BLOOM’S TAXONOMY 101
Teachers study Bloom’s Taxonomy in their education training program. Taxonomy means classification. Bloom’s taxonomy is a simple classification system that defines and distinguishes six levels of [...]
Understanding Learning Targets through Bloom’s Taxonomy
Learning targets are essential to student success. They ensure students fully understand learning expectations. When creating these targets, it is important to be both strategic and intentional. [...]
Why You Should Be Using Learning Targets
For students to learn they need to know what is expected of them and they need to know what success looks like. Therefore, teachers must create and effectively communicate clearly defined [...]
Instructional Calendar: Mapping Out the School Year
Why? An instructional calendar is a valuable tool for mapping out curriculum standards, to ensure appropriate pacing, and to support student mastery of required content. Creating this [...]
30 Day Lesson Development Process
Lesson Development Process When teachers plan lessons, we suggest they view learning through a student’s lens. Effective teachers align the skill set required of a lesson to a [...]
Write Clear Learning Objectives for Student Acheivement
Write Clear Learning Objectives for Student Achievement. Dr. Wes Gordon presents on writing clear, data-driven, learning objectives to drive student achievement. Learn how to assess without [...]
Common Planning for Student Achievement
As teachers and leaders we want to move our low performing students to middle- and high-performing and move middle-performers to high performers. To do this we focus on consistent feedback and [...]