I had the opportunity some years back to work with John Willis when he was the coordinator for staff development in Gwinnett County Public Schools in Georgia. John now works nationally as a coach, consultant, and content creator through his Teaming Edge channel, focused on empowering teams and getting results. We reconnected recently around a […]

Many school administrators, instructional coaches, and teacher leaders at this time are engaged in designing improvement plans or beginning the implementation of plans that were created earlier to achieve school and/or district goals. This process should be built to guarantee that educator learning is an outcome along with increased student learning. Educator learning is more […]

Research reinforces that teachers providing feedback to students that demonstrates the teacher’s belief in the students’ abilities (high expectations) can generate student learning behaviors that positively impact student’s success. Additional teacher actions such as active listening, knowing them individually, celebrating, and being accessible are additional teacher actions that support high expectations. In many ways those […]