Teaching Techniques

Teachers seem to love assigning group projects, while all too often, both students and parents dread them. [...]

September 6, 2016 6

Our elementary/secondary shared, individualized PD has begun! I have to admit, I was hesitant to start on [...]

August 22, 2016 11

At our school, we believe that a strong school philosophy is the basis for everything. So, every year in [...]

May 26, 2016 4

A couple of months ago, we began trying out protocols for professional development with our teachers and [...]

April 10, 2016 7

Last weekend I was lucky enough to go to the ASCD conference in Atlanta. Five educators from our school [...]

March 6, 2016 2

One of the most important things we can do as educators is learn how to check for understanding as [...]

February 17, 2016 0

This year, our teachers took on the school-wide challenge of using learning targets in their classrooms. At [...]

February 8, 2016 1

In the education world, professional development for teachers often gets a bad rap… and for good [...]

January 28, 2016 2

Elementary teachers use all kinds of creative teaching techniques to keep their students motivated [...]

January 24, 2016 4

I take part in a daily twitter chat (#BFC530) in which a group of inspiring educators share ideas and support [...]