The new school year is upon us and we are giddy with excitement and hope for the best school year yet! For some, the first day of school is a few weeks away. For educators like the amazing people I met at my keynote today in Oklahoma, the first day of school is just a few hours away. Regardless of … Read More
There’s Still Time To Make A Change!
There’s still time to make changes in your classroom! Whether you’re heading back to school, coming off a holiday break, or maybe you’re smack dab in the middle of a school year, I know it’s easy to feel “locked in” and unable to make any changes. This is fairly common. As the stress of the year increases, it feels like … Read More
Give Your Students More Freedom In Your Classroom (video)
Are you giving your students enough freedom in your classroom? [bctt tweet=”When we give our students more freedom to make mistakes and learn from failing, that’s when they truly thrive in our classrooms.” username=”@chadostrowski”] Full transcript below video. Video Transcript Header image photo by Stephanie McCabe on Unsplash
Are You “Just a Teacher?”
I had an interesting experience a while back returning home from a conference. I had to practically run out the door of the conference right after my presentation, as I had a flight to catch and the turnaround time was, shall we say, a little bit tight. My good friend Jeff was at the conference presenting also and drove me … Read More
7 Ways to Make Learning Impossible in Your Classroom
We talk a lot about how to increase student achievement and improve learning in our classrooms. A lot of these conversations are centered around what needs to be added or changed in a classroom, NOT what should be removed. Many of the practices that still exist in classrooms across the country are not only outdated, but they are making progress … Read More