Had the opportunity to talk teaching with an amazing group of math, science and technology teachers from my own region in the New York State Master Teacher Program on Saturday. This post is specifically a follow-up to share two more examples of Cold Call, one of the techniques we discussed during the session, but the clips…
Cold Call is a technique that instantly brings accountability to the classroom. That’s pretty obvious. But at its best it brings a distinctly positive form of accountability. We’ve been focusing on this idea in our trainings–emphasizing that moments of accountability are often ideal for warmth and positivity. Put another way, the Cold Call has already…
When our team watches footage of teachers in action, we often find ourselves observing classrooms that are in full bloom. Expectations have been internalized, procedures have become routines, and the room is already abuzz with the sounds of learning. This kind of footage is great for illustrating what classrooms can look like when a culture of…
Michaela was an orderly place- strikingly orderly, even by my standards and that’s probably saying something. But it was also a happy place, to a degree that was a tiny bit surprising even to someone like me who came in believing that students are happier in an orderly school. Smiles were everywhere. Could have been the…
I stopped into TLaC 2.0 cover boy Bryan Belanger’s math class this morning for about 10 minutes on my way to a meeting. I observed a tiny moment of brilliance. Here’s what he did. Bryan gave his students this problem to solve independently: Which of the following functions would be parallel to the line y=3x? Select…