COACHING

===CONVERSATION STARTERS Articles and videos should be available and free online. If not, please let me know. ===

[|Rigor] A takeoff on misunderstandings of rigor. Funny! Added 7/2/13. [|Thinking About Thinking] if preKs can Generate-Sort-Connect-Elaborate in this thinking activity, everyone can. VIDEO. 16 minutes. [|Barry Lane's More Than a Number] great song to provoke conversation [|Literacy 2.0 - The New Frontier in The Digital Age]- IRA and Bam radio partnership to bring podcasts from leaders in the field [|Do You Believe In Me?] 5th grade boy is the keynote speaker at Dallas School Convocation [|Mindset] Articles and site by Carol Dweck, How Not To Talk To Your Kids [|Podcast]Teachers Affect How Students Perform (Article, too) [|Science Teacher] "We had some spectacular failures..." Video added 5.8.13.

===ARTICLES for Teacher Socratic Seminars, PLCs or Staff Meetings === [|5 Tips to Avoid Teacher Burnout] - Edutopia [|7 Tips for Maximizing PD] - Ed Leadersip [|10 Questions to Ask Yourself] from What Ed Said: topics to consider to self-asess one's teaching. If you don't see the article, scroll down to older issues. The site is a gold mine of succinct, one-page, thought-provoking articles to spark discussion. [|In Pursuit of The Perfect Brainstorm] Business leaders tell The New York Times that we need students who can think. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Guess my Lexile] Education Week Teacher Web Magazine <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Rigor Redefined] Tony Wagner, Transforming Education <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">[|Robert Marzano describes PLCs] in iObservation: 6:07 minutes plus a series of 10 videos: What do we know for sure and how can we get this information to teachers? <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Solution Tree: Rebecca DuFour, 4 Critical Questions of a PLC]: 1:33 minutes <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Teachers As Brain Changers] - Education Week Teacher <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Brain-Based Teaching and Testing] Eric Jensen article; perfect for staff meeting or PLC [|We Used To Think] What we think now about how to teach learning [|What The Kardashians Taught Me About Reading] - excellent & practical How to Coach a Resistant Teacher [|Part 1] [|Part 2] [|Part 3] Added 5/9/13.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|20 Ways to Keep Your Kids' Attention]- article but there's a website, too. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|ENGAGEMENT] - TESA - Teacher Education Student Achievement - Engagement Activities <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|What Engages Kids In Their Own Words] - love this article, which does what the title says [|New Ways to Get Their Attention] Blog, "Confessions of a Nerdy Teacher," List of strategies [|Transitions] 14 minute Video Teacher Channel; 2/2/13
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|15 Ways to Vary Instruction] by Jim Burke to spur discussion about differentiation. [|Pace] Edutopia writer offers 7 tips for lesson planning and flow of the lesson. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span class="gmw_">[|The Do's And Dont's of Teaching] Suggestions for new teachers from a second year teacher. ASCD Membership. <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Reduce Teacher Talk Time] by Ivan Senisse - This is actually a PowerPoint posted by the author, which outlines strategies for increasing the time students talk in the classroom.
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<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Links are working as of 5/27/13