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October 21, 2021 Bring Energy to Your Classroom

I’m a fairly warm-blooded person. You need to be when you grow up in the Midwest. During the winter you’re either buried under snow or…

October 17, 2021 Spooktacular STEAM: Using Halloween to Teach Your Students

Halloween is awesome. Sure, if you’re a kid there’s the prospect of free candy and costumes, but even as an adult I’ve always loved this…

October 5, 2021 Information Nation: Developing Information Literacy

We live in the age of information. Thanks to the internet, we now have all the world’s knowledge at our fingertips. Just think about it;…

September 16, 2021 From After School Cohort to Fulbright Scholar: An Interview with Eli Bieri

Van Andel Institute for Education (VAI) strives to foster a love of learning in every student who walks through our doors. Whether they join us…

August 17, 2021 It’s All Fun and Games: Building Student Engagement

Recently my 11-year-old niece beat me in a game of Santorini. I won’t lie, that moment was a though pill to swallow.…

August 10, 2021 The Top Reasons: Creating Direction in Your Classroom

Why did you become a teacher? If you join the profession after college and stay until you retire, you’ll spend forty…

June 22, 2021 5 Lessons Learned from a Challenging School Year

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.” – Aristotle Whew! You made it! What a year it…

June 17, 2021 Slaying the Hydra: Tackling Your Summer Trials

Have you ever heard the story of the Hydra? In Greek Mythology, the Hydra was a snakelike monster with a very unique ability: whenever a…