Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

04.18.13 Engineering Better Practice…for Students

Julie Kennedy is about as humble and down-to-earth as they come.  If you met her, you might not guess that she’s a Managing Director at Uncommon Schools and that next year she’ll supervise and manage a dozen of New York City’s highest performing schools.   She’d certainly never go out of her way to tell you she’s a…


01.02.13 Teachers at Work (video)

Thought I’d share this footage of some super high-quality practice by teachers.  The teachers hard at work in this video are at one of our recent workshops and include Jennifer Wong-Den, Co-principal at Leadership Prep Brownsville, who’s practicing her Cold Calls and Jessica Hayes, Dean at Excellence CS for Boys, working as the coach.  The idea…