Eric Snider Installs His Turn and Talk Routine
I’m not really sure where to start in talking about the clip I’m going to share in this post. It’s pretty amazing. It’s of Eric Snider, who teachers English at Achievement First Bushwick Middle School...
View ArticleSome Videos To Go With My ‘Podogogy’ Interview
Had a great conversation with Jon Severs recently on TES’ Podogogy podcast and the interview airs tomorrow 11.29. (6am UK time). Lots of great question with a particular focus on Systems and...
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A Perfect Start to the Day in Tamesha McGuire’s Kindergarten
This week I sat down to watch footage of Tamesha McGuire’s Kindergarten at Uncommon’s Kings Elementary in Brooklyn. Now, technically I’m supposed to give Tamesha feedback first before I post...
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Narrating Positive Behavior: Talking To Students vs Talking About Students
“I love that book, too” vs “I see Brittany is into her book!” Recently I visited a school that used a lot of Narrate the Positive. Class would start. At the beginning of class a typical teacher would...
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Sarah Wright Shows How Joy and Order Go Together
We did too, Sarah. We did too. I’m so happy to share this video. We watched it recently at TLAC towers and have already started using it in our workshops. It’s of Sarah Wright, who teaches English...
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Christine Torres Crushes the ‘Habits of Discussion’
“Start us off, Joseph…” Every time I watch Christine Torres teach I am inspired. Christine is the Middle School Academic Dean at Springfield Prep in Springfield, MA and a fifth grade teacher there....
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Announcing New Upgrades to our TLAC Online Training Modules
Five new modules…and check out the link at the bottom of the post to sample our new site architecture… Our TLAC Online modules just moved to a new home and we think this represents a significant...
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Denise Karratti’s Online Classroom: Great Systems, Great Culture
We expect to be inspired by Hawaii but this is serious…. We’ve been working with Hawaii DOE and a group of ace teaches there to develop good models of online teaching and yesterday I got to see some...
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Notes on Starting a Lesson (Online)
Last week I posted a really great clip of Denise Karratti, a middle school math teacher from Hawaii teaching her kiddos remotely back in May. Her procedures and routines and her culture were...
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Making Hybrid Work: Mika Salazar on Setting Up Your Classroom
For teachers who spent months navigating the transition to all-remote instruction, making a second leap to the “next normal”–hybrid learning–can feel like another massive challenge in an already...
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