DMS Coaches

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

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.

Here's a possible kid survey

Survey Monkey username: KarenBabbitt password: dms

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.

8 things skilled teachers think, say, do... with reference to intelligence mindset Another good article to jigsaw (?) perhaps at a curriculum meeting

Potentially an article to share with staff as we build their understanding of feedback from ASCD

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6 minute video on the differences (CCSS shifts) with a focus on teaching reading across curriculum areas

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