ISTE Standard for Coaches 4:3b “Establish trusting and respectful coaching relationships that encourage educators to explore new instructional strategies.” The flipped learning approach has steadily grown in popularity, especially in the last two decades. There is increasing interest in the flipped classroom community which signifies that more and more educators have implemented some form of…
Think of yourself as a learner. How did you get to where you are right now? What belief system helped you get there? Or what belief system adversely impacted your journey in getting where you want to be? In 2006, Carol Dweck, an American psychologist, author and professor at Stanford University, published a book called…
As a teacher, the words optimal, effective, most suitable, best, efficient, maximum and greatest often catch my attention. I have discovered early in my career that time is of the essence. Time is something that I always need, and most often, not have enough of. It is something I want to redeem and not waste….
In the year 2014-15, the US Department of Education reports that there were 4.8 million English language learners (ELLs) in the K-12 population across the country (https://www2.ed.gov/datastory/el-characteristics/index.html#intro). Students identified as English language learners can participate in language assistance programs that public schools offer to help these students achieve English proficiency and meet educational standards and…
