“Our beliefs drive our behaviors.” That’s a statement that Kyle Coppes featured in an article titled “Student Laziness Is a Myth, Here’s Why.”  Coppes reminded me how our beliefs, often unconsciously, effect decisions we make in a classroom from moment to moment. Coaches can play a key role in surfacing those beliefs so that teachers […]

Kyle Coppes, a secondary principal, shares the thinking behind an opinion piece he wrote titled, “Student Laziness Is a Myth. Here’s Why.” – “The belief that laziness exists will limit the behavior of any teacher who encounters it, and that is harmful. Essentially, it is a teacher’s get-out-of-jail-free card: If a student does not complete […]