“It is during times like this that you will learn what you are made of; this is what you have been preparing for all these years,” Don said last week in a Zoom conversation he leads with a group of new and veteran principals and
Schools around the world are currently making the unprecedented and overwhelming shift from traditional classrooms to online teaching and learning. They have been addressing student equity, accessibility, safety, and wellness, and teachers’ and leaders’ personal and family needs as top priorities. Teachers have found themselves
[video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://corwin-connect.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Corwin-Blog-Video.mp4"][/video] Right now, in schools around the world, teachers are being observed by administrators, coaches, and peers. They are provided time to talk about the lesson and reflect on their practice in these feedback sessions. Most of these conversations will begin with the
“A good beginning makes a good ending” goes the old English proverb. And likewise: “Work well begun is work half done.” The most effective teachers don’t take student engagement for granted. Yet in our work in classrooms, we see that not enough attention is paid to good beginnings; this lack
Have you ever wondered why even with all the determination in the world professional learning often fails to bring about the changes needed to increase student learning, support student well-being, and increase equity? Have you ever wondered why even though large amounts of money and
We find the same issues cropping up in conversations with thousands of teachers across the U.S. You face a high-stakes conundrum when it comes to planning instruction: either create curriculum from scratch, cobbling together their own resources with ones from online repositories that have little to no quality control OR follow a mandated, scripted
What can we do to improve our children’s schools? Let’s listen to these voices from policymakers, school-building leaders, teachers, parents and the media about today’s education systems: Schools today are dangerous and violent places. Students aren’t becoming equipped to succeed in 21st-century higher education
Every single one of us is a learner at any and every stage in life. Part of how we navigate that learning is through understanding that reflection is part of the process. One of the ways we continue to grow and improve is taking time to look at
Whether you are beginning a coaching effort, or continuing to build on what’s been started, an important step is to clearly define the coaching role. Through our work in K-12 schools, we’ve learned that if we are intentional about defining the coach’s role, then teachers
Article summary: Now that you understand what evidence-based PD is, and why it’s essential for teacher success; how do you: ensure that your teachers are able to utilize the evidence of their learning; assess their impact through your school’s professional development process or structure outlined in