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NEW FEATURES

New and Improved Educator Resources

Visit 2 newly developed resources, Developmental Designs Teaching
Ideas
(grades 6-8) and Responsive Classroom Teaching Ideas (K-6)!
Find here teaching ideas to support implementation in the areas of community-building, engaged learning, and classroom management.  And
our redesigned Activity Central offers hundreds of games, greetings, acknowledgments, and closings,
easily sorted by grade level and
other useful categories.

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Winter, Spring and Summer Workshops!

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Register now for Responsive Classroom and Developmental Designs for Middle School workshops:
Summer weeklong workshops
One-day Overviews
Leadership Institute
See workshop dates and locations.

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