The Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township has been successfully using video in our teacher professional learning for more than seven years. According to our recently retired former ...

These strategies bring teachers together and naturally generate evidence of coaching’s impact on student learning.

Teacher educators guide student reflection by transforming specific microteaching moments into “reflect-ables,” using gestures, notes, and interactive discussion to co-construct professional learning ...

Teacher residency programs are transformative models for preparing educators for the K-12 teaching experience. These clinically-rich, immersive programs combine mentorship, year-long co-teaching in ...

Instructors should take the time to ask themselves what they can do differently when students struggle on an assignment. If there are pain points in the courses they are teaching, and students ...

Traditionally, students submit their work on an assignment, after which the teacher gives feedback on that work and assigns that student a grade. Every once in awhile, we build reflection into the ...

Active learning puts students at the center of the learning process by encouraging them to engage, reflect, and apply what they’re learning in meaningful ways. Rather than passively receiving ...

This week’s question is: How can we incorporate reflection in the classroom? When I was a community organizer, we used to say that without reflection, organizing was just a series of undigested ...

This week’s question is: How can we incorporate reflection in the classroom? I always feel so guilty when my students are quietly reflecting. As if the mere act of having students think to themselves ...