Board Shorts
Engagement ramps up when students can work through learning lessons in front of the class, but challenges abound making room for all kids at the board at the same time, …
What Matters is Team
Collective teacher efficacy is the technical term for how to get farther, faster by working together, supporting each other and believing in common outcomes. The strength of the teaching team …
What Matters is You
Teaching is isolating by design, but research shows one of the strongest indicators of effective learning is a teacher’s self confidence. This expands exponentially when a teaching staff collectively believes …
Group Think
When was the last time you asked others for advice when facing a tough challenge? It’s hard enough to admit you have a problem and even harder to seek advice, …
Conversation Starters
Whether teaching religion or navigating a dinner table discussion, engaging kids to share their thoughts and feelings is a challenge for everyone. The universal game of Roses and Thorns is …
Personalized Prayers
Making personal connections with students is a natural and powerful aspect of Catholic education. Hear more about how one teacher made a spiritual connection as well by matching specific saints …
What does a student desk look like?
Classroom size can wreak havoc on classroom design — not to mention how to incorporate individual learning vs. lectures vs. small groups and everything in between. But structure and creativity …
If you can get 8th graders to do it, everyone will do it
The 8th grade class in a school from Dallas, Texas took their reigns of their destiny by self-identifying what they think an ideal 8th grade student should look like and …
Planning Makes Perfect
Teachers already know the benefits of data and measurements, but empowering students of all ages on the benefits of executive functions is a lifelong skill. Hear what a principal did …
Lessons Learned
Building on outcomes and evidence of learning, now you can start mapping out instruction time and lesson plans. Like little clocks, kids love patterns of consistent and predictable learning systems.