Have you ever thought about how silly we teachers can be? When we get in front of students, we present ourselves to be the ones with all the answers, and then after we talk to the students, we start asking questions as if we don't know anything we just talked about.
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This is a visual of the 27 ways to increase student achievement- a poster for classrooms, perhaps, to remind teachers how to make sure the students are "doing the doing"
There are many components to the teacher evaluation systems that are being implemented across twenty-six states. I want to take a moment to talk about one of the key components, and it's a biggie - student growth. Many educators are intimidated by the idea of showing student growth in the classroom.
Imagine the intentional focus you would bring to crossing a rushing creek. Each stepping-stone is different in shape, each distance uneven and unpredictable, requiring you to tread with all senses intact. The simple act of traversing water on stones is an extraordinary exercise in concentration.
One example of how questions can be asked of teachers...something to think about and use as Anne and I develop a coaching feedback survey. A great way to model the risking-taking part of gathering feedback to improve instruction!
It seems to me that most of these roles apply to us. With our feedback from the surveymonkey, we can think about which of these roles we need to improve upon or diminish as we plan for next year.
Innovative Coaching Models Transcript Meg TV / MET MET Memphis / MEGTV-02 Brittany Clark: I think my teaching is better because I get the feedback immediately. Moriah Dendy: That's a good cause, good cause. What's my effect? Moriah Dendy: I was eager to have real-time coaching so that I could just improve those techniques even more.
A free downloadable chapter written for students to help them read to understand in ELA, SS, Math...
References "corncob reading" vs. active, close reading with metacognition