EduTip 22: Stop asking questions to the whole...

How do we know whether students can actually use what they've learned? Traditional tests can tell us a lot, but they don't always show us whether students can apply their knowledge and skills in meaningful ways. In this episode, I'm talking with author and educator Jay McTighe ab ...  Show more

When teachers push back against coaching, professional development, or a new initiative, they often get labeled as "resistant." But that label can keep us from seeing what's really going on. In this episode, author Elena Aguilar shares insights from her new book, How to Coach Res ...  Show more

The single most important thing you need from your students so that you can teach and they can learn is their attention. Without it, you are talking to the walls. When students are distracted, chatty, or down right ignoring you, no learning will occur. Period. So how do you redir ...  Show more

We’ve all been there. In a meeting, we have ideas we want to contribute, and we just can’t make ourselves heard.Whether it’s dominating personalities in the room, people interrupting, whether it’s deliberate or just unthinking, it can be REALLY tough to make ourselves heard.In th ...  Show more

Does this sound familiar… you are attempting to deliver a lesson, but the kids are off-task, distracted, talking to each other, and you…. Get louder… attempting to be heard by the few that are giving you their attention. At the same time you are getting more and more angry and de ...  Show more