Staff Professional Development Professional Documents

Kagan believes that groups of four students are optimal. Let's face it, forming good cooperative learning teams can be a chore. Not anymore! To create effective teams, we must juggle a lot of variables: We want teams of four, but must form some teams of three or five to handle "extra" students. We want two boys and two girls per team, but when we run out of balanced sex teams we want same sex teams so the solo boy or girl is not given too much or too little attention. We want a high, high-medium, low-medium, and low ability student on each team to optimize tutoring and achievement. Creating teams can be a brain-racking, time-consuming process. This can be a helpful solution without making everything from hand or buying thier useful, but expensive software.

Each group should have two boys and two girls. This isn't always possible so I do as many as I can and then make all boy or all girl teams. If there is an odd number of students in the class then there will be a group of five or sometimes two groups of three with the remaining groups having four students. I did vary this last year with a couple of students that were boys. They were non-stop off task students when with another boy so they were placed in groups of all girls. Those girls kept them in line and they definitely had better behavior to impress the ladies. (This was not a Kagan suggestion. Just something that worked for me.)

To create my groups I needed my class rosters, the list with student Civics EOC scores, a pile of these cards that I printed on cardstock and color pencils that match the colors of the groups.

On the top of the index card I placed the student's name and their Civics EOC and reading scores and if they were a second language learner. With my second language learners, I place another student who speaks the same language if possible.

Next, I placed all of the index cards in order according to math Civics EOC scores from highest to lowest. The I divided the index cards into 4 groups, HIGH, HIGH MEDIUM, LOW MEDIUM and LOW scores.

Each group has one of each level student. Take a card from each of the groups of index cards and you have your teams.

On each index card I use a colored pencil to mark the team the students are placed in. In my classroom I have different colored stars above each of the team's, yellow, green, red, purple, pink, orange, blue and salmon. By placing the colors on the index cards I can make sure that when I change groups the students aren't place with the same peers again.

When placing the students in the groups you have them seated like this:

LOW MEDIUM LOW

HIGH HIGH MEDIUM

The high student next to the low medium can help that student when they work as shoulder partners and the high medium can help the low student in their understanding. Also having students with similar levels across from each other helps them to feel comfortable with students who are closer to their levels when working as face partners. I always had these students sitting next to each other but staggered the arrangements in the groups so they couldn't figure out who was the low or high one in each team. Groups should be changed about every six weeks.

There are desks not tables in my room which works out very well. When they take assessments I have them move to rows. We practice this the first week of school. I also noticed when I lecture they didn't pay attention so now when I lecture I have them facing forward and not in groups. (I don't lecture too much but when I do this seems to work for my kids.) It will be interesting having students this year who know the Kagan structures and expectations.

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Teacher Evaluation Evidence Binder~ Are you looking for a way to organize all of your evidence to put together in your Teacher Binder at a very low price? We all work very hard at what we do. Show off your talents and prove to your administrators that you are Proficient or better yet, Exceeding the standards.

I am a teacher from Massachusetts. I worked extremely hard at organizing and putting together my binder these past couple of years. So glad that I finally had my final evaluation done before school ended. Please check out this preview before purchasing to ensure that your standards are the same or very close. We use the Massachusetts Model System for Educator Evaluation.

You will receive an editable binder to include pages to separate the four major standards along with your student and professional goals. You will also receive three pages of color coded indicator tabs and expectation elements for each of the indicators for the four standards.You can also type in your own expectation tabs and indicators that match your district's teacher evidence in the table provided.

Standard 1-Curriculum Planning and Assessment

Standard 2-Teaching All Students

Standard 3-Family and Community Engagement

Standard 4-Professional Culture

This product also includes a binder spine for a 2", 3" or 5" binder and back cover in a navy blue chevron pattern. I chose this color so male or female teachers could easily use this to put together a professional looking binder. In fact, my husband who is also an educator used this system for his binder and he loved it. Simply insert the covers into a clear view binder and your ready to go.

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This set of Minecraft Themed teacher binder covers / spine labels contains 39 different binder covers that you can print out. 6 pages of printable spine labels for each of the 39 different binder covers. Sized to fit a standard 3 ring binders. Spine labels measure 1”x10” and print 7 to a page.

It also includes an editable set for each of the binder covers and spine labels for you to add your own text! Note that the editable pages will only allow you to have sold colors. It is a limitation of Adobe Acrobat.

You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to edit the PDFs. Once you click in the field you want to type in, you can press Ctrl+E (PC) or Command+E (Mac) to bring up the formatting options. This will allow you to change the font and/or the color of the font for each banner.

Remember this product is licensed for one classroom.

If your students (or you) like Minecraft, Check out my Minecraft Classroom Theme / Organization Mega Pack (709 Pages!)

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Streamline your classroom management and communication efforts with these Behavior Logs and Parent Communication Logs, Documentation download! This resource includes 12 professional documents designed specifically for teachers and school staff to effectively collect and maintain accurate records on student behavior and parent communication.

Whether you're managing challenging behaviors, tracking progress, or communicating with parents, this bundle provides you with easy-to-use, customizable templates that will save you time and enhance your documentation practices.

What’s Included:

• Behavior Tracking Forms: Keep a detailed record of student behavior, identify patterns, and plan interventions.
• Parent Communication Logs: Document every conversation, meeting, and correspondence to ensure clear and consistent communication with parents and guardians.

You will receive multiple versions of each form in both landscape and portrait mode.

Perfect for special education teachers, general education teachers, administrators, and school counselors, this is a must-have tool to help you stay organized and maintain thorough documentation for each student.

Benefits:

• Save Time: Ready-to-use forms that are easy to customize to fit your needs.
• Stay Organized: Keep all your behavior and communication documentation in one place.

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Writing sub plans doesn't have to be super stressful!

Make sure your guest teachers are prepared to take over your room by preplanning the institutional knowledge that you use every day to ensure a well-functioning classroom. 

While this isn't a substitute (pun intended!) for a daily plan, having this accommodation sheet can help to set your mind at ease knowing that whatever the day has in store, your students are getting the care and help that they need!

The Accommodation Page has information regarding:

• Health and Medical Concerns
• English Language Learners
• Students with Exceptional Needs

Please remember your legal responsibilities when handling student accommodation data. This is to be used for things that the substitute would absolutely need to know in order to ensure the safety and education of your students.

Things that would be good to include are:

• Students with diabetes pumps or hearing aids that resemble phones
• Students who are unable to use screens due to a concussion
• Students who have to have water at their desk as per a 504
• Students who are allowed to use a translation device (electronic or paper) during class and assessments
• Students who need to leave the room to go to the nurse at a designated time
• Students who are on a behavior plan that directly impacts classroom management

This set also includes an example page with accommodations that would be important for the sub to know about.

This purchase is for a digital download of a zipped folder. You can unzip the folder using a variety of free resources, including what is built into the Windows Operating System. Inside the zipped folder are five different colors of the same contact file (pink, blue, purple, green, black and white)

Each page is a fillable pdf. This allows you to not only type once, print...but edit as needed without having to redo the entire sheet!

Writing sub plans doesn't have to be super stressful!

Make sure your guest teachers are prepared to take over your room by preplanning the institutional knowledge that you use every day to ensure a well-functioning classroom. 

While this isn't a substitute (pun intended!) for a daily plan, having these two sheets can help to set your mind at ease knowing that whatever the day has in store, your guest teacher is prepared with the resources and contact numbers that they need to be successful!

The Contact Page provides information on who to contact if they need

• Content Help
• Procedural Help
• Discipline Help
• Medical Help
• Student Guidance
• Translations and English Language Learner Support
• School Resource Officer
• Administration
• You (if you want!)
• as well as your classroom room number, class phone number, and how to pronounce your name (that way they are not scrambling in an emergency to figure out how to get someone to the room!)

This purchase is for a digital download of a zipped folder. You can unzip the folder using a variety of free resources, including what is built into the Windows Operating System. Inside the zipped folder are five different colors of the same contact file (pink, blue, purple, green, black and white)

Each page is a fillable pdf. This allows you to not only type once, print...but edit as needed without having to redo the entire sheet!

Writing sub plans doesn't have to be super stressful!

Make sure your guest teachers are prepared to take over your room by preplanning the institutional and procedural knowledge that you use every day to ensure a well-functioning classroom. 

While this isn't a substitute (pun intended!) for a daily plan, having this sheet can help to set your mind at ease knowing that whatever the day has in store, your guest teacher is prepared with the procedures and class information that they need to succeed!

The Procedures Page Includes space to describe:

• Announcements 
• Start of Class
• Attendance Procedures
• Bathroom Rules
• Phone/Tech Use
• Lunch Procedures
• Planning Period (and anything they need to know about that time!_
• What to do with students who finish early
• Dismissal Procedures
• Teacher Duty Station
• and two extra boxes to cater to your needs!

This purchase is for a digital download of a zipped folder. You can unzip the folder using a variety of free resources, including what is built into the Windows Operating System. Inside the zipped folder are five editable pdfs divided and labeled by colors.

Each page is a fillable pdf. This allows you to not only type once, print...but edit as needed without having to redo the entire sheet!

This guide was created for parents/guardians, general education teachers, and providers that may work with a child who is hard of hearing or Deaf.

This document covers the following:

• what hearing loss is
• wearing hearing aids and cochlear implants - users can wear one hearing aid and one cochlear implant, one hearing aid, etc.
• what hearing aids and cochlear implants are and how this relates with the outer ear, ear canal, and eardrum. This product also explains what the cochlear and auditory nerve are.
• This product review the three main parts of hearing aids - microphone, amplifier, and speaker.
• What hearing aids are and what they are not will be reviewed in this product as well.
• The parts of a hearing aid and the parts of a cochlear implant are reviewed.
• The differences between a cochlear implant and a hear aid are reviewed.
• Sound fields and FM systems (frequency modulated system) are reviewed.
• Hearing tests and who sees someone for a hearing test.
• The decibel scale is reviewed.
• The importance of protecting your ears.

You may also be interested in this product:

A Guide to Understanding the IEP

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This comprehensive resource combines IEP Data Collection Sheets and Behavior & Parent Communication Logs into one powerful tool for streamlined progress monitoring and documentation. Perfect for special education and general education teachers, administrators, and school staff, this bundle helps you stay organized while saving time.

What’s Included:

• IEP Goal Tracking Sheets: Printable and fillable forms with visual graphs to monitor progress throughout the year.
• Behavior Logs: Track student behavior to identify patterns and plan interventions.
• Parent Communication Logs: Keep consistent records of all parent interactions.
• Multiple formats (landscape and portrait) for customization.

Key Benefits:

• Easily track IEP goals and student behavior.
• Stay prepared for IEP meetings and progress reports.
• Maintain thorough documentation for communication and interventions.

This bundle is your all-in-one solution for effective student tracking and communication!

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