RADICAL LEARNERS
about radical learners
The Radical Learners blog features articles and interviews of people who:
- believe we are here on earth to learn
- use technology to learn, teach, & lead (and because it’s cool)
- know that to teach without hope is to damage, but to teach with hope can save the world
- don’t blame others but accept personal responsibility for whatever task they take on
- infect everybody with their love of learning; most important, the children they teach
Seven Success Factors for Great Instructional Coaching
Why are some instructional coaching programs more successful than others? Coaches and onsite professional developers often find themselves in high-stakes, critically important roles expected to lead school reform efforts with little or no professional...
The Binary Myth
Schools are complex, ambiguous environments. Trying to understand the motivations of one student in one classroom is challenging enough. When you expand that to 30 or more students in each classroom, the complexities grow exponentially. Then, there are teachers – who...
“Be Authentic” Can Be Bad Advice: What Does It Mean to Be an Authentic Person?
We often are often advised to "be authentic," but depending on what that can mean, it might not be the best advice. If I take it to mean that I should do whatever I want in any given situation because it is a reflection of my “authentic self” and people can take or...
Meeting Teachers Where They Are: Maslow Before Bloom
Today's guest author, Casey Landry, is an Instructional Coach for The Woodlands College Park High School in Conroe Independent School District and has over 19 years experience in education, including teaching all levels of English grades 6-12, World History and US...
Can Administrators Be Coaches? Yes and No.
Like most educators, principals and administrators are very busy professionals. With all of the various tasks that fall under their responsibility, finding the time and focus to go through a complete coaching cycle can be next to impossible. But something...
Why Teacher Autonomy Is Central to Coaching Success
Pressure to see results can lead coaches and administrators toward a directive approach – dictating exactly what teachers must do to improve – but research has shown giving teachers more control and choices in their practice is far more effective. Jim Knight recently...
