Free for everyone through October 19! Starting October 20, Reset - Design and Lead a Responsive Classroom in a New Era will be $40 for non-members. NEA members continue to enjoy free access. ---- This is a recording of Session 1 of 4 from the webinar series Reset, Reconnect, Reignite: Building a Thriving Classroom in a New Era, presented by NNSTOY (National Network of State Teachers of the Year) in partnership with NEA. The live sessions run through September 2026; this recording remains available here for ongoing viewing. Visit Reset. Reconnect. Reignite. Building a Thriving Classroom in a New Era for details on the full series. Session 1: Reset - Design and Lead a Responsive Classroom in a New Era This session looks at ways educators can rebuild systems, structures, and routines that meet students where they are today. Participants will explore practical frameworks for back-to-school planning and responsive classroom design. Read more

Traditional grading practices often go unexamined despite their potential for harm. This webinar is designed to critically examine assumptions about grading, look at current grading practices, and imagine alternatives to the status quo.  Read more

Many young people have been spending unprecedented amounts of time alone online and away from the communities that give them a sense of belonging. With racist conspiracy theories about COVID-19 spreading widely and anxieties about racial justice protests mounting, white nationalist groups are taking advantage of this moment to target young people with racist, misogynistic and anti-Semitic rhetoric. This training will prepare educators to respond to such rhetoric—and the bigoted organizing behind it—when it makes its way into classrooms. Read more

Free for everyone through October 19! Starting October 20, Thrive - Sustaining It: Habits, Boundaries, and Community for the Long Haul will be $40 for non-members. NEA members continue to enjoy free access. ---- This is a recording of Session 4 of 4 from the webinar series Reset, Reconnect, Reignite: Building a Thriving Classroom in a New Era, presented by NNSTOY (National Network of State Teachers of the Year) in partnership with NEA. The live sessions run through September 2026; this recording remains available here for ongoing viewing. Visit Reset. Reconnect. Reignite. Building a Thriving Classroom in a New Era for details on the full series. Session 4: Thrive - Sustaining It: Habits, Boundaries, and Community for the Long Haul In this final session of the NEA and NNSTOY Back-to-School webinar series, 2024 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year Dr. De'Shawn Washington shows how educators can move beyond individual resilience to build sustainable habits, boundaries, and classroom community. Drawing on his own difficult first year of teaching, he introduces the CRAZY framework: Cultivating connections, Respect and routines, Activating student voice, Zooming into learning, and Yielding to achievement. Participants reflect on their own practice throughout and leave with strategies they can use the next day, from co-creating a class ethos to using talk moves and celebrating daily wins. Whether you are in your first year or your thirtieth, this session offers practical tools to help you and your students thrive all year long.   Recorded on: Sep 29, 2026 Read more