Hi Y’all, we’re back with a brand new episode! Firstly, my motivation at work is going down hill, and I feel the same thing is happening to my students. I think that the “burnout” is real right now. All the pressure of state testing, data collecting, and the daily schedule has caught up to all of us. However, during these … Read More
Key Considerations for Student Progress Monitoring
Key Considerations for Student Progress Monitoring Video Highlights: Allows students to have a role and voice in advocating for their needs and progress. Progress monitoring needs to be a living, breathing document/element of your class that allows students to share their learning. Students can share a variety of things, such as their learning, questions, comments, and feedback to other students. … Read More
A Conversation from the Couch (ft. Tracey Taylor)
A spontaneous conversation I had with my (at the time) girlfriend, Tracey Taylor. Tracey is my wife, a landscape painter and photographer, as well as a middle school art teacher, living and working in Albuquerque, NM. Listen to our first conversation in what will be a mini-series of episodes. MORE EPISODES
4 Tips to Reimagine Assessment
TL;DR: Assessment should be a series of events, each leading to the next moment of improvement. Reimagine assessment by determining what you value and seeking assessment that leads to instruction. Understand that “one and done” is not enough and consider consistency and recency when assessing. As I am writing this, March Madness is ramping up. It is my favorite time … Read More
Superhero Teachers Empower Superhero Students
TL;DR: Superhero teachers create and empower superhero students. Creating thriving super-students comes down to these big ideas: nurturing heart, developing mind, and cultivating will. Teaching isn’t about grades, standards, and tests. It’s about inspiring the inner superhero of each child. “All our energy has gone into stretching kids’ cognitive abilities and neglecting the human side—the source of energy, joy, inspiration, … Read More