data-based decision making

Student-Focused Coaching

This quote is a fairly common one in education circles.  I’ve heard it before, but it hit me like a ton of bricks this week. I’ve been working with Zach, an amazing high school special education teacher, around a goal of improving reading outcomes for his students with reading goals.  I have run diagnostic assessments … [Read more…]

School Leaders: I’m Talking to You

Full disclosure:  Today I am writing from a position of arguably limited authority.  I have been a classroom teacher (23 years) and an instructional coach (7 years) and have held varied leadership positions in the past.  I am talking to and about school district leadership, though I have never held one of the positions that … [Read more…]