End the School Year with Strong Student Engagement
Once the end of the school year rolls around, it can feel like everyone is dragging their feet. Students and teachers can see the light at the end of tunnel and are ready for summer vacation. [...]
Why You Should Use “Rounding” to Build Parent Teacher Relationships
What is “rounding”? Rounding is a tactic used in hospitals, and it is one of their most successful practices. Think back to being in a hospital and having the doctor or nurse come [...]
Students Take the Driver’s Seat: Learning Improves When Students Teach Students
Students Teach Students: A Method to Improve Learning “While we teach, we learn,” said the Roman philosopher, Seneca. When we give students a concept to teach, students learn what they know and [...]
Three Questions to Ask During Teacher Student Conferences
Why hold teacher-student conferences? As teachers, we know there are so many things to get done in a school day. It can sometimes be overwhelming to think of trying to add anything else to that [...]
Targets are Teaching Always Actions
Targets. The Teaching ALWAYS Actions are ‘must do’ behaviors or essential teaching practices teachers must do every day in their classrooms to ensure students are engaged and therefore, learning. [...]
TeacherReady Learning Ladder
Teaching methodology is a widely discussed topic in the education world. Who’s Engaged? introduces The Learning Ladder. As part of the 30 day lesson development process teachers establish an [...]
Teaching Always Actions: Targets!
The Teaching ALWAYS Actions are part of the curriculum and are actions that a teacher must do each day to be successful in creating an engaged classroom where students are learning. Action 2: [...]