Promising Practices
A Promising Practice is an instructional strategy, resource, or process currently being used by educators that show a positive impact in the classroom and school community.
These are real-time innovations addressing today's challenges through interactive PDFs or video features with the intent to replicate and share with Maricopa County educators.
We invite you to join in our effort to continue innovating education by sharing and using Promising Practices.
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Check out these Promising Practices submitted by recognized teachers from Arizona Educational Foundation.
Using students’ interests in learning activities promotes problem-solving and collaboration while having fun. Grab random objects, have students research, learn and present about them. Learn more.
Build your classroom community by using prompts at the beginning of class. Divide classes into groups, allow discussions, and watch mentors develop. Learn more.
Implement paraphrasing in your student groups. Students paraphrase their partner’s response before continuing in their discussions. This encourages active listening and increases speaking skills. Learn more.
Grow your community engagement through evening music concerts for every grade level. Make it an event and get your students excited. Learn more.
Use picture books to spark students interests in the design process. Have them create a solution or improve a process based on books. Adapt this concept for any grade level. Learn more.
Create STEM-rich learning environments through collaboration with professional scientists and expose students to a diversity of STEM-related career paths! Learn more.
Choose a Promising Practice Category:
Creative Teaching:
Teaching requires continuous innovation and the application of different instructional strategies. These practices help leverage unique approaches to increase classroom engagement.
Student Well-Being:
These practices help students and educators develop skills using: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making.
Ed Leadership:
School leaders are found in and outside the classroom. These practices enlist the entire school community to achieve success and bring everyone together.
STEM:
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) skills are essential. These practices focus on using STEM lessons to engage students to think critically and find innovative solutions to problems.
Explore by topic:
- Bullying Prevention
- Classroom Management
- Collaborative Learning
- Communication Skills
- Creativity
- Critical Thinking
- Design Thinking
- Engineering Design Process
- English Language Arts
- Integrated Studies
- Learning Environments
- Literacy
- Mental Health
- Mindfulness
- STEM
- School Culture
- Student Engagement
- Student Voice
- Student Wellness
- Trauma-Informed Practices
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