Teachers love getting new strategies and when I provide teacher professional development I like to please my customers, but I am disappointed when I overhear teachers planning to immediately use a strategy I have provided and there is no mention of how it will enhance student learning of their content. I have also observed teachers […]
When I began my career as a coach in 1995 I was thrown in with no training. Back then my title was technical assistance coach. I was given twenty-four schools to support and my charge was to help them implement a new program that required the teaching staff to make fundamental changes in classroom practice. […]
With Memorial Day weekend upon us, I’m thinking about relaxing by a pool or in the shade with a delicious book–which brings back fond memories of my childhood summer reading adventures. A few months ago, I came across a piece in School Library Journal for which children’s book creators were asked to describe their favorite […]
Across the United States we have teachers, schools and/or districts on varying levels of implementation in regards to the implementation of the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts. Some are preparing to implement while others are partially or fully implementing. What most excites me about the standards is the instructional shifting that results […]
Beyond traditional volunteer roles, schools can engage parents in ensuring that their students are college ready and knowledgeable about the college application process…
Like many educators, the subject of school comes up in conversation in all kinds of settings. Recently, I was sitting at a wedding reception, enjoying the blissful scene of the newly-married couple showing off their tutored first dance when my cousin-in-law’s wife sat beside me. It wasn’t long before the subject of conversation turned to […]
By using multiple sources of data Google is able to provide more engaging and usable results…what if schools and teachers operated similarly?
