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3 Ways to Streamline Expectations While Making Things Easier for Educators

A Principal's Reflections

During workshops and coaching sessions, I am always asked what advice I have to help teachers and administrators make things as easy as possible while ensuring quality learning is taking place. I tend to refer to these as norms that everyone can get behind. Thus, the options are Zoom, Webex, and Google Meets.

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Creating Learning Centers in a Blended Literacy Classroom

The Web20Classroom

Traditionally, literacy educators spent long hours gathering resources, developing tasks and extensions, and reading and analyzing assessment to determine if the instruction was meeting the needs of students. In a workshop framework, there are 3 main components: Mini-lesson, Independent Practice, and the Share.

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Purdue begins work to advance science of reading with $1.5M grant

eSchool News

The science of reading refers to a vast body of research that explores how children learn to read and includes explicit, systematic and cumulative instruction methods focused on phonics, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing and oral language. The work is funded in part by a $1.5

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10 Strategies to Improve Instructional Leadership

A Principal's Reflections

Instructional leadership was a routine part of the job along with the budget, master schedule, curriculum development, meetings, email, phone calls, and many other duties. Consider less of a focus on lesson plans and more on assessment. Collect and review assessments two weeks into the future. There is no perfect lesson.

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Part 1: Over 35 Formative Assessment Tools To Enhance Formative Learning Opportunities

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

I have often reflected on the idea of formative assessment. Second, it may be better stated as formative learning since I view assessment as a part of the overall learning experience. Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? Check out my Booking Page.

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Part 4: Over 35 Formative Assessment Tools To Enhance Formative Learning Opportunities

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

I hope you are enjoying this series on formative assessment, and I am sure you will find these tools most valuable. Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Back Channel for Formative Assessment.

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Ten Ideas To Take Students Beyond That STEM Activity… And Towards The Standards

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Perhaps you might even attend my session or workshops. Workshop: Beyond the Device: Technology to Support Standards and Authentic Learning. Workshop: Making Makers Mainstream: Connecting A Maker Culture to Curriculum Standards. Workshop: Making Project Based Learning Happen in Your District or Classroom.

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