I’ve been wrestling with this blogpost for several days now, and am late in posting it according to my self-imposed Sunday, 1:00 p.m. deadline. I’m not sure that I can pinpoint the struggle with getting coherent words on the screen, but perhaps the struggle is evidence of the internal struggle I’m experiencing. The Internal Struggle … [Read more…]
It takes time. This a phrase uttered in multiple educational arenas when talking about student proficiency. It takes time. I have been reminded of this over and over again in my work as a teacher and as an instructional coach. Most recently, I have been reminded of this with three exceptional learning opportunities: 1) Episode … [Read more…]
In our work with Solution Tree, we often hear about Instructional Tights as related to the PLC process. As defined in Learning by Doing, the suggested “Tight Elements in a PLC” include: Educators work collaboratively rather than in isolation, take collective responsibility for student learning, and clarify the commitments they make to each other about … [Read more…]