DMS Coaches

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!

Hail Mary Passes...trying something new at the end of the year

Scale City offers middle school students and teachers short videos, online interactives, lesson plans, handouts, and assessments focused on the mathematics of scale and scaling.

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.

Standards Based Report Cards - Middletown Public Schools (RI)

Illustrations of the CCSS for math

Assessments and Task by Standards approved by NCTM

Parent Guides for ELA/MA at each grade level

From the general diigo website (most popular articles) 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"

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.

8 minute inspirational video that SHOWS the instructional shifts in teaching to the core

Questions to ask students to get them to think about their thinking