In this episode of The Balance, Catlin Tucker, author of Balance With Blended Learning, talks with Tiffany Wycoff, and the issues related to the balance or, more accurately, the imbalance of power and responsibility in classrooms, the current role many students occupy as passive consumers, the need to model a growth mindset for our students, and more.
This six-step planning model from Gayle Gregory’s Differentiated Instructional Strategies helps teachers make critical decisions about differentiated instruction and assessment.
4 Traits of a Governance Mindset: How School Boards and Superintendents Can Create Effective Governance Systems. Read here.
For Balanced Assessment, Start with the System & its Leaders. Read the Corwin Connect post.
Read this Corwin Connect post from the authors of Coaching Conversations: "How to say what you mean… without being mean".
Read this Corwin Connect post from Johnathan Eckert, the author of Leading Togther about managing turbulence in schools.
Read this blog post from one of the authors of The Other Side of the Report Card on how to assess SES and character in Report Cards.
This project planner from Keep It Real With PBL, Secondary by Jennifer Pieratt gives you a place to organize your thoughts and start to make some connections.
This template from Balance with Blended Learning by Catlin R. Tucker will help you direct ongoing self-assessment.
This template from Balance with Blended Learning by Catlin R. Tucker gives students a form to look at goals and assess growth over time.
This template from Balance With Blended Learning by Catlin Tucker for SMART Goal Setting, will help you set goals for grading that are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely.
This resource from Real Talk About Time Management will help teachers organize their classroom.