Interview and Job Advice from An Online Teaching Certification Program What does it take to get a teaching job in America? It takes time, know-how, determination, dedication, preparation, [...]
The Teaching ALWAYS Actions™ are “must do” behaviors in the Student Engagement Framework™ (click here for more on this framework). Below, we present a way for teachers to apply these [...]
As we work with teachers, we engage in conversations about domains of teaching. We introduce the Teaching ALWAYS Actions™ as a way of “making the complex, simple.” The Teaching ALWAYS [...]
Do you ever stop and think to yourself, “Wow, if I hadn’t had that particular experience, I wouldn’t be in the place and position I am in today?” For Quisha Wesley, a TeacherReady® alumna, this [...]
What makes a stand-out, successful teacher? In a quick 3-minute video, TeacherReady® instructor, Susan McLeod, shares her insights on being the best teacher you can be for your students. She [...]
Bright Ideas The coaching probes and rounding sessions (as described in the previous two blog posts) provide ways for school leaders to harvest intellectual capital from teachers. Through our [...]
Rounding In a previous blog post, we discuss the benefit of applying the Coaching Probe Tool with collegial coaches and teacher learning teams to reflect on student success. Rounding is another [...]
Coaching Probes: A collegial coach of a teacher learning team can be someone in the school or someone at another school. Alternatively, the role can rotate from team member to team member in the [...]
Reflect on How Well Students are Learning: In performance-driven classrooms, teachers constantly reflect on how well their students are learning. Success should be measured by how well students [...]
Most people have at least one bad habit, if not, more than one. The bad habits can be in their personal lives and in the workplace. Many teachers have bad habits they probably don’t even [...]
