What is a Flipped Classroom and Why Flip?
A flipped classroom is when what happens in the classroom and what happens at home are basically “flipped.” Students listen to lectures, read lessons, and complete guided practice at home and [...]
How Well Did You Teach, Today ?
In her book Who’s Engaged? Dr. Janet Pilcher writes, here is what we know. Students emotionally experience assessments (p. 35). What does this mean for teachers and parents? We are responsible [...]
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 [...]
Communicate Your Commitment to Students
At Hunt Elementary School in Jackson, Michigan, Principal Raczkowski-Shannon says to show our commitment to students, “We let students and their parents know that we do care about their children. [...]
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: [...]
Moving beyond “Chronically Disengaged”
Chronically Disengaged is part of the title in a Forbes article. The author cites research that links student academic motivation with four conditions; three relate to when students: feel [...]