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Q: What are a few helpful resources that provide good examples of teacher evaluation criteria? Thanks! – Corrie
A: Want an honest answer to that question, Corrie? For me, videos that provide good examples are the ones that inspire me. The videos that give me real examples of practice I can aspire to, and that don’t make me feel crazy. Examples that seem grounded in reality and that don’t paint a picture of …
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The following piece by Success at the Core Fellow, Deb Gribskov, was published on Eric Sheninger’s blog, ‘A Principal’s Reflections.’
They were 100 strong – an audience of teachers sitting at cafeteria tables, waiting. They had come here at 4:00 pm, after a long day, to learn about the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in Mathematics. The evening’s session was to focus on mathematical Practice #1: Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
I was part of a group of teacher leaders and coaches from two neighboring school districts in Washington state who’d come together to lead this session. …
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It was a sublime teacher moment. As I looked around the room, I saw that all of my students were engaged in their learning. They were writing free verse poems about Washington State, with word banks generated by input from their parents. They were talking to each other in small groups. They were meeting the learning objectives that I’d set: to use descriptive words – and a thesaurus – to expand their command of descriptive vocabulary. I circulated to each group, listening to 24 animated fourth graders as they read me their poems, excited to share the product of their …
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Help! I’m coaching three new teachers this year, and we’re focusing on questioning strategies as a way to draw out what their students understand and what misconceptions may exist in their learning. At the same time we want to develop more student discourse. I’ve done one model lesson. Now, I’m looking for some video clips or podcasts that will help these teachers see and/or hear examples of teachers using a variety of good strategies. The video advantage is that I can watch with the teachers, and we can analyze what’s happening as it plays along. Any suggestions on video resources …
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