Tag Archive: teacher development
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New Teacher Evaluations: A Road Map to Great Teaching
I’m teaching a training class for teachers about the best way to give students feedback, and it dawns on me: When do teachers get the type of formative feedback that we strive to give our students? We talk about kids needing specific, timely feedback in order to improve. Don’t teachers …
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A Principal Speaks about Performance Evaluation
Educators in the state of Washington have been presented with a variety of new challenges during the 2012-2013 school year. Some of these have been foreseeable, such as the adoption of the Common Core State Standards and new teacher and principal evaluation systems. Other responsibilities, such as addressing school safety …
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What Do Students, Teachers and Administrators Need to Learn?
Professional Learning Communities often ask four essential questions to guide their work:
- What do the students need to learn?
- How will we know when they have learned it?
- What will we do when they haven’t learned it?
- What will we do when they already know it?
“Learning,” in this case, refers both to knowing a …
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Professional Development (PD) Doesn’t Have to be a Dirty Word
Let’s face it, professional development – PD – has become a dirty word for many teachers. Why? Because the model of PD that has dominated in schools for years now is often outdated and largely ineffective. Teachers don’t resent the opportunity to improve their craft. What we do resent is …
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Six A-Ha Moments That Can Take the Sting Out of the Word “Homework”!
Whether you are a teacher, student, or parent, there is something about the word “homework” that causes people to cringe. Too much, too little, it doesn’t get turned in: these are just some of the issues around homework. When I have helped students in “Homework Club” or in a non-profit after …
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Unpacking the Common Core
As students and teachers get back in to the school routine, for many there is a significant change. Rather than learning a new curriculum, many educators are grappling with a new set of academic standards.
Yes, we have been in a standards-based system in the United State for the last 15 …
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Good Teaching is Good Teaching
Do you remember when teachers used chalkboards, when all students took PE wearing matching gym uniforms, and when boys and girls were divided into shop and home economics classes, respectively? I do. I was teaching back then. And with all of this teaching I have come to believe, deeply and …
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When Leadership Sets off Fireworks in the Classroom
As the Fourth of July approached last week, I found myself humming along to “Firework,” the Katy Perry song blaring on my computer, while a recent camp class’s photo slideshow danced across the screen. At that moment, I couldn’t help but reflect on the cast of characters who passed …
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