Matt Renwick
View Recent Content View All Content
Matt Renwick is an elementary principal in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. Matt blogs at Reading by Example (readingbyexample.com), tweets @ReadByExample, and writes for ASCD. Matt is a veteran public educator, working first as a classroom teacher and now serving as an elementary principal in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. He is also a senior lecturer at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, teaching online courses in curriculum and instruction. Matt’s educational writing and consultant work focus primarily on literacy, school leadership, and technology. He has spoken at national conferences, including ASCD, ISTE, NAESP, NCTE, as well as facilitated workshops and professional learning for educators throughout the country.
Most Recent Content
Celebration and Reflection for Teacher Growth
Matt Renwick rejects the notion of “carrots and sticks” for school improvement when it comes to understanding and motivating teachers. He provides a template for a professional development session to help teachers celebrate and reflect upon growth.
Best Intentions with No Assumptions
Matt Renwick considers how assumptions about teachers and students can stymie leaders and learning in schools.
Blind Spots
Matt Renwick has to confront his “blind spots” and assumptions when his data from instructional walks about classroom talk in small groups and whole-class teaching situations does not match teacher perceptions.
Never Again
Matt Renwick explains how the Never Again protocol for professional development sessions can help teachers rethink and revise their literacy practices.
Readers Want to Respond
Matt Renwick is surprised when his son completes a reading quiz that isn’t required, and finally realizes it’s all about reading response.
An Ounce of Doubt
Matt Renwick decides to provoke some cognitive dissonance in teachers around the topic of guided reading. He finds his own beliefs are challenged instead.
Finding Time for Classroom Walk-Throughs
Matt Renwick is surprised when teachers evaluate his school visibility as weak. He decides to make his classroom visits more purposeful, and shares the strategies he implements.
Aligning Commercial Practices with Excellent Literacy Instruction
Matt Renwick explores how literacy leaders can help teachers stay true to a shared vision of instruction and learning as they explore commercial program options.
View All Content
Choice Literacy Membership
Articles
Get full access to all Choice Literacy article content
Videos
Get full access to all Choice Literacy video content
Product Discounts
Receive member-only discounts on books, DVDs and more
