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The “I” and “We” Skills Needed for Collective Student Efficacy
We know good leaders work to develop collective teacher efficacy because it is a powerful way to increase student learning (effect size of 1.27). So, we wondered: what would happen if we applied what we know to developing collective student efficacy?
Collaborative Learning for Equity
Student learning communities give all students access to deeper learning.
Success Criteria: An Essential (and often underutilized) Component of Teacher Clarity
We establish clarity in learning through purposeful, intentional, and deliberate organization, explanations, examples and guided practice, and assessments of student learning (Fendick, 1990).
Taking Formative Assessment Virtual
With some ingenuity, universal response systems can still work in remote and hybrid learning.
3 Proven Strategies for Removing Labels From Students
These labels set into motion a cascade of diminished expectations, negative self-image, and self-fulfilling prophecies.
Regaining “Compassion Satisfaction”
Allow us to share some everyday practices educators can use—individually and together—to build resiliency in our lives and regain the compassion satisfaction that speeds our forward movement.
Time for Competency-Based Grading?
Competency-based grading is one doable step toward deepening a focus on learning.
Lessons Learned from ‘Quaranteaching’
One of the surprise lessons learned while we were quaranteaching focused on empathetic feedback.
4 Steps for Powerful Distance Learning Experiences
Thus, it is our collective responsibility to make the experience as powerful as possible while recognizing the inherent difficulties of teaching from a distance.
The Skill, Will, and Thrill of Reading Comprehension
While there are strategies, such as modeling or reciprocal teaching, a unifying framework for reading comprehension instruction remains elusive. The education field needs a structured approach to comprehension instruction.