Schools across the country are creating intervention plans for students. However, most of these plans fall short and are just mere shells of what they could and should be. Schools are spending thousands of dollars and wasting precious time implementing plans that simply do not work, further frustrating students, teachers and parents. Students are stillContinueContinue reading “5 Ways to Create a Powerful Response to Intervention Plan”
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5 Ways to Differentiate Professional Development for Teachers
We often talk about the need to differentiate instruction to meet the diverse needs of students. Rarely, do we speak of differentiating teacher professional development to meet the diverse needs of teachers. Teachers, like their students, are in different places in their careers. They have different skills sets as well as different areas of strengthContinueContinue reading “5 Ways to Differentiate Professional Development for Teachers”
Five Ways to Filter Assessment Data
Assessments are useless unless you do something with the data. It is not enough to administer assessments to students and then create colorful graphs and charts that display the data. Data must be filtered down in order to see trends, outliers, areas of opportunity, and areas of strength. Overall all percentage numbers are just aContinueContinue reading “Five Ways to Filter Assessment Data”
5 Ways To Improve Teacher Retention
A 2015 National Center of Education Statistics survey on teacher attrition found that about 15% of all teachers leave the profession within five years. A 2015 NPR article states that nearly half of all teachers will leave the school they are currently at, with rates being higher in high-poverty schools. This rate of attrition isContinueContinue reading “5 Ways To Improve Teacher Retention”
5 Ways To Increase Attendance Rates
Every year, schools rewrite plans to address attendance concerns. These plans usually include different incentives like attendance awards such as different tangible prizes, recognition assemblies, and students’ names in the monthly newsletter. Every year, we re-word this same plan and attendance rates stay just about the same. Hours are spent on these plans that don’tContinueContinue reading “5 Ways To Increase Attendance Rates”
5 Tips on Making Assessments Useful in Your Classroom
Assessment doesn’t have to be a “four letter word” in education. Assessments can be quite useful, informative, and purposeful when utilized properly. Unfortunately, assessments are often used to put a grade on a report card or as a district compliance measure that once given, the results are never analyzed. Create smaller, more frequent assessments AssessmentsContinueContinue reading “5 Tips on Making Assessments Useful in Your Classroom”
5 Ways for Principals To Be More Visible
The job of a school principal has evolved over the last several decades. It has gone from manager, to instructional leader, to transformative leader, to everything including the kitchen sink. With everything principals have to do throughout the day, one of the most essential elements of the role is visibility. Here are five ways thatContinueContinue reading “5 Ways for Principals To Be More Visible”
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