Lead Lit Topic: Guiding Teachers
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Picture It: Mirroring
Askwomen.net defines mirroring as “A powerful tool that enables you to build closeness…Mirroring body language is a non-verbal way to say 'I am like you, I feel the same.’” Here...
Reflection and Growth with New Teachers
As a teacher leader with the Teacher Mentor Program in my district, I shared Charlotte Danielson’s P-T-R-A cycle with new teachers and their mentors. P-T-R-A stands for Plan, Teach, Reflect,...
Find the Common Ground
I knew I was going to fail. It was inevitable. The school was going through a state-sanctioned improvement process, and part of their plan for improvement was for grade-level teams...
Coaching Conference Early in the Year
Melanie Quinn talks with Neisha about plans for writing workshop at the start of the year, and how Melanie can help.
Coaching Minute: Notes
Heather Rader explains how she uses the "notes" section in organizers to build rapport with teachers in this quick video tip. A transcript is available below the player. Systems...
Compass Points and Collaboration
Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, and working together is success. ...
Match-and-Move in Coaching
As I was closing the trunk on my last-minute camping groceries, I got my child’s “Please get me underwear” text. I sighed and returned to the store. If she needed...
Pits and Peaks
One night, soon after we sat down for dinner, I was surprised when my husband announced that we were starting a new family tradition. He explained that every night at...
Coaching Conversations: Defining Your Role
In this audio interview, Brenda Power chats with Kathleen Collaro about the challenges of carving out time for coaching when teachers are clamoring for additional instruction support for struggling learners....
Picture It: Live Demonstration
We can tell about it. Better still, we can tell and read about it. Even better we can pair that reading with video in a real classroom. But when Heather...
Coaching Minute: Personal Story Barometer
Are you sharing too many anecdotes in your coaching? In this quick video tip, Heather Rader explains the "personal story barometer" she uses to gauge whether a story should be...
A Secret to Successful Teacher-Coach Relationships
Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. Thomas Jefferson When...
Pushing the Pause Button for Reflection: Literacy Chats
Days at school are busy and filled with nonstop commitment to our students. Rarely are teachers given the opportunity to pause and reflect on learning and teaching. Equally challenging is...
Systems Thinking and Educational Change
Making decisions can be challenging, and making good decisions that are systemic can be even trickier! Over the past several years I have worked to better understand Systems Thinking as...
Planning for a Year of Study Groups
Sustainable improvement can never be done to or even for teachers. It can only ever be achieved by and with them. Andy Hargreaves and Michael Fullan As a literacy...
Coaching Minute: Voice Memos
Heather Rader explains how she uses voice memos in her coaching in this quick video tip. A transcript is available below the player. Thanks to a colleague...
Teacher Blogs in the Digital World
All the teachers in our Introduction to Digital Writing class agreed that being digital writers themselves would help them incorporate technology into their classrooms. Some were even interested in creating...
Coaching Boundaries: Do You Have Any?
Time is the resource on which we’ve relied to get more accomplished. When there’s more to do, we invest more hours. But time is finite, and many of us feel...
Coaching Minute: Music
Heather Rader talks about the power of music in setting the tone for professional development in this quick video tip. A transcript is available below the player. At the...
Coaching Minute: A Stash of Student Work
Heather Rader explains the many uses for a stash of student work for literacy coaches in this quick video tip. A transcript is available below the player. In my...
Lessons from a Multitasker
Harvard Business Review reports that multitasking leads to as much as a 40% drop in productivity, increased stress, and a 10% drop in IQ. Peter Bergman I was getting...
