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Hello Reader! We have opened two Coaches Circles on September 23rd, 12:30pm Pacific and 3:30pm Pacific. A Coaches Circle is a time for teacher coaches to come together to discuss what's working in their practice and what challenges are arising. We will use protocols and questioning to help each other prepare for upcoming coaching conversations and situations. Bring your positive juju and afternoon cuppa. Register for the 12:30pm PDT Circle here. Register for the 3:30pm PDT Circle here. We...

Hello Reader! Here is your Tuesday list of resources for you! Podcast: We so appreciate our listeners and would love to hear if you have ideas for guests and topics. Our list is long, however we will see what we can fit in or we can let you know if your idea is coming up! Listen to the pod on all the platforms like Apple, Spotify, iHeart Radio and YouTube. We would love a review wherever you listen. You also can follow us on Instagram. This week: Ep 116 — Christine and Tammy talk about Zombie...

Hello Reader! Remember that binder? Imagine you closed the binder from last week and made a decision that felt smaller than it was. Rather than trying all twelve strategies, you picked one: let’s say, better formative feedback, the kind students can actually act on instead of a grade they file away and forget. It sounds simple, and yet the first few days are harder than expected! Old habits are loud! You might catch yourself reaching for the quick check mark, the good job, the shorthand you...

Hello Reader! Here is your Tuesday list of resources for you! Podcast: We so appreciate our listeners and would love to hear if you have ideas for guests and topics. Our list is long, however we will see what we can fit in or we can let you know if your idea is coming up! Listen to the pod on all the platforms like Apple, Spotify, iHeart Radio and YouTube. We would love a review wherever you listen. You also can follow us on Instagram. This week: Season 7 Preview! Listen in to some of the...

Hello Reader! A teacher we all know spent August in a familiar way... She went to three professional development sessions, bought a stack of new books, and came home from each one with a fresh strategy she was certain would change her classroom. By the time the first day of school arrived, she had a binder with twelve tabs in it: restorative circles, retrieval practice, a new grading philosophy, a seating chart system, two different note-taking frameworks, and more. She opened the binder on...

Hello Reader! Some weekly resources for you! Podcast: We so appreciate our listeners and would love to hear if you have ideas for guests and topics. Our list is long, however we will see what we can fit in or we can let you know if your idea is coming up! Listen to the pod on all the platforms like Apple, Spotify, iHeart Radio and YouTube. We would love a review wherever you listen. You also can follow us on Instagram. This week: Summer Series Ep. 7 - Two-Hour Deadlines? from an instructional...

Hello Reader! The best thing you can do right now is check your pace. Your first week(s) of school are electric, aren't they? New faces, fresh energy, the careful and tentative magic of a community that doesn't yet know itself. There is something poetic about it… the possibility of a beginning, the sense that this year could be different, the way students and educators size each other up with equal parts hope and uncertainty. And it's also exhausting! The First Weeks’ Wrong Pace The first...