Heather Fisher
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Heather Fisher is a K–4 instructional coach in Massachusetts. She also has experience as a first-grade teacher, second-grade teacher, reading specialist, and literacy coach. In her everyday coaching practice, she seeks to radiate positivity in her mission to celebrate the small things as students and teachers continue in their daily growth.
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The Influence of the Classroom Library
Heather Fisher writes a bold article addressing the many questions educators are facing about their values and beliefs when it comes to our classroom libraries in this time of a heavy emphasis on phonics instruction and decodable books.
Gaining Confidence One Move at a Time
Heather Fisher knows firsthand that confidence does not come easy. Here she shares three intentional actions leaders can take to build their confidence in leading professional learning.
Got Criteria? How to Help Students Engage with Success Criteria
Heather Fisher offers four tips for engaging our youngest students with daily criteria for success.
Supporting Perseverance in Our Students: Before You Say ‘Keep Going,’ Pause to Consider
Heather Fisher addresses how it is hard for educators to hear students on the verge of giving up. Before saying the standard Keep going!, pause, look around, and ask yourself these four questions to respond with greater intentionality and to support their perseverance.
Teacher and Coach, Side by Side: Affirmations for Leaders in Maintaining a Supportive Presence
Heather Fisher helps her father create a pizza pie in his new outdoor pizza oven. Through trial and perseverance, they finally taste success. Heather connects this experience to the importance of encouragement and presence as instructional coaches.
Engaging from the Start: Considering Accessible Professional Development Experiences for a Range of Educators
Inspired by low-ceiling, high-threshold activities in classrooms, Heather Fisher offers three ways to plan professional learning so that it is accessible to a range of educators.
Let’s Do It Again, Together
Heather Fisher revisits a whole-school vocabulary routine that she set in motion. In this update, she shares the ways she adjusted to work together as a team rather than fly solo. This might be just the school-wide vocabulary routine you’ve been craving.
Make and Take…With a Twist: Incorporating Research and Play with Preparing Materials
Heather Fisher taps the power of play in professional learning. By being mindful of incorporating play into professional learning, teachers build their skills and confidence with new materials or strategies in their classrooms.
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