Planning for Fun in Teaching and Learning
The pondering for this blog began while I was on my daily walk, listening to a podcast from Dr. Laura Santos called the Happiness Lab (Laurie gets a Fun-tervention). Santos […]
Read more...Want feedback to go further? Try implementing a feedback cycle.
I recently had the pleasure of learning from Matt Johnson, a high school English teacher and the author of Flash Feedback: Responding to Students Better and Faster: Without Burning Out […]
Read more...Podcast: Coaching Around Student Engagement
Instructional coaches share that teachers often ask them to observe and coach with a focus on student engagement. What should a coach explore before agreeing to the teacher’s request? On […]
Read more...Teaching and Teachers Are Central to Engagement
The title of this blog is one of the proposals shared by Nick Zepke and Linda Leach in a research article titled Improving Student Engagement: Ten Proposals for Action. They […]
Read more...Increase Student Engagement by Connecting Students with Real People
In an Education Week post, Here Are 3 Top SEL Strategies That Can Help Improve Student Engagement Right Now, guest bloggers Alex Kajitani, Tom Hierck, John Hannigan, and Jessica Djabrayan […]
Read more...Exploring Leadership Team Goals and Actions with Hypotheses
I recently facilitated, virtually, a high school leadership team that was exploring their goals at the start of a new year. Before the meeting, they had sent me information that […]
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