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Supporting administrators and educators with weekly professional development, tied to data and reflective practices.

08/28/2026

Less tech in classrooms means more time to build student skills.

If you're looking for ways to bring more student-centered strategies into your lessons, check out Roster for ideas, inspiration, coaching and support.

More time for peer to peer collaboration, critical reading skills, note-taking and inquiry - all skills that take time to build...and now that schools are using less tech you'll have the time!

08/26/2026

Get students talking with these 3 strategies.

Some great ideas were shared this morning on the discussion post about how to get students talking at the beginning of a school year. The goal is to help students start feeling comfortable, and to get them to know each other as people in addition to being peers.

Roster can help teachers get ideas from their community, support from experienced coaches and strategies that will help improve student outcomes in your own classroom.

Learn more at yourclassroomacademy.com/roster

08/24/2026

Name Tents: how to maximize them for elementary, secondary and ELL students.

Name Tents can be more of a way to learn names, they can be used as a tool to build student's language skills from day one. Here are some ideas about how to use Name Tents to do more this year.

Follow my Substack for free at ericalevich.substack.com or join Roster for more strategy ideas and supports.

Teaching is easier when you don't have to do it alone.

08/18/2026

Are we 'stealing rigor' from our students?

I always say: the person in the room doing the most work, is the person in the room doing the most learning. Let's make sure that person is your student and not you, the teacher.

I coined the phrase 'stealing rigor' last year and it helps when I work with teachers to put the classroom learning into perspective. Instructional strategies can help shift the load back to students, to make sure the teachers aren't the ones doing all the work.

Roster gives teacher 20 strategies spread out throughout the year plus community and coaching. Helping teachers built student skills in critical thinking, collaboration and inquiry. Join today to start applying these strategies to your classroom immediately.

Yourclassroomacademy.com/roster

08/17/2026

Comment 'Dice' to get the link to RSVP to Roster's Strategy Lab on Wednesday where we'll talk about how to use Dice Breakers with content.

Dice Breakers is one of the versatile strategies and helps students build critical thinking, inquiry and collaboration skills. Plus students love it! They get to talk to each other and the chance involved in the activity keeps it engaging and fun.

This month's Strategy Lab will take place Wednesday, August 19th at 3:30pm PST. If yoy can't make it, we'll send you the recording. Hope you can make it!

08/15/2026

How can you address the literacy crisis?

By making small, consistent shifts in your classroom. These small shifts are strategies curated a d differentiated by Roster that ask students to engage in skill building academic tasks related to reading and writing at their level.

Roster has a number of student-centered strategies that focus on slowly building literacy skills over time. Paired with our online community and coaching you'll see growth in your students in no time.

Learn more at yourclassroomacademy.com/roster

08/10/2026

Roster is here to connect teachers with strategies that will shift the thinking and the work back to students, where it belongs.

Too long the teachers have been doing the work, so let's use these strategies to help students build skills in inquiry, collaboration and critical thinking. Join Roster today by visiting yourclassroomacademy.com/roster

08/10/2026

Every teacher should have access to the strategies, support and coaching they need to help their classroom instruction shine and grow. I didn't realize how difficult it is for teachers nowadays to get what they need. I'm changing that with Roster.

05/07/2026

Comment PD for a yearlong PD scope and sequence that shifts the cognitive load back to students - where it belongs.

05/05/2026

Comment PD for a yearlong PD scope and sequence full of differentiated strategies that teachers will actually find useful.

With all of the research telling us about the negative side affects related to tech in classrooms, it's hard to believe some districts are still investing in these technologies.

Watch talk about the current situation with Houston ISD and her very valid crashout at the amount of tech being used at every school - not just those transitioning to AI campuses (whatever that means). Wouldn't we rather have teachers teaching students than bots?!?

As someone who was trained in research-based strategies for 6 years as a teacher and has worked in education for over 15 years, creating authentic learning experiences for students is the best way to help children become strong, independent critical thinkers.

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