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Primary CREST: RSPB Big Schools’ Birdwatch 2024

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Resources are available for all who apply and there’s flexibility to run it with any age group of children. If so, they can further their learning with a CREST Award! Every year, educators from across the UK take part in The Big Schools’ Birdwatch with their classes.

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As Child Care Challenges Threaten the American Workforce, Business Leaders Call for Action

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We believe offering flexibility, child care support and progressive benefits will help us win the war for talent; drive equity, diversity and inclusion in our workforce; and ultimately drive strong business results.” At Synchrony, 60 percent of our workforce are women. Among them were current and former business leaders at Pizza Hut, Yahoo!,

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Primary CREST: RSPB Big Schools’ Birdwatch 2023

All About STEM

There’s plenty of flexibility to run it with any age group of children and resources to help. If your learners are taking part in the RSPB Big Schools’ Birdwatch they can utilise their observations and further their learning with a CREST Award! Take part anytime from the 6th of January.

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How to Help Students Run a Genius Bar

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Understanding the Concept of a Genius Bar The primary goal of a Genius Bar in a school is to create a space where students can help each other with technology-related problems, whether it’s troubleshooting a software issue, learning how to use new applications, or getting advice on digital projects.

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Tips for Teachers to Balance Work and Life During the Busy Parent-Teacher Conference Season

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A flexible schedule allows you to make time for essential duties or emergencies. Signing Off One of the primary challenges most professionals face is achieving the perfect work-life balance. When making your schedule, you need to leave room for unexpected changes.

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Want Students Who Think for Themselves? Let’s Eliminate Our Standardized School System

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The primary purpose of grading is to communicate a student’s achievement of learning goals. I believe in a system with less standardized learning and more emphasis on flexible deadlines, peer collaboration and teaching, smaller learning communities, and sharing learning through authentic public showcases.

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What is Actively Learn and Why Should I Try it?

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The Actively Learn library includes short stories, textbooks, poems, primary sources, plays, novels, and non-fiction, as well as materials specific to the science and social studies content areas. These nicely replace the quick formative assessments that are currently so popular (and time-consuming) in classes. Educational Applications.

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