âTime is more valuable than money. You can get more money but you can never get more time.â This popular quotation strikes a chord with most teachers. The school bell rings every 45 to 50 minutes. It keeps our day, our students, and our work always on the move. Thus, the most common conversation in…
The Well-Crafted, Well-Taught Lesson gets even better! Whatâs new? Explicit Direct Instruction: The Power of the Well-Crafted, Well-Taught Lesson was published in 2009, and since then authors John Hollingsworth and Dr. Silvia Ybarra have forged a path through the Common Core State Standards, visited hundreds more classrooms, and fine-tuned their EDI strategies. Now they are…
What makes one teacherâs class a joy and anotherâs a torture? Were some people simply born to teach? As we remember our favorite teachers, I think we remember a je ne sais quoi, an indefinable quality, about them most. When we ask the world what makes a teacher great, the word âpassionateâ comes up every time.…
How does a human being learn? That question has intrigued and stumped educators for thousands of years. We all know we learn, but how does it happen? If we knew that, then we could maximize our learning, right? The problem is there are so many theories of learning. To make sense of this, we can…
Accelerate Students by Pre-teaching Next Yearâs Standards! Now is the time to reserve your preferred dates! For Students: Preparation for next year All materials provided Highly interactive engagement during lessons Students gain confidence For Teachers: Academy training provided Frequent interactive coaching and debriefing during Academy READY TO TEACH (EDI) Lessons provided Academy training transferable to…
Donât Just Teach Math, Use Math The Common Core State Standards are specific in their mandate to have students apply math to âreal-worldâ situations. But what does that look like in the K-8 classroom? One way for teachers to make math really come alive in the classroom is to connect math with what happens in…