Have you recognized your calling to be a teacher?
Dr. Aleta Schexnayder, a TeacherReady® instructor, knew she wanted to become a teacher at the young age of six or seven. Most of us did not know our calling at such an early age, and many of us [...]
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 [...]
Students Own Their Learning in Performance-Driven Classrooms
In performance-driven classrooms, teachers constantly reflect on how well their students are learning. They collect and analyze information about student learning, to use in focused conversations [...]
Be a Brand Ambassador for Your School!
Be a Brand Ambassador! When’s the last time your school district sent you an email like this? Please share the following press release with your [social] network. You can do this [...]
R-E-S-P-E-C-T! Respect Teaching
Respect Teaching. Not sure if you saw the most recent video of six-year old Joahnna engaging with the lyrics of Aretha Franklin’s Respect, but it’s quite spectacular to see how this [...]
College and Career Ready
At a graduation I attended in Kentucky on Saturday morning when the principal asked all the kids “who are college and career ready” to please stand, a large majority of the graduates [...]
I want to be a Teacher! (Why?) Quick Reads
I want to be a teacher! It’s close to the end of the school year, so let’s connect our heart and mind with “Career Pride,” and what it means to love leading and learning [...]