“There are two types of Principals. One who focuses on Operations or one who focuses on Instruction. You want to be an Instructional Leader if you want to change instruction and ultimately classroom results.” –John Hollingsworth, Co-Author of Explicit Direct Instruction Administrators Can Become More Effective Instructional Leaders Instructional Leadership programs usually involve a series…
Skills Die. Concepts Live Forever.How to Design Great Concept Development Ten thousand years ago people added with their fingers. Four thousand years ago they used an abacus. In the 1960s–calculators. Today, you can tell your cellphone to do the math for you. Although how to add has changed, whether you need to use addition, subtraction,…
Read or Click Play to Listen to the Audio Blog Audio Blog Learn how checking for understanding during the lesson improves first-time teaching It is a quiet Thursday morning, and your class is ready to learn. You deliver one of your best lessons EVER on a very challenging subject. The students nod their…
The Best Discipline Program is Effective Instruction One of the most common and challenging issues teachers face in the classroom is behavior problems. In many cases, student misbehavior is due to two key factors: Lack of confidence. Students can’t complete the skills or understand the concept. Therefore they have disengaged from the lesson as shown…