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Help your students brainstorm and/or revise for their personal statements/UC Personal Insight Questions. I built this resources from research and attending UC Personal Insight Question workshops.

How to create one pagers + tips & tricks!

Help your students be organized by consistently tracking and preparing for their personal statements and resumes. This doc is built from a compilation of sources to provide students with a breadth of topics to be able to include.

A Google Slides and worksheet to help guide your students in making intentional goals for both academics and mental health. It has them reflect and then develop steps to help them act on their goal.

This is a master doc for students to research universities they're interested in. It takes into consideration everything from the admissions process to alumni outlook and concludes with students reflecting on the reasons they can and cannot see themselves attending here. I attach this doc as an assignment on Google Classroom, so that each student can edit directly. I also have my students add the Doc to a folder on their Google Drive labeled "College" where they store all things college related

This is the Google Slides I use to introduce the social sciences and history to my students. It includes excerpts from historians and various levels of questions to encourage students to inquire. I print out the One Pager (linked on slide 1) for students to take notes on.

Have students keep a running list of feelings, actions, sayings, and thoughts for each historical figure and others affecting them. This will help them understand each figure on a deeper level by having them select the most significant info, provide an efficient study tool, and help them on exams by making educated guesses based on their deep understanding of historical figures. For IB History, my students complete this for each US president we study, and it’s kept in their interactive notebook

VST is a tool to help students break down prompts and remain relevant to the question being asked. V: Verb {what the prompt asks you to do} S: Skill {definition of the verb} T: Topic {key words from the prompt} Included in this Google Slides: 1. Directions for VST 2. Prompt outlines for the following verbs: analyze, discuss, examine, explain, how, why, compare and contrast, evaluate, to what extent 3. An outline of how to combine with the CER writing structure is also included This is a Google S

- My top 6 recommended study techniques for students! - Make sure to check out the rest of my store for additional One Pager and Connections resources - This handout was specifically built for history, but all techniques can be applied to any subject- This handout is * e d i t a b l e* so that it can be updated for your classroom specifically!

Use this system to track your students' accomplishments, so that when Letter of Rec season comes around, it's easy to transfer into a written doc. Tip & Trick: set a reminder in your phone to update once per month

Add this tool to your study guide to help your students effectively answer their study guide and narrow their focus of study to create an efficient study system.

This Google Form will help you get to know your students better by asking questions to help you learn their identity, what they do outside of your class, and what type of learner they are. This way, you can adapt your classroom to your students!

To encourage student engagement in class and towards their studies, I reward them with stamps (I bought a personalized stamp on Etsy by @pixumdesigns!). Once they earn 10 stamps, they are able to submit it for a selected/suggested reward. Some of the most common things I reward stamps for: 1. Participation in class 2. Reaching a checkpoint during class (helps students learn how to pace their work while also holding them accountable) 3. Homework completion (as opposed to putting it into the grad

This packet will guide you and your colleagues through the Student Work Analysis Protocol to help analyze a colleague's student work and provide meaningful and constructive feedback. It's also a great opportunity to spark productive conversations that further develop pedagogy and best practices.

Give this to a student to fill out when they ask for a letter of recommendation. It will help you narrow your focus of your letter in order to build upon what they've included without being repetitive. It should be given in addition to a more detailed brag sheet/resume, so that the process is more efficient for you.

A fun way to have your students review for a unit test or final by encouraging them to critically select the most significant terms and concepts. I have my students complete this in groups and then after collecting all of the responses, I turn it into a Google Forms. Students then vote for the MOST significant of all the provided terms/concepts for each letter.

Learn what the Ladder of Inference is and how to NOT climb it. This is a great tool for mental well-being and emotional intelligence.

Use this worksheet to guide students in using their time more effectively. Starting big projects is the hardest part, so accomplishing small parts in small amounts of time adds up in a great way!

Track your habits to focus on self-care and self-improvement.

Coordinate student organizations with this Google Folder. It includes: 1. Google directions for students 2. Weekly to do list Google Slides with table of contents 3. Student directory Google Slides with table fo contents 4. Google Sheets for contact and who's who {what other organizations students are a part of} For video explanation I provided my students: https://youtu.be/Caf0WB2kBXg When you download, it'll open up to a Google Slides that will allow you access the folder. Click the link and t