Career advising in Ohio is designed to support students in developing a vision and realistic plan for their futures across the K-12 spectrum. Ultimately, the purpose of career advising is to prepare students for a pathway of post-high school success, as prescribed in the Ohio Department of Education’s Each Child Our Future Strategic Plan.

Find ideas and resources for working with families to support student transitions from program to program, school to school, grade to grade, and/or after graduation!

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This list of children's books recommends nonfiction titles that supplement basic information found in lessons and activities of this themed issue of the online magazine Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle. The books are grouped by topic -- water, weather and climate, and atmosphere. Each book is described by its content, reading level, and possible uses in the classroom. Covers are pictured. The online magazine is produced for elementary school teachers and is structured around the essential principles of climate sciences and climate literacy.

Kids use working memory all the time to learn. You can help your child improve memory by building simple strategies into everyday life. This article gives 8 memory boosting ideas to incorporate at home or in the classroom.

This article provides tips on how teach children to pick up on social cues.

Knowing your child's strengths can help you build their self-awareness and self-esteem. You can also use those strengths to work on challenging areas in ways that aren't as frustrating. Following these steps can help you recognize your child's strengths.

When it comes to personal safety, kids who learn and think differently may be more vulnerable than other kids. So how can you teach your child about safe and unsafe people? Start with these tips in this article.

There are fun ways to practice language and math skills to help your child get ready for first grade. Here is a list of skills kids need to develop for first grade in reading, writing, and math.

Self-regulation skills develop gradually, and there are ways to help your child improve. This article discusses working on self-awareness, impulse control, and goal-setting to help your child learn to self-regulate.

Suggestions are made on how to use the resources featured in the issue of Beyond Weather and the Water Cyle in a unit on the greenhouse effect. Hands-on experiences and nonfiction text are provided to help students answer the question "How is Earth like a greenhouse?" Suggestions are also made for formative and summative assessments.

Unit plans at two levels, K-grade 2 and grades 3-5 develop understanding of the issue theme, We Depend on Earth's Climate, by focusing on adaptations and environments of local plant species and polar mammals. The units are modeled after a learning cycle framework built around five key steps: Engage, Explore, Explain, Expand, and Assess. The lessons are aligned with national standards for science education and English language arts.

Unit plans for Grades K-2 and 3-5 are a regular feature of the magazine Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle. The plans draw on articles and resources in a themed issue and are aligned with national science and language arts standards. This unit is designed to provide elementary students with the opportunity to investigate how the annual rings in trees help scientists learn about past climates. It uses hands-on experiences and nonfiction text to answer the unit question: How do trees help scientists learn about the past?

Four unit plans provide opportunities for in-depth explorations of important foundational climate concepts -- weather, water as a solid, liquid and gas, and the water cycle -- that are appropriate for K-2 and 3-5 learners. These unit plans incorporate many of the lessons highlighted in other articles in this issue of the online magazine Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle. The magazine is structured around the essential principles of the climate sciences.

In this article, teachers find two unit plans (grades K-2 and 3-5) that use resources featured in the science and literacy articles in the magazine. The unit plans are modeled after the five key steps in the learning cycle: engage, explore, explain, expand, and assess, or evaluate. The plans are aligned with the science content standards of the National Science Education Standards and the English language arts standards of the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association. The plans appear in the free, online magazine Beyond Weather and the Water Cycle.

"Active Learning, Critical Thinking and Multicultural Education in Communication Ethics" discusses strategies to assist students in dealing with moral issues and to develop higher order thinking in the ethical decision-making process.

The Awful Academic Talk and the Principles of Effective Talks are discussed and outlined with suggestions for a more interesting speech delivery. This was originally directed to those making academic presentations at a university or conference, but the same rules apply for most formal speech opportunities. You may need to cursor down to get the information. SL.9-10.4 Presentation, SL.11-12.4 Presentation

This collection of links, seminar information, leadership programs and more allows teachers to integrate global studies into their curriculum. Excellent resources are offered on their links page for international issues.

If you’re looking for an online creation too for anything from lesson plans and handouts to logos and flyers, look no further than Canva. Canva is one of the most user-friendly design tools available and best of all, it’s free for educators. Join us in this session as we explore the basics of creating with Canva including a quick introduction to creating classroom backgrounds for Bitmoji classrooms.

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FREE unlimited texting during C19 emergency. 99% of homes have a cell phone that can receive text messages. And during the C19 emergency, virtually every student has unlimited texting included with their cell phone plan. Learn how to communicate from your e-mail to your entire class in just one click, how to create an assignment in just a few words, and how to quiz students - by text ! This video is the first in a three part series - see also Cell Phones: Videos and Images and Cell Phones: the Google Classroom App. Please visit the website mentioned in this video for information on the possible expense that families may incur when videos and images and links are included as part of your text message.