TLAC Online is Teach Like a Champion’s platform for teachers to learn and practice our techniques. This summer we nearly doubled the Engaging Academics content! We added five five new modules to help increase student engagement in your classroom. Ratio: Improve the level of student engagement and thinking in your classroom with this reflection activity….
Recently, I wrote about Means of Participation– how at the beginning of the year it’s critically important to design and optimize and make a habit out of the way students answer questions–with attention to the details. I shared a video of Sadie McCleary’s Turn and Talk/Cold Call procedures and how they deepened and broadened…
The beginning of the year is the time to be installing strong procedures and routines in the classroom. It’s one of the most important things you can do to set yourself up for a productive and positive year of learning. When there’s a right way to do a task and it’s familiar to the point of…
Are you looking for a curriculum to help students engage more positively in school and to support students’ character development? Look no further! We are thrilled to announce the release of our School Culture Curriculum for high school students! Our high school curriculum can be used proactively in an advisory or homeroom block, responsively to…
In our workshops on Cold Call we often provide a summary of four key things teachers can do while Cold Calling to ensure that the experience is positive, productive and successful. They are: 1) Preparation. Giving students time to prepare answers before a Cold Call helps them to develop quality ideas and often rehearse them in…