What Can Teachers Do? It is our strong belief that teachers are the principal motivators in the classroom and with effective planning – and dynamic execution of lessons – can significantly impact student engagement. Engagement …
Making the Most of Parent Teacher Conferences
- November 2, 2018
- Tagged as: parent teacher conferences, prepared, proactive, responsive
Making the Most of Parent Teacher Conferences It’s parent teacher conference season! Although it is a long and tiring day, PTCs can be incredibly powerful, but only if you are proactive, prepared, and responsive….
By the time you read this, the Golden State Warriors will most likely have defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers to win their third NBA title in four years. In doing so, they will also have defeated…
How to Effectively Engage English Language Learners As we move towards more heterogeneous classrooms, an area of concern I receive from teachers is about how best to engage their English Language Learners (ELLs). Teachers…
Performance Based Conversations How to Have Difficult Conversations with Educators If you had to make a list of tasks administrators dislike the most, this would surely be near the top of the list; having…
Testing Season The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly As the weather warms up and we approach the end of the year, there’s one thing on the minds of all educators – testing season….
Equity Sticks Aren’t Enough The Case for Implementing Equitable Instructional Strategies with Fidelity One entry-level strategy for promoting equitable instruction in the classroom is through the use of equitable calling practices. However, the way…
The Orange Theory Classroom Recently, my wife finally convinced me to head back to the gym. For several months, she had been attending a place called “Orange Theory Fitness” and fell in love with…
By Douglas J. Mac Iver, PhD with Robert W. Dodd, EdD candidate in JHU’s School of Education Since CSOS’s founding, one of its enduring stated goals has been “to produce useful information on how changes…
Let’s talk about something that will probably annoy a large swath of teachers at the secondary level, along with a majority of post-secondary professors: please stop using the lecture method as your main instructional strategy…