Articles For Leaders
How Do I Make Sure I’m a Good Coach? | For Coaches, District Leaders, and Team Leaders
Here’s a question that came to me recently: “I’m a coach of teachers who are experienced and doing well. How do I make sure that I’m a good coach for teachers who are already flourishing?”
Principals, Teachers, and Trust | For Principals
Principals, this one's for you! The number one reason I find that teachers don't trust principals is they know, or they perceive, that the principal doesn't know the content. So principals, if you’re trying to figure out how you can strengthen or build trust...
Never Say It’s Just Good Teaching! | For Teachers & Principals
Here are just a couple of reasons as to why I think “it’s just good teaching” is the worst thing that we can say in education.
Restating the Thesis in the Conclusion | For Teachers
Confession: when I was a student, I never knew how to end my essays, so they always ended very randomly and abruptly! I don't want that to happen to your students, so let's give them some help. Here are three simple ways to restate the thesis in a conclusion...
Has Close Reading Lost All Its Power? | For Teachers, Principals, District Leaders
Today, I have a bone to pick about close reading. Everywhere I look these days, it seems like virtually everyone is talking about “close reading.” And I realized that we’re calling just about everything close reading and by doing that, it’s at the point where it's...
What’s the Deal with this Blog, Anyway? | For Teachers, Coaches, Principals, and District Leaders
As I am sure you've noticed, we're coming out with some blog posts about some of the most important topics in teaching, ones that you're talking about right now. These blog posts are 100% in response to questions that you are asking! This blog is a place for us to...
Discipline vs Redirection in the Classroom | For Teachers, Coaches, and Principals
I often hear a lot of teachers talking about their kids like: Oh, my kids were so bad today! Or We had the worst day, I was just disciplining all day long. But often what they are REALLY talking about is redirecting kids, and that’s just a general part of classroom...
Urgent Letter to School Principals and Leaders
To School Principals and Instructional Leaders at the District Level, I write this to you as we are on our umpteenth day of quarantine, trying to get back to some semblance of normal...whatever that means anymore! As I've taken a couple of weeks to just watch what...
“Get Back On Track” Questions for school leaders (and an example)
I suffer from good-idea-itis. I have trouble sorting out the good ideas from the good ideas that are right for my organization. Can you relate? When we work with schools, we see a bunch of hugely motivated people often working on the wrong thing. Or at least the...