Peer observation is just one of the many ways teacher teams can work together to enhance student experiences. Everyone--even the host--walks away a better teacher.
Collaborating with Teaching Assistants and Paraprofessionals: Stronger Together Blog Series
Learn three tips for working with support staff and read an interview between Leah and her teaching assistant, Lucy.
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Stronger Together: How Tech Specialists Can Support Writing
Today, Two Writing Teachers brings you a voice from the community. Anna Davis is a Technology Integration Coach for Northbrook / Glenview District 30 where I teach. Anna's pretty humble in her responses, so I'll take it upon myself to tell you: Anna works miracles. It's not just that she comes with a wide range of knowledge about apps, strategies and hardware. Anna helps teachers like me articulate goals for students, choose effective (and exciting!) ways to get there, and she offers hands-on support both in and out of the classroom. I can only hope that every school has an Anna. Here's what she had to say.
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Collaborating with Occupational Therapists: Stronger Together Blog Series
Occupational therapists not only support students one-on-one, but can be amazingly helpful collaborators!
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Working with Special Education Teachers: Stronger Together Blog Series
Because I began my career as a special education teacher, I feel especially aligned to the professionals within our building who work with students with IEPs. Together, I’ve curated some of their ideas and suggestions as educators work together, inspiring and empowering all children to write.
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It’s Tuesday! Welcome to Slice of Life on #TWTBlog!
Happy Tuesday! Time to write and share a slice of life story with our generous community of writers.
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Coaching à la Carte: Stronger Together Blog Series
In this post I’ve curated some quick coaching possibilities: coaching à la carte, if you will. Each offering on this menu has the potential to have an immediate impact on student learning in the workshop with a minimal time commitment from teachers. It might not be the gold standard, four-course meal of a coaching cycle, but each option is designed to nourish and energize teacher(s), students, and coaches with a quick burst of collaboration.
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Stronger Together: Involving Other Professionals in Your Workshop Blog Series
Get ready for a week of inspiration in our "Stronger Together" blog series! Also, any time you leave a comment on one of this week’s blog posts you’ll be entered into the book giveaway!
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My Top Three Coaching Tools: Planning for Small Groups
Today on the blog, Jessica Carey shares three go-to coaching tools that all support planning for small groups.
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Discover What Writers REALLY Need By Kidwatching
Anytime we pay careful attention and take non-judgemental notes about how students are learning what to do as writers, we gain valuable insight on how to better instruct them.
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Language-Focused Strategy Groups: Supporting Language Learning in Writing Workshop
Do you have ELL students in your classroom? Support their language development within the writing workshop with language-focused strategy groups!
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It’s Tuesday! Time for the Slice of Life with #TWTBlog!
Here we are, once again, at one of my favorite times of the week: the Tuesday Slice of Life post. Write, comment with your blog link, and share the joy by commenting on at least three others' posts. Happy writing! Words have the power to really help us take in the world around us, understand… Continue reading It’s Tuesday! Time for the Slice of Life with #TWTBlog!
