

Professional development or professional learning?

August 18, 2022

Eduphoria team members

Back when I was a teacher in the nineties, I attended staff development on a regular basis. When I became an instructional coach, we called it professional development.

Innovative + online professional learning

Eduphoria team members

It’s a difficult time to be an educator. Whether as a classroom teacher or a professional learning provider, the current situation does not permit face-to-face instruction and many were thrust into the unexpected world of online teaching.

Learning and doing

We had some great conversations with folks at our booth at TASA Midwinter. I hope everyone that had a chance to see Strive is excited about it.

Top 10 budgeting tips for your district

Eduphoria team members

As we all know, budgeting for a school district is not quite the same as budgeting for a traditional business.

Regarding a growth mindset and assessment

Is it possible to foster a growth mindset in the presence of high-stakes testing? I would argue that it is, so long as we keep ourselves grounded in the purpose of assessment.

Student growth and progress

The easiest method to determine growth is to take a measurement, take a second measurement at a later time, and subtract the results.

Transforming compliance training into an innovative, interactive experience

Eduphoria team members

Every year, it seems as if there is more regulatory and compliance training to be completed.

3rd graders turn parent night upside down

Imagine an eight-year-old sitting at a table using a data notebook to explain standards mastery and goal setting to her parents during parent/teacher conference night.

360 degrees of professional learning: Data-informed, personal, and collaborative

Eduphoria team members

Professional development has made great strides over the last decade to offer more integrated, collaborative, and sustainable opportunities for educators to grow their craft.

Coaching conversation

A few years back I had the opportunity to work for a term as an instructional coach at a Scottish boarding school, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

A day in the life of Eduphoria support

Ever wonder what a day in the life of an Eduphoria Support Team member looks like? Check out this sneak peek into the behind the scenes actions that keep us all running smoothly and keep our customers fully supported.