The resources below will help you end your year with confidence. Explore information around streamlining your digital workspace, having a great last day of school, and considering lessons taught and learned this year.

• End-of-Year Guides: As the year ends, you may be wondering what steps you need to take to manage your digital space. Our End-of-Year Guides for teachers and administrators can help! These documents cover processes like preparing rosters, preserving data and assessments, and saving customized lesson plans, so you’ll feel ready to transition from this school year to the next.
• End-of-Year Guide for Manual Rostering Districts
• End-of-Year Guide for Auto-Rostering Districts

• Last Day of School Resources: Are you seeking ways to end your school year on a fun, positive note? Enter our free last day of school resources! In this collection, you’ll find a template for students to write letters to next year’s class, an end-of-year self-portrait worksheet, a summer support guide to share with families, and more.

Pro Tip: This page also includes classroom resources around literacy, social and life skills, and back-to-school. You can visit at any time to find free teaching and learning activities!

• 10 Questions to Ask Yourself and Your Students at the End of the School Year: If you’d like to reflect upon the last year, this post shares a list of insightful questions to ask yourself, your students, and your school community. We hope these questions help you acknowledge your achievements, learn from any challenges, and prepare for the school year ahead.

Looking for resources to share with parents, research to inform your work, or inspiration from experts and peers? Visit our blog, Inspired Ideas. You’ll discover stories from educators, strategies from experts in reading instruction, and news from learning scientists and edtech experts. Here are three highlights:

• Educator Well-Being: Self-Compassion as the Ultimate Act of Self-Care: This blog from teacher consultant Lisa Baylis discusses the power of a mindful self-compassion practice for educators. Learn how focusing on mindfulness vs. over-identification, common humanity vs. isolation, and self-kindness vs. self-judgement can help navigate stress effectively.

• Social and Emotional Learning and the Read Aloud: In this post, literacy coach Dr. Pearl Garden shares how to use read alouds to support the development of students’ social and emotional skills. Discover step-by-step guidance for teaching specific skills with books, along with a collection of texts to foster social and emotional learning across grade levels.

• Navigate Your Science of Learning Journey With This Training Calendar: The body of research known as the Science of Reading is a key part of effective literacy instruction, but it can be challenging to sort through. In this post, kindergarten teacher Jenn shares a Science of Learning event calendar, online group, and further resources to help you access the Science of Reading and stay organized along your learning journey.