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This website houses resources for high school teachers participating in the Johns Hopkins University Professional Development Series on “Engaging High School Students in Academic Work.”  The website is under development and will be updated regularly.

Under each section you will find links to  helpful short articles and useful tools (lesson and lesson planning ideas).  Some tools are specific to the four major content areas (Math, Science, English, and Social Studies).

We welcome your feedback in this Development Project (funded by the U.S. Department of Education Institute for Educational Sciences Grant # R305A150449).

Please email Dr. Martha Mac Iver, mmaciver@jhu.edu, with comments and suggestions.

• Assessment that Motivates
• Building Relationships with Students
• Connecting Academic Work to Students’ Cultural Experiences/ Interests
• Connecting Academic Work to Students’ Future Work Lives
• Critical Thinking and Questioning
• Project Based Learning
• Problem Solving
• Small Group Accountability Tool
• Small Group Activities that Engage Students
• Using Essential Questions to Engage Students
• Writing Instruction that Engages Students