HOW TO BE AN EXCEPTIONAL MENTOR TEACHER
To become a certified teacher, most states require a bachelor’s degree, student teaching and a passing score on teacher certification exams. Although student teaching provides invaluable [...]
Now that you’re a certified teacher, how do you get hired?
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, [...]
How to Teach ALWAYS Actions in Your Classroom
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 [...]
Why You Should Be Teaching ALWAYS Actions
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 [...]
A Teacher’s Passion for Education and Relentless Journey to Success
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 Successful Teacher?
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 Idea Submissions Improve Student Learning Results and Increase Teacher Satisfaction
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 [...]
Teacher Rounding: An Important Tool for Reflection
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: Applying Teacher Learning Teams for Reflection
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 [...]
Using Data to Reflect on Student Progress
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 [...]