Description

An educational practice in which teachers remain with the same students for 2 or more grades
The degree to which there are sufficient funds to accomplish the objectives
The processes and administration of managing an organization for the purpose of making decisions and implementing actions
CEO of a school district
Interactions with other members of the faculty and staff whom one does not supervise with the expectation that they will communicate, coordinate, and work together
Expectations and requirements that are enforced equally for all
Contracting with outside for-profit companies to provide services such as cleaning buildings, driving school buildings, or accounting
Communication that moves up and down the organization chart of personnel in schools
Requirment that employees, especially teachers and other public employees, take one or two days off a month without pay
The practice of separating students based on their academic abilites or other factors to receive instruction that is supposed to be most appropriate for their abilites
Total number of dollars spent divided by total number of students, indicator of a community's commitment to and support of public education
Policies or guidelines that set limits and specify the procedures that are to be used
Chief Academic Officer, a position that provides districtwide leadership in relation to instruction, assessment, curriculum, and improvement of the overall quality of educational services
Chief state school officer, State superintendent of public instruction or commissioner of education
Funds spent during a specific school year
Capacity to achieve as a result of physical or mental aptitude and training
Local education agency, School districts that include a cluster of schools in the same geographic area
The tendency to become overly involved in the day-to-day operations of a school or school district
Communications across the various levels in the organization chart
Parent-teacher organization, groups of teachers and parents that have organized to support student learning in a school
Reduction in force, eliminating jobs due to budget cuts
Teachers of grades 9-12

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a crossword?

Crossword puzzles have been published in newspapers and other publications since 1873. They consist of a grid of squares where the player aims to write words both horizontally and vertically.

Next to the crossword will be a series of questions or clues, which relate to the various rows or lines of boxes in the crossword. The player reads the question or clue, and tries to find a word that answers the question in the same amount of letters as there are boxes in the related crossword row or line.

Some of the words will share letters, so will need to match up with each other. The words can vary in length and complexity, as can the clues.

Who is a crossword suitable for?

The fantastic thing about crosswords is, they are completely flexible for whatever age or reading level you need. You can use many words to create a complex crossword for adults, or just a couple of words for younger children.

Crosswords can use any word you like, big or small, so there are literally countless combinations that you can create for templates. It is easy to customise the template to the age or learning level of your students.

How do I create a crossword template?

For the easiest crossword templates, WordMint is the way to go!

Pre-made templates

For a quick and easy pre-made template, simply search through WordMint’s existing 500,000+ templates. With so many to choose from, you’re bound to find the right one for you!

Create your own from scratch

  • Log in to your account (it’s free to join!)
  • Head to ‘My Puzzles’
  • Click ‘Create New Puzzle’ and select ‘Crossword’
  • Select your layout, enter your title and your chosen clues and answers
  • That’s it! The template builder will create your crossword template for you and you can save it to your account, export as a word document or pdf and print!

How do I choose the clues for my crossword?

Once you’ve picked a theme, choose clues that match your students current difficulty level. For younger children, this may be as simple as a question of “What color is the sky?” with an answer of “blue”.

Are crosswords good for students?

Crosswords are a great exercise for students' problem solving and cognitive abilities. Not only do they need to solve a clue and think of the correct answer, but they also have to consider all of the other words in the crossword to make sure the words fit together.

Crosswords are great for building and using vocabulary.

If this is your first time using a crossword with your students, you could create a crossword FAQ template for them to give them the basic instructions.

Can I print my crossword template?

All of our templates can be exported into Microsoft Word to easily print, or you can save your work as a PDF to print for the entire class. Your puzzles get saved into your account for easy access and printing in the future, so you don’t need to worry about saving them at work or at home!

Can I create crosswords in other languages?

Crosswords are a fantastic resource for students learning a foreign language as they test their reading, comprehension and writing all at the same time. When learning a new language, this type of test using multiple different skills is great to solidify students' learning.

We have full support for crossword templates in languages such as Spanish, French and Japanese with diacritics including over 100,000 images, so you can create an entire crossword in your target language including all of the titles, and clues.