Author: kacietravis@theefficientclassroom.com

I love the holiday season so much I couldn’t limit my ideas of celebrating in the classroom to just one blog post! So for round

A few years ago, a co-teacher taught me a positive reinforcement behavioral system to use in the high school classroom, where students played a game

There are three important pieces to engaging secondary students: Student Relationships Student Choice High Expectations Building strong and intentional relationships is the most vital thing

Teaching is exhausting. Teachers need more hours in the day to accomplish all the things. However, since we don’t get any extra hours, we have

Have you ever been told that you should plan out your class time efficiently and that your students should be working “bell to bell,” either

If you’re like me, using exit tickets well is always your goal and you love them when you use them. Having that formative assessment after

“I’ll do that during my planning period” are every teacher’s famous last words. If we had planning periods all day long, we’d still have work

Ideas for an Efficient Morning Routine Even if you’re not a morning person, we can all agree that some days get chaotic and, by the

Coming up with fun and creative ideas and themes for spirit week can be tricky for high school teachers and students. But, it is a