How Principals Can Support Teachers with New Initiatives
School districts are at a disadvantage when teachers attend training without the benefit of having their principals or department leaders attending that same training.
Teaching Strategies for Tackling Vision Related Problems – Updated
Thank you for your recent, thought-provoking presentation. You mentioned that there are teaching strategies for color-blind students to make it easier for them to learn.
The Best Tech Tools to Accelerate Learning
32+ apps to improve teaching and accelerate learning for school and career Technology has revolutionized the way we approach learning. When I think back to my schooling and how I struggled through lectures and fell asleep on my textbooks trying to cram for my exams, I am a little jealous of the tech [...]
Five Brain Hacks to Learn Faster
Much of my work is helping professionals see that they’re not “bad at learning”; they’re simply trying to learn in a way that doesn’t work for their brains. While my work naturally helps many neurodivergent people, it applies to neurotypical people with different learning styles. One of the things I [...]
What to Do to Help Students Improve Focus
Tips for Difficulty with Attention & Distractions Make use of non-verbal signals to cue student before transitions, or to stop all activity and focus on the teacher.Assign students Task Buddies to help keep partner on task.Seat students near the center of instruction.Seat distractible students s [...]