In this session led by John SanGiovanni, author of Daily Routines to Jump-Start Math Class, Elementary, participants learn about dynamic, practical routines for developing number sense and fluency with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, ratio, and operations.
"Has this ever happened to you?
'My lecture went perfectly! I worked the sample problems. I could tell the students really understood the material.'
The next day: 'I don’t know what went wrong! I thought all my students understood what I went over yesterday...' "
Read more from Frederick Dillon, author of Your Mathematics Standards Companion, High School, and The Common Core Mathematics Companion: The Standards Decoded, High School, on Corwin Connect.
Use this tool from Professional Learning Redefined to support your thinking about how to use curricular resources in planning for professional learning. Consider the coherence between the materials teachers have and the desired instructional strategies.
"When professional learning mirrors the student experiences we hope to create, teachers inherently have a deeper understanding of the feelings and effects on the learning that the experience creates." Read more from Professional Learning Redefined authors Isabel Sawyer and Marisa Stukey on Corwin Connect.
In this letter from This Is Balanced Literacy, Grades K-6, by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Nancy Akhavan, the authors briefly discuss their view of what balanced literacy is and the impact it can have on teaching and learning.
Answer these important questions from The Co-Teacher's Playbook with your co-teacher team in order to set clear expectations and boundaries and to better understand each other as a team.
Complete this activity from The Co-Teacher's Playbook as a co-teaching team to take stock of your individual strengths and goals in order to better understand how you can better work together.
Use this template from How to Deal With Parents Who Are Angry, Troubled, Afraid, or Just Seem Crazy by Elaine K. McEwan-Adkins as a guide for preparing what to say during an assertive intervention with parents.
The guys at Principal Center Radio sit down with Catlin Tucker to discuss Power Up Blended Learning and her recommendations for building a professional Learning infrastructure to support sustainable change.
"When we speak of Black boys as a group defined by the fact that they share 'categories' (they are Black and they are boys) we necessarily have to speak of the challenges that they face as a result of the way U.S. society renders those categories..."
Read more from Eddie Moore Jr., author of The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys, on Corwin Connect.
"Our underperforming, low-confidence students need teachers who understand how they learn and who communicate that they care. The instructional strategies listed below are productive for all students, but they are essential for underperforming, low-confidence students."
Read more from Jon Saphier, author of High Expectations Teaching, on Corwin Connect.
"How do we help students to believe in themselves—to believe they can master complex content and that effort determines their academic success? If they are behind academically, it’s not because there is something wrong with their brains or their 'ability' is deficient."
Read more from Jon Saphier, author of High Expectations Teaching, on Corwin Connect.