You might have heard the term “learning intentions” thrown around a lot on your campus. It’s one of those terms that’s used a lot but often not implemented in the best possible way. Learning intentions are statements that are created by the teacher, and describe clearly what they want...
In 2019 I’ll be celebrating thirty years as an educator with fourteen years of that time in a high school English classroom. Although perhaps...
Our days are jam-packed full of conversations. We talk about the weather, about sports, about album releases, politics, movies, TV shows we’ve...
Literacy happens in more places than just our English classrooms. It’s important to practice literacy in all content areas. After all, students...
In their book 10 Mindframes for Visible Learning, John Hattie and Klaus Zierer provide a list of mindframes for educators that provide teacher...
We’ve written previously about Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and how it’s a framework that takes all of your diverse learners’ needs into...
Too often, we make instruction and classroom management separate issues. If you’ve worked in a classroom before, you know this isn’t the reality...
We’ve been thinking a lot about leadership types and collaboration. Personally, we’ve always been strong proponents of collaboration in leadership...
