Creating Ideas and Organizing Thinking

Go beyond simply telling students to improve their work ethic and study habits with this complete instructional activity on developing study skills! 

Encourage learners to think deeply about the information they read or hear. Through a series of life skills worksheets, your pupils will consider the need for objectivity, identifying missing information, and problem solving.

What kinds of skills and attitudes are valued in a work environment? Using this set of worksheets and collaborative activities, your pupils will develop important life skills and consider what is necessary for getting and keeping a job.

Taking good notes is key to success in academic classes. How to take good notes is the focus of this five-page packet that introduces the Cornell, the Five R's, and the SQ3R methods of note taking in one study skills lesson.

Why do some people achieve their goals and persevere despite the setbacks they face? This question is the focus of this life skills lesson, which includes worksheets, discussion, and collaborative activities on developing a growth mindset.

"Feeling good about yourself is not a luxury; it is an absolute necessity!" Sure, but how does one go about developing self-esteem? The exercises and self-assessments in this 18-page resource are designed to do just that. Individuals...

What does it take to get a job? You need specific skills like, critical thinking, reading, writing, team work, self-management, and problem solving. Each set of job related skills are defined along with examples. They are grouped by...

Life as an educator can feel chaotic, but this free organizational app can help you in the process of tracking your goals and objectives, creating to-do lists, brainstorming ideas, and collaborating with your colleagues!

Here is an app version of a powerful tool that allows you and your students to have one place where you can capture, organize, and share items in multiple media formats.  The different uses for this app are as varied as your ideas and...

Student teachers learn the significance of asking questions of their principal and preparing/organizing their classrooms for a successful beginning of their school year.