As I was assisting a high school leadership team in the midst of initiating some instructional coaching opportunities with their staff, I uncovered the need to explore if the WHY of their plan had been communicated to staff. Teachers were not responding to the availability of coaching even though all the assurances of autonomy and […]

                            Thinkers are characterized by their curiosity, willingness to explore different approaches, and the ability to think critically about a task. Thinking generates learning. The question for us as teachers is “How much thinking are our students doing?” Students who succeed in […]