Jefferson High School Instructional Coaches

02/05/2019

This a great read.

To master this craft, we need to choose our words carefully. This mini-makeover shows how revising our language in common classroom scenarios can send a completely different message.

10/14/2018

Practical strategies you can use.

10/05/2017

Tried and true, but good to occasionally revisit norms for successful use in the classroom.

Celebrating Think-Pair-Share, the Little Strategy That Could, and sharing some best practices for making it work for you.

10/05/2017

Some simple but effective reminders.

Teacher and author Maddie Witter offers six strategies to increase student participation - especially among those students who are generally too shy or withdrawn to speak up.

09/12/2017

This was a great read, very timely. I do understand that some people feel frustrated reading "don't" lists because there is not enough "do" so check out the link at the bottom of the article.

In some cases, teachers think they're practicing culturally responsive teaching, when in fact, they're kind of not. Zaretta Hammond helps clear things up.

08/21/2017

https://www.blog.google/topics/education/10-ways-were-making-classroom-and-forms-easier-teachers-school-year/

Some good news.

Today we’re excited to announce 10 updates to Google Classroom and Google Forms designed to make teachers’ lives easier this school year.

08/17/2017

This might come in handy.

Want your students to actively engage in addressing inequality? Explore this annotated bibliography of resources for teaching students about social justice.

08/16/2017

This is long, but has a lot of great advice. It's also very relatable. I feel. Especially #2.

I was asked today what I would do differently in my first year of teaching. My first year teaching is one that I would not want to necessarily do again (!) but one where I did grow a lot – p…

08/03/2017

I kind of love this. Remember to have rules that reflects what's really important for teaching, learning, and good relationships.

Maybe a better teacher would enforce all these rules...but I just can't. Here's what tops my list of bad classroom rules.

07/31/2017

This one's for the English teachers

Teaching grammar in isolation is not only ineffective, it can actually make student writing worse. So when students make mistakes, what should teachers do?

05/11/2017

This was a good read. Extra points for the Reality Bites reference in the beginning.

It may not be easy to define critical thinking, but we do have suggestions for how you can teach it.

03/22/2017

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/03/22/520843457/you-probably-believe-some-learning-myths-take-our-quiz-to-find-out

This was sort of fun.

A new survey shows widespread misconceptions and unfounded confidence about learning.