Let's Talk About Math: 5 Tips For Facilitating Productive Student Discourse in Math Classrooms
The way students learn and interact with Math has changed. Teachers are rapidly learning and adapting to new curriculums, new standards, and shifts[...]
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Starting your Values Based Classroom
Daniel Guerrero is a BetterLesson instructional coach who implemented a values-based classroom to support the generation of a strong class culture.[...]
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How to Develop a Collaborative Professional Learning Structure in your School
As a school or district administrator or instructional coach, have you ever asked yourself the following questions:
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The Power of Data: Instructional Strategies to Help You Create a Data-Driven Classroom
Teachers have become experts at collecting data, both formative and summative, in the classroom. Data alone, though, is just a set of numbers,[...]
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Building Meaningful Relationships is at the Heart of Teaching Students with Disabilities
In the world of teaching that can be overwhelming, find happiness in the fact that great improvement can be derived from taking the time to form a[...]
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How to Create a Culturally Responsive Learning Environment
Are you looking for support as you create inclusive learning experiences for your students? Would you like to learn more about how to address[...]
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Master Teacher Spotlight: Mary Ellen Kanthack
In my work as an instructional coach at BetterLesson I continue to mine the BetterLesson ELA, Math, Blended and Science Master Teacher Project[...]
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BetterLesson’s Instructional Coach Featured on Teaching While White Podcast
Afrika Afeni Mills, BetterLesson’s Instructional Coach and Manager of Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning was featured on the Teaching While[...]
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Designing a Student-Centered Classroom
Do you want your students to be active participants and leaders in creating classroom norms, values, and procedures that are conducive to learning?[...]
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What Teachers and Students Can Accomplish with Project-Based Learning
In our second year working together, Liora Chessin declared she wanted her fifth graders to critically engage with history, a skill set educators[...]
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