What do you do when faced with a task that just seems daunting and overwhelming? What helps you feel ready to take on new challenges? Do you ask for ...
Professional Development (7)
Imagine sitting down beside a music student as he practices a new song. As a mentor, your role is to provide feedback to the student on how well he’s ...
When I was in middle school and high school, I frustrated teachers at every turn. I had plenty of ability but wasn’t motivated to put forth much ...
Yes, you read that correctly. The CLASS isn’t reliable in scientific terms. But, it is valid: you can count on the CLASS to measure what is ...
Long before my time developing online professional development for teachers, in my first year of teaching middle school, I received a gift I would ...
“Show. Don’t tell,” said every writing teacher ever. And just as common was students’ response: “Why?” Whether describing a setting sun or explaining ...
If you regularly read this blog, then you probably already know that at Teachstone, we’re big fans of the “strengths-based” coaching approach. What ...
I once gave a cohort of student teachers each a magic wand as they approached their graduation. My colleague Maggie and I told the ...
A couple weeks back, I came across this story in the Washington Post (and another on Ed Central) that nearly made me spit out my morning coffee. One ...
In our earliest implementations, when Teachstone was just being formed, we often heard that teachers were caught off guard by CLASS-based ...