The Pros and Cons of Co-Teaching via Team Teaching
There are pros and cons to co-teaching and it is important to understand both before deciding whether it will work for you and your classroom.
How One Teacher Used Visuals and Groups to Chunk Her Lesson
In Ms. Crissy Amerson's sixth grade Language Arts classroom, she and her paraprofessional, Linda Maldanado, chunked the lesson plan integrating visuals, video and group process to maintain student engagement and focus. She applied several strategies that we had discussed the previous day to enhance and differentiate her language arts lesson on adjectives.
Implementing Successful RTI at the Secondary Level
As a teacher, learn how to adapt your approaches, and to differentiate for your students, in ways that benefit them at whatever level of development they happen to be. Implementing successful RTI at the secondary level is a challenge that yields rich rewards.
Redirect Students without Provoking Power Struggles
Behavior Management Cue Card Approach! Here's a way to quietly cue students to choose positive behavior. Use a cue card!
Make Your Classroom Lighting Learner Friendly
I was walking down a hallway at North Elementary school in Lamesa, TX and glanced into a room that had pink and white cloth hanging from the lights. Finally, I get to SEE it in a classroom again! I've been telling audiences about this strategy - how to use colored lighting to enhance learning - for years; though usually by using blue fire retardant cloth.