For some time we’ve been doing increasing work in the medical profession, with medical educators joining us at our workshops and sharing video of their teaching to build their instructional skills. Now, I’m happy to say we are offering our first workshop specific to the medical education community. It’ll consist of 6 90-minute afternoon online workshops…
Several years ago, we piloted the first two cohorts of our Teach like a Champion Fellowship. The TLAC Fellows were a small group of excellent teachers who engaged with the TLAC Team in a sustained multiyear professional development relationship and conversation. The group met regularly—both in person and remotely–to dig deep into the craft of…
As a profession we’ve made a pretty big bet on ‘instructional coaching.’ For good reason. It’s a statement about the importance of teachers–they deserve individualized support and guidance–and our faith in them–if we invest valuable leadership time in them, they will upskill quickly and meaningfully in ways that will result in more student success.. and just…
Had the pleasure of doing a training session for teachers and school leaders in West Texas yesterday at Region 17 Educational Service Center in Lubbock. It was, from my perspective, a great day in which we studied “game film” of teachers. Hopefully it helped folks in the session fall back in love with teaching…
The challenge of post-pandemic schooling in a nutshell: Students face the biggest learning crisis in generation as a result of a year and a half of suboptimal schooling- despite the often heroic efforts of teachers. Many students are struggling emotionally at the same time. Isolation, anxiety, loneliness and depression have spiked at historic rates and…