Positive Culture

January 2019

5 ways to support classroom management through family engagement

By |2019-04-01T19:50:35+00:00January 14th, 2019|

5 ways to use family engagement to support classroom management During my tenure and experience as an educator, I learned that I must believe that all families want the best for their children, regardless of how that may manifest itself. However challenging it may be engage productively with some families, educators must begin to incorporate [...]

March 2018

Power moves: Top 6 ways to use rapid formative assessment to promote student engagement

By |2019-01-24T20:13:37+00:00March 13th, 2018|

Even if you know all about student engagement, these six tips might be new to you. Student engagement is a hot topic these days because of its proven impact on graduation rates, school culture, and even academic achievement (although the data on this last one is not as strong one might think). Engagement is good. [...]

Defy Ventures: another Quick Key partner that is doing good and growing fast

By |2018-03-08T21:46:27+00:00March 8th, 2018|

We are proud to support Defy Ventures as they work to train incarcerated individuals to become entrepreneurs and leaders, and congratulate them on their outstanding success over the last five years. Defying Expectations Defy Ventures Founder Cat Hote Defy Ventures, one of Quick Key's partner organizations, is a non-profit organization that offers a [...]

October 2016

Top 3 Crowdfunding Tips for Your Google Classroom

By |2016-10-31T17:37:09+00:00October 31st, 2016|

“I’m going to do whatever it takes to be creative for our children, even if that means it comes out of my pocket.”  -DeAnn Moran, 2nd Grade Teacher, Moore Public Schools   Teachers spend a lot of their own money for their classroomsWith the popularity of Google Classroom and connected tools like Quick Key, teachers have more options for classroom [...]

5 Resources for Building Healthier Classroom Relationships

By |2016-10-03T15:21:37+00:00October 3rd, 2016|

Healthy Classroom Relationships Contribute to Higher Academic Achievement"Building positive classroom relationships has a major impact on a student’s academic and behavioral success.  When students believe that their teacher values and respects them, they are more likely to value and respect the teacher."  -Courtney Dealy, Boys Town National TrainingResources for Building a Healthy Classroom Culture5 Strategies to [...]