Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 2, 2018

A first-grade class may have students who are struggling to decode while other students are reading at a third-grade level. This presents significant challenges as teachers attempt to support students below grade-level while challenging those readers who are above grade level. ElemBookClubDirections. ElemBookClubTemplate.

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Coaching English Participation Assignments 402

eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

Key points: AI’s instant feedback may help students from feeling lost during instruction Most teachers agree AI is a time-saver With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts For more news on AI and instruction, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub This press release originally appeared online.

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Math Participation Feedback High School 257

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Instead of being assigned a book they must read, students are given a menu of books to choose from and the teacher groups them according to their book selection. While coaching a teacher in Palm Springs, I developed a digital notebook using Google Slides that teachers can use to facilitate a book club or literature circle unit.

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Coaching Motivation Reading Assignments 408

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 7, 2020

In a previous post, I described how blended learning models could make this challenging teaching assignment more manageable ; however, that post assumes that teachers are familiar with blended learning. a unit of study or grading period) can help students form relationships with classmates and feel more connected to a learning community.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2020

Fifth-grade teacher Kim Voge has had students literally beg her to give them more writing assignments. A big concern for teachers in shifting to remote instruction has been how to manage students and make sure they complete assignments without watching over them all day. Focus on student ownership.

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Learning Assignments Coaching Elementary School 332

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 25, 2019

In my work as a blended learning coach, I observe a lot of teachers facilitating blended lessons. Many teachers collect homework and take piles of student work home to grade. Homework is designed to be practice, so I’ve never understood why it is graded and often becomes punitive. 5TeacherLed.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

My work focuses on supporting leaders, coaches, and teachers in transitioning from traditional teaching practices to blended learning. Students may lose points on homework assignments or practice activities because they answered questions incorrectly. Blended learning is the combination of active, engaged learning online and offline.

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Blended Learning Feedback Coaching Achievement 506

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 12, 2019

I remind the teachers I coach that students will only lean into learning if they feel comfortable and safe in our classrooms. What are you assigning and why? What is the learning objective or value of each assignment? What are you grading and why ? Do your grades evaluate knowledge, skills, compliance?

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 21, 2019

Most of the schools where I coach have a wonky Wednesday schedule that I have to navigate with teachers when we co-lesson plan together. When I coach elementary teachers, we use audio recording tools in apps like Remind or Class Dojo to record audio updates about student progress. 5 Playlists & Conferencing.

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Metacognitive Skills Blended Learning Coaching Feedback 336

eSchool News

JULY 3, 2020

At the school, I am a half-time ESL teacher and a half-time Instructional Support Coach. So a typical day would be seeing students, maybe two or three grade levels, in a small group for about half a day. Other days I am training teachers and co-teaching, which is my favorite coaching method.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 28, 2023

The “must-do” activities are critical to mastering grade-level content and skills. The “may-do” activities are useful for mastering grade-level content and skills but not essential. This allows students to work at their own pace and provides them with a range of activities to choose from.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2015

“MobyMax … finds the holes in my students’ academic experience and fills them, contributing to a rock-solid foundation,” said Tim Swanson, a second-grade teacher who is also the school’s technology coach. grade levels after an average of 26 hours using MobyMax.

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Curriculum Skills Elementary School Elementary School 274

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 14, 2021

The PLCs are composed of teachers who teach similar grade levels and/or subject areas. In the last year, I’ve encouraged school leaders, coaches, and teachers to consider using the 5Es instructional model to guide their work in PLCs. What is challenging about their teaching assignments? My rationale is two-fold.

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Teachers Blended Learning Learning Evaluation 425

eSchool News

APRIL 30, 2024

In 1995, I became the Educational Technology Coach for the Verona Area High School. As the Educational Technology Coach, I support the classroom teachers I serve by modeling innovative technology strategies, co-planning lessons, co-teaching, curating research and resources, analyzing student usage data, and many other strategies.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2023

Educators may find their assignments and assessments become obsolete quickly,” he says. Educators may find their assignments and assessments become obsolete quickly. Training educators is top of mind for leaders like Daniel-Hardy, though the Gulfport district hasn’t launched any formal coaching yet. “We

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2020

eSN’s own Dennis Pierce writes an amazing story on how fifth-grade teacher Kim Voge has had students literally beg her to give them more writing assignments. When students take ownership of their education, online learning is more likely to succeed. Read it now: 5 strategies for independent learning.

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eSchool News

JULY 10, 2020

6th Grade Social Science Teacher. That’s when I met my tech coach and really began to learn how to best use technology. She would come into my class about once a month, or as often as I wanted, and would help me recreate assignments so that the students can do them using their iPads. Danielle Carlisle. Los Coyotes Middle School.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This is my first year as a teacher and I’m teaching sixth grade, so both my students and I are new to the school. I teach 12th grade now, but when I was a middle school teacher, I was constantly thinking of ways to reach students. Sixth grade teachers can also facilitate collaboration. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.

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Teachers Middle School Middle School Failure 325

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Maybe they forget to turn in assignments, have trouble organizing their thoughts, or feel overwhelmed by fast-paced lessons. To address this, AEF integrates executive functioning coaching into daily instruction. Every student maintains a daily agenda where teachers jot down assignments, reminders, and important updates.

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Skills Schools Learning Students 138

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 6, 2022

What is wrong with grades? Instructors and students have different ideas about what grades are supposed to measure: Should they be about how much students have learned? Grades can perpetuate bias , inequalities, and injustice, reduce student motivation and willingness to challenge themselves , and add enormous administrative burdens.

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Grades Instructors Motivation Metacognitive Skills 122

eSchool News

DECEMBER 27, 2018

The era of students defaulting to one assigned neighborhood school is on the decline as parents are granted the empowerment and responsibility to choose a school for their child from multiple options. Vrain Valley (CO) School District, for example, began using peer coaching to address its teacher and substitute shortage.

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Education Coaching Feedback Testing 279

eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2023

This is my first year as a teacher and I’m teaching sixth grade, so both my students and I are new to the school. I teach 12th grade now, but when I was a middle school teacher, I was constantly thinking of ways to reach students. Sixth grade teachers can also facilitate collaboration. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters.

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Teachers Middle School Middle School Failure 286

eSchool News

MAY 15, 2024

In response, I’ve adapted my teaching approach to make assignments more interactive. These days, I’m assigning far less homework and have shifted away from busywork toward more purposeful and enriching activities. Nancy Chung is a 5th-grade teacher at Orchard Hills School and host of The Schoolyard Podcast by School Specialty.

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Education Schools Math Science 312

eSchool News

AUGUST 17, 2015

The New York and Florida versions of Waggle help students in grades 2–8 master math and ELA skills, while the Pennsylvania version covers grades 3–8. The “Find Instructional Material” functionality recommends lessons and resources that are aligned to each state’s standards from Triumph Learning’s Coach curriculum.

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Coaching Learning Math English 193

Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2020

It’s really hard to have a routine with changing expectations week by week,” said Angela Estrella, an instructional coach at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education. While many teachers are assigning less work, some of her students—particularly in her AP calculus class—are doing extra and optional work. However, St.

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Learning Feedback Assignments Coaching 211

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The flexible, individualized and 100% online learning experience is open to learners aged 18 or older who have completed 9th grade. Students go through a guided, asynchronous course experience, monitored by course coaches and student success champions, that is designed to move students through their coursework efficiently.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 12, 2024

While my colleague was asked to lead a grade-level team, I was tapped to head up the school’s Black History Month programming. On the weekend, she led a scholars program while I coached the basketball team. And while these assignments were mostly enjoyable, they didn’t prepare me for the next steps on my leadership journey.

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Schools Elementary School Elementary School Fairness 328

eSchool News

JANUARY 4, 2017

Here, five school-level educators (teachers, coaches, and librarians) share their lightbulb moments during the past 12 months—and why they’re excited for the future. As a teacher and tech coach, that’s hard to do, particularly with family obligations. Eve Heaton, Instructional Technology Coach, Beaufort County School District (SC).

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Failure Coaching Education Learning 198

eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2024

To support their professional growth, teachers will also have continued access to the AI Coach platform , which enables them to watch and reflect on videos of their classroom instruction, set professional goals, and receive personalized observation tips, coaching, and resources from a virtual, computerized AI coach.

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Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 337

eSchool News

AUGUST 6, 2018

However, over the past year, we have developed an approach that allows us to run an affordable and sustainable PD program aimed at systematically identifying and addressing student needs through instructional leadership and personalized teacher coaching. Form instructional leadership teams that focus on strategy and action.

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Achievement Culture Coaching Assignments 252

Edsurge

JANUARY 23, 2025

An instructional coach for K-5 math teachers in Milwaukee Public Schools in Wisconsin, Robinson can find herself zipping around several of the schools she works with in the city to assist teachers, give workshops or try to help vice principals grasp the nuances of math instruction. Parents anxiety can also be passed down to their children.

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Math Coaching Elementary School Elementary School 184

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

I recall one student who would wait until the night of the assignment deadline to dive into their schoolwork. All too often, they would wind up needing to ask their instructor a question about the assignment but had no time to receive an answer before the deadline passed. Don’t wait for an assignment notification to get started.

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eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2025

Do you support student use of AI in school and/or for assignments? Some educators (3 percent) are even using AI to save over 10 hours a week, said Jonathan Park, head of AI at Twinkl. In terms of tools frequent AI users would like to have, the following topped teacher wish lists: 64 percent: An AI tool for lesson content creation (e.g.

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Teachers Ethics Exams Coaching 213

eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2021

On the backend, each learning assessment item in TEL courses, such as quizzes, assignments, and quiz questions, is aligned to metadata that indicates specific learning outcomes and Mastery Standards connected to the item, as well as a difficulty level. TEL’s Connected Ecosystem. integrated with the TEL LMS.

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Learning Education Students Quizzes 269

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 6, 2022

What is wrong with grades? Instructors and students have different ideas about what grades are supposed to measure: Should they be about how much students have learned? Grades can perpetuate bias , inequalities, and injustice, reduce student motivation and willingness to challenge themselves , and add enormous administrative burdens.

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Grades Instructors Motivation Metacognitive Skills 98

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

“Synchronous online learning” generally refers to live learning activities that must happen at a set time (often over Zoom or a similar platform), while “asynchronous online learning” refers to almost everything else (completing assignments, doing readings, watching videos, etc.).

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Lecturing Disabilities Assignments Learning 218

Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2020

When we decided that we’d be giving our sixth-grade students control over their own learning this year, our colleagues told us we were crazy. Last summer, we, along with other members of the sixth grade teaching staff at our school, adopted the Modern Classrooms model. Here’s how we do this in our own sixth grade classrooms.

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Blended Learning Middle School Middle School Motivation 218