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Renew, Reflect, Reimagine: Your Summer Learning Escape

Summer is the perfect time to refresh your teaching toolkit, and we've gathered some outstanding opportunities just for you! Explore our upcoming engaging virtual workshops, join a vibrant book study with fellow educators, or dive into our self-paced professional learning opportunities. These resources are designed to inspire your teaching journey while still giving you that well-deserved summer relaxation!

Grades K-12

Summer Book Study - Apply By June 20

Read and discuss "Personalized Reading: Digital Strategies and Tools to Support All Learners" by Michelle Haiken during our summer book study! Explore digital tools and instructional strategies that empower students to access content area reading.

Grades K-12

Professional Learning Log

Keep track of your learning adventures using our Professional Learning Log. If your school allows teachers to earn credit for independent study, you can document your summer learning on this ready-to-go form and submit it to your school for credit.

Grades K-12

Infusing Technology Blog

Dive into our Infusing Technology Blog to read about free tech tools, innovative frameworks, timely classroom suggestions, and more in posts written by experienced classroom teachers and tech coaches!

Grades K-12

Rubrics to the Rescue

Rubrics are a powerful tool that can help educators scaffold learning and efficiently assess student work. Complete all six modules of this self-paced professional learning unit (PLU) to learn more about rubrics and how to use edtech tools to create them.

Grades K-12

OK2Ask: On-Demand Virtual Workshops

Our spring OK2Ask virtual workshop series has ended, but all our sessions are available on-demand for free! Register and watch workshops like “Tech Tools Smackdown: Critical Thinking Games in the Classroom," "Engage & Inspire with Google Vids," and more.

Grades K-12

Adapt-a-Strategy for ENL/ESL

Use the simple strategies in this unit to adapt your lesson plans to better support multilingual students. Click on the activity type you have planned to find resources and suggestions for helping your ENL/ESL students succeed with the lesson.

Grades K-12

Instructional Playlists

Learn how instructional playlists transform differentiated learning! This self-paced PLU covers the purpose and benefits of playlists, personalization strategies, and tech-tool-powered creation techniques that use the 5S methodology and AI support.

Grades K-12

Help! I Lost My Library/Media Specialist

Enhance your lessons with this collection of articles created by an experienced library/media specialist! Each includes standards and background information to help you learn about topics so you can teach them yourself, and many include book lists.

Grades K-12

Classroom Management: Face-to-Face, Hybrid, & Virtual

Get the hang of classroom management for K-12 settings in all formats. Learn to set expectations, establish routines, keep students engaged, promote positive behavior, and leverage technology to create an effective learning environment.

Grades K-12

Special Topic Collections

Preparing for an upcoming unit, holiday lesson, or project? Save time with our special topics collections! Each collection offers up to 30 carefully selected free resources, giving you many options to support teacher-guided and student-directed learning.

Grades K-12

Differentiated Instruction

Master differentiated instruction with this PLU covering key strategies like flexible grouping, ongoing assessment, and tech integration. Take the quiz and explore real examples so you can create more inclusive, effective learning environments.

This Week at TeachersFirst

We invite you to register for an upcoming OK2Ask virtual workshop! If you’re attending ISTELive 25, be sure to read about our sessions. We’re also sharing a part-time job opportunity and information about Across the World Once a Week. Read the details below.