Leadership and Skills Development

College Preparation in High School

College Preparation in High School 150 150 Teaching Staff

Students have many mixed views towards starting college. Some students are anxious and unsure of what to expect while other students see college as a beacon of hope and freedom,…

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Tips on Time Management

Tips on Time Management 150 150 Teaching Staff

An important skill for any student or professional is time management.  Planning ahead and allotting time for certain activities prevent a last-minute scramble before a deadline. As the year progresses,…

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Time Management: Using Mission Elapsed Time (MET)

Time Management: Using Mission Elapsed Time (MET) 150 150 Suzanne

Time management is not the easiest thing to learn or to teach… it is a uniquely individual thing, but one which requires mastery in order to be an effective student. …

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Helping Your Child Avoid Procrastination

Helping Your Child Avoid Procrastination 150 150 Callie

Kids, like adults, sometimes procrastinate because they just don’t feel like doing work at that moment. But sometimes, there may be other issues at play that are causing your child…

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Teaching Your Child Time-Management Skills

Teaching Your Child Time-Management Skills 150 150 Callie

It’s ten past eight and your child should have already been out the door. Instead, he’s been scrambling to find his shoes and now he’s just rummaging aimlessly through his…

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Identifying Critical Thinking Strengths

Identifying Critical Thinking Strengths 150 150 Suzanne

Critical thinking is a very broad term and to think about the different types of thinking strategies that fall under the critical thinking umbrella, can help to increase one’s ability…

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Why the Skills Gap Matters

Why the Skills Gap Matters 150 150 Suzanne

There is a good deal of talk about the ‘skills gap’ and how the educational system must address this reality through curriculum design and teaching practices. The skills gap that…

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How Can We Raise Innovative Thinkers?

How Can We Raise Innovative Thinkers? 150 150 Suzanne

Innovative thinking comes about from the little bits of what we know and the unexpected convergences of how we think.  Innovative thinking is transformative; it takes an idea and uses…

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Overcoming Lateness by Proper Planning

Overcoming Lateness by Proper Planning 150 150 SchoolTutoring.Staff

All of us have done it, even knowing how important an event is; a test, a meeting, a date. We wait until the last minute, then wonder why everything doesn’t…

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Effective Team Strategies: Understanding Group Roles

Effective Team Strategies: Understanding Group Roles 150 150 SchoolTutoring.Staff

Quite often during a student’s educational career, he or she will often encounter various group creative assignments where cooperation between team members is essential to the success of the project.…

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