Julie Mason, BetterLesson Coach, and Darcy Mueller, ELA Teacher
Recent Posts
Testing The Waters: Alternatives To Consider If You Don’t Want To Jump Right Into Choice Boards
Published May 29, 2018
We are nearing the school year’s end, and we are starting to think about summer: sun, time off, and swimming! This year we jumped right into refining[...]
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Tips and Tools To Support Your Students To Take The Lead
Published May 09, 2018
Seeing our students take what we give them and run with it is one of the most rewarding parts of teaching. Ultimately, they finish the race alone,[...]
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Tips and Tools For Choice Board Management
Published April 16, 2018
Which activity should I choose? What do I do when I’m done? Can you help me?
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Pulling Back the Curtain: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Choice Board Implementation
Published March 27, 2018
So you’ve made a choice board. You value student agency in the classroom, and you’re ready to try this thing. Before you put your board center stage,[...]
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To Shift or Not to Shift: A Teacher's Progress Towards Using Choice Boards
Published February 15, 2018
In my work as an instructional coach at BetterLesson, I support teachers from New York to Montreal to Egypt to make shifts in their practice and try[...]
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