We’re up in Albany this morning studying Engaging Academics with folks from around the country. Our first topic is Wait Time and as with any workshop we’ve learned a ton from our participants. Here are some of their observations: Naomi Ali of Syracuse City School District noted, in observing in one video students slowly and thoughtfully…
Imagine for a minute a school that provides lots of useful feedback to teachers. Perhaps this describes your own school. Trusted colleagues and peers frequently see you teach. They have a shared vision of successful teaching that aligns to your own in large part and they take time to give you concrete practical advice to help…
Thousands of teachers used the Teach Like a Champion Field Guide to help them implement, trouble shoot and refine their application of the techniques in the first version of the book. Now that the first version has been revised and taken out of print and there’s a new improved version, some teachers might feel left in the…
Ronnie Seneque is a 16 year veteran teacher at Kramer Middle School in Southeast, Washington DC. It’s a high-need (100% frpl) school in one of the country’s fastest improving major school districts. He’s read Teach Like a Champion, Teach Like a Champion 2.0 and Practice Perfect in addition to having attended our workshops. Recently he wrote to…
If you read the first part of this guest post on the topic of peer tutoring by Kipp Infinity’s Jeff Li, you’ve probably been eagerly awaiting the second part. So here it is [Cue fanfare]. In this part Jeff describes what makes for a successful tutor and shares some of his student’s own reflections. WHAT MAKES…