We’re excited to share this fantastic video of Jen Brimming’s English lesson at Marine Academy Plymouth. Jen and her colleagues have been working hard to make their classrooms more energetic and dynamic across the school and have been focusing on adding Turn and Talk and Call and Response into their common methods of participation to support…
We are happy to announce that our TLAC Online modules have been fully revised and updated to align with Teach Like a Champion 3.0. In the modules, as in 3.0, we tried our best to focus on the impact each technique has on students, supporting educators in using the techniques strategically, to serve students and help…
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I came across an interesting article last week on how the Orioles’ farm system is re-thinking batting practice and thought I’d share some reflections here. The article, by Steve Melewski for MASN sports network, describes how the Orioles have reworked bating practice to better prepare and develop hitters. Though the article doesn’t mention it, the changes…
Just a few more weeks now til TLAC 3.0 drops. But of course the new school year is already underway so I’ve been trying to share excerpts in advance. Here’s the beginning of the write-up on Turn and Talk, with amazing video of BreOnna TIndall and Sarah Wright’s classrooms. Turn and Talk—a short, contained pair discussion—is…
To make up for the delay in the publication of TLAC 3.0, I’m trying to post excerpts that readers will find useful. Here’s part of the discussion of the technique Warm/Strict: In Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain, Zaretta Hammond describes the critical importance of teachers who are what she calls “warm demanders”: those who…