How a Simple Nature Journal Practice Can Nurture Student Engagement in Any Subject
Published March 02, 2021
“I’m just alive and paying attention. The amount of information I can discover and wonder is infinite.” — John Muir Laws, Naturalist Educator
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BetterLesson Appoints Seasoned Educational Technology Leader Matt Kennard as CEO
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Published February 24, 2021
Kennard joins BetterLesson as the company enters stage of exponential growth and looks to scale and optimize business operations.
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Re-Engaging Students Through Telling Their Stories, Sparking their Creativity
Published February 23, 2021
Question: How can I re-engage my students? I fear that I am not connecting with some of my students after so much time in distance learning.
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Leadership Coaching: What It’s Like, Why it Matters
Published February 16, 2021
Leadership in the midst of a global pandemic is no easy task. From research-backed instructional practices to meeting the needs of all learners and[...]
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Teaching Math Isn't Just About Numbers. It's About Us.
Published February 09, 2021
February is Black History Month. However, educators should not limit their focus onor inclusion of Black voices to just this month. Culturally[...]
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Black History Month Reimagined
Published February 02, 2021
I knew that moving from Brooklyn, New York to attend college in Big Sandy, Texas was going to be a culture shock for me. Transferring from the[...]
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Want to Engage Teachers in Instructional Coaching? Don’t Forget the 3 C’s
Published January 19, 2021
If your school uses virtual coaches, you might be grappling with how to best support that relationship and spread the learning to your whole teacher[...]
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How Can Educators Create a Learning Space for Difficult Subjects?
Published January 12, 2021
In the last week of October, one week before the 2020 U.S. election, I facilitated a virtual workshop entitled, Anti-Racism Fundamentals: Building[...]
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Meaningful Tasks: Designing Engaging Learning Experiences in Remote Learning
Published January 05, 2021
As a BetterLesson instructional coach, I have facilitated virtual workshops with hundreds of teachers across all grade levels. One common question[...]
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Don't Lose Your Best Young Teachers Midyear: A Holiday Message for Principals
Published December 17, 2020
I’ve been an educator for almost 30 years. Even with over a decade of experience as a school and district leader, it’s impossible for me to really[...]
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