Innovative takeaways were the name of the game at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Annual Meeting in February of this year. Timothy Boerst from the School of Education at the University of Michigan and Meghan Shaughnessy of Boston University presented on “Using Video to Learn to Do the Work of Teaching…
Learning Forward’s April issue of its journal, The Learning Professional, featured a piece from Valerie Minor and Suzanne McGahey of the Keller (Texas) Independent School District reflecting on teacher professional development using video coaching. “We envisioned creating an ever-growing network of excellent teachers… We quickly realized we needed a platform in which to house the…
This spring, we asked you to nominate the best teacher leaders making an outstanding impact in their district and creating spheres of influence extending beyond the classroom… and you answered! Here are the nine honorees of our first Teacher Leader Impact Award. Each teacher below is doing incredible work, and we could not be more…
Teachers are exploring the best ways to approach student assessment in the era of technology. Nontraditional and creative checks for understanding can help educators gather essential information. In a world of technological resources, teachers find that student assessment is becoming more challenging as students can find answers at the click of a button. Co-author of The…
Who among us hasn’t experienced, or at least heard of, the advantages of yoga? In addition to the mental and physical health benefits, it also gives us a framework to understand why feedback-driven coaching for teachers leads to the greatest growth. What does coaching teachers have to do with getting better at yoga? Feedback is…