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Empowering New Teachers: Navigating Standards, Planning Lessons, and Cultivating Active Learners

The February meeting of the New Teacher Working Group focused on navigating new lesson expectations set by the NYC Board of Education, strategies for lesson planning, and fostering student engagement in active learning. With the updated standards closely aligning with NGSS, teachers…

New Teacher Working Group: Strategies for Classroom Success and Student Engagement

The January 2025 meeting of the New Teacher Working Group centered on refining teaching strategies, assessment practices, and classroom management techniques. A member shared insights from their recent student-led experiment project, where students designed chemical reaction experiments. While they initially struggled with…

Collaborating for Success: Sharing Insights, Overcoming Challenges, and Enhancing Teaching and Engagement

The November 20 meeting of the New Teachers Working Group centered on sharing successes, addressing challenges, and brainstorming strategies to enhance teaching practices and student engagement. One member highlighted a revised unit on chemical reactions, which used a discovery-based approach with an…

“Building Resilient Classrooms: Key Takeaways from the New Teacher Support Working Group’s First Meeting”

The New Teacher Support Working Group launched in October. At the first ever meeting, participants shared strategies to help students build resilience and become problem solvers, with a focus on using tangrams as a hands-on tool to develop these skills.