by Matt Kelly | Jun 6, 2019 | Best of 2020, Instructional Coaching, Teaching Strategies, Uncategorized |
Receiving new information can be a bit overwhelming. In the context of instructional coaching, it can feel especially intense for teachers because there are often many factors at play: the complexity of their students’ needs, building a working relationship with the... by Matt Kelly | May 24, 2019 | Instructional Coaching, Student Learning, Teaching Strategies, Uncategorized |
Since its release in 2009, John Hattie’s Visible Learning has become one of the most influential forces in education, earning rave reviews upon publication and sparking the interest of educators worldwide. According to Hattie, Visible Learning gives teachers the... by Jim Knight | Jul 12, 2013 | Self-Coaching, Teaching Strategies |
This is a column I wrote for a different blog a few years back. I recently received an email asking a great question: “Where can I find good Thinking Prompts for my math class?” Thinking Prompts, in case you don’t know, are provocative objects we... by Jim Knight | Mar 15, 2013 | Improving Instruction, Self-Coaching, Teaching Strategies |
I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity. Oliver Wendell Holmes If you haven’t seen it, I suggest you watch Joe Smith’s four and a half-minute explanation of how to... by Jim Knight | Mar 1, 2013 | Teaching Strategies |
Yesterday I volunteered to be a substitute teacher in a local private school. After a snowstorm grounded me at home, and a seventh-grade teacher had an unfortunate injury, I found myself in front of 25 energetic middle school students. The day reminded and taught me... by Jim Knight | Feb 4, 2013 | Teaching Strategies, Uncategorized |
In his best-known comedy bit, Louis CK takes all of us to task for failing to see how incredible it is to live in this time. As he says, “everything is amazing and nobody is happy:” http://barefootmeg.multiply.com/video/item/56 He is right of course. Everything is... 
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