Being a successful coach starts with a clear understanding of how to implement the strategies that empower teachers and put the needs of students front-and-center. But, they can’t do it alone. Administrators, school leaders, and teachers need to have a thorough understanding of what it
Three years ago Ross School set off on a mission to ensure every student (or as we call them learners) developed their assessment capabilities. Put simply, the school wanted all learners to independently answer three fundamental questions: Where am I going in my learning? Where
It’s been 9 years since Professor John Hattie’s Visible Learning was first published and his research took the education world by storm. Since then, there have been more and more books about Visible Learning published every year by John Hattie and other education experts like
“Don’t smile until Christmas,” “Don’t let your papers pile up,” “Stick to what works. Don’t take any risks.” Does any of this sound familiar? New teachers receive a lot of advice about how to “survive” their first year. But is surviving really what we want for
This summer, I have achieved a level of enlightenment that I hadn’t thought possible. I fully released myself of one of my most reliable corporeal identities to reveal some inner truths that had been hiding in my subconscious. This summer, after 14 years of teaching,
The Annual Visible Learning Conference was held July 9 and July 10 in Chicago, IL. When I got there, an employee at the hotel asked me, “What is the conference about?” A group of friends that I was re-connecting with after 15 years asked me,
“As I began research for this book, I realized this over-emphasis on strategy instead of purpose was not only affecting students’ ability to write meaningful pieces, it was also affecting their ability to infer and interpret the stories they read. When students see no meaning