Coaching Teachers on Remote or Hybrid Learning: 5 Lessons Learned
Published October 22, 2020
As a secondary school special education and math teacher, my favorite moments were when I watched students look at a math problem, select a strategy,[...]
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Building Social Emotional Learning into Your Classroom
Published January 14, 2020
In the last 10 years, research has increasingly confirmed what many teachers have always known: that students’ non-cognitive skills—such as their[...]
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3 Ways Coaching Helps Change Habits
Published January 07, 2020
Many teachers set classroom goals at the start of the school year in August or September, but once school begins, they find that those goals are[...]
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Looking Back to Better Look Ahead: The PRO Co-Reflective Protocol
Published December 17, 2019
If you are an instructional coach or school-based administrator, have you wanted to pause and reflect with the teachers you support at this time of[...]
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How Instructional Coaches Can Support Teachers in the Writing Process
Published October 01, 2019
This is the second blog in our Newsela student-centered literacy blog series. You can find the first installment here and the third installment here.
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How My Coach Helped Me Transition to a Student-Centered Classroom
Published June 13, 2019
I have been working with my BetterLesson coach, Valerie, for the past two years to make my Jewish Studies classes more student-centered by focusing[...]
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Five Lessons I Learned Becoming a Blended Learning Coach
Published May 30, 2019
As a teacher, it became evident to me early on that my instruction could be more relevant to my students and more personalized to their needs. And as[...]
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Define-Explore-Build: Three Simple Steps to Make Your PD More Actionable
Published May 02, 2019
"I hope this PD will allow me to leave with something I can actually use in my own classroom!"
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Virtual Coaching: Three Factors to Consider When Engaging Adult Learners in Professional Development
Published April 25, 2019
Whether you’re an administrator, teacher leader, or practicing educator, you've likely done it. Done what? If you've participated in a professional[...]
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Tech Supports for Authentic Language Development
Published March 21, 2019
Synthesize. Analyze. Sequence. Summarize. Classify.
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