Lessons from Virtual Learning: Teaching Self-Advocacy
Graphic adapted from: rule-the-school.com At TCFL, we teach certain self-advocacy skills to our students. [...]
Assessment/feedback
Lessons from Virtual Learning: How to Improve Assessment
I’m not very proud of what I’m going to write, since I can’t believe it took me so long to learn [...]
How Administrators Can Go “Gradeless” and Assess Teachers Through Feedback
I’m a big believer in modeling what we want to see teachers do in their classroom. For instance, we can’t [...]
Differentiation in Math Class
I walk into Ailyn’s math class, where I find a hum of activity. On one side, I see three students standing [...]
Life Skill Comments: Student Written Progress Reports
One of the best parts of my job as a high school director is watching how one small change leads to another [...]
The Impact of Self-Assessment on Student Learning
Teacher/student SWYCAD conference. Last year, two of our math teachers began experimenting student [...]
Using Student Work as Mentor Texts
Every time we make a change in the classroom, there are unexpected repercussions. Some positive, some more [...]
Going Gradeless in Math Class
About a month ago, I read Andrew Bernett’s blog post How to Create a Gradeless Math Classroom in a School [...]
Empowering Students: Setting Life Skill Goals
After introducing students to life skills (skills like critical thinking, communication, leadership, and time [...]
Using Student Mentor Texts In Writing Workshop
For the past six weeks, in my Language Arts class, I’ve been experimenting with what I call “flipped [...]
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