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Formative Assessment is Key to Being Responsive

Catlin Tucker

Some students will need additional support, scaffolds, feedback, or reteaching to understand key concepts and apply specific strategies, processes, or skills. We must collect formative assessment data in each lesson to understand our students’ progress and respond to their needs. Check for understanding.

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Cultivating Lifelong Learners: How to Support Personalized Teacher Growth

A Principal's Reflections

In a world of standardized tests and rigid curricula, fostering a culture of continuous, personalized growth for teachers allows them to stay abreast of current trends and effective strategies, maximize time, and become the best iteration of themselves for the learners they serve. Offer teachers a diverse menu of learning opportunities.

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7 Strategies Designed to Increase Student Engagement in Synchronous Online Discussions Using Video Conferencing

Catlin Tucker

However, video conferencing platforms, like Google Meet and Zoom, are making it possible for teachers to connect with learners in real-time. Just like real-time discussions that can fall flat or be dominated by a handful of voices, synchronous online discussions using video conferencing software presents unique challenges for teachers.

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Video Conferencing: Establishing Routines and Structuring Online Time with Students

Catlin Tucker

.” I immediately thought about all of the teachers who are preparing to start the school year online and wondering how to structure their online time with students. For example, most teachers use flexible grouping strategies in the classroom based on the objectives of a lesson.

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Troubleshooting the Flipped Classroom: Dealing with Unprepared Students

Catlin Tucker

auditory processing, attention deficit, lack of background knowledge or vocabulary, absences), teachers record video instruction and assign those videos for homework. They can pause, rewind, or rewatch a video. We want them to think about the concepts, processes, phenomena, issues, or skills presented in the video.

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Formative feedback strategies every teacher should know about

Hapara

? Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] What are the benefits of formative feedback and assessment? Formative feedback involves multiple feedback-learning cycles that are informally assessed for a given assignment. Room for error is higher when students only get one high-stakes assessment upon completing a course or unit.

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3 Tools to Amplify Your Video Conferences

Teacher Reboot Camp

This year video conferencing has been the way many teachers deliver instruction. These tools allow multiple ways for all students to participate, are amazing assessment tools, and require no registration for students. Also, check out this post, How to use Jamboard in the classroom: 20+ tips and ideas , by Matt Miller.