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. For any teacher reading this post looking for strategies and support, I want to thank you for doing this job. You matter.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 29, 2018

So my job as a blended learning coach is to help teachers take what they have and create dynamic blended lessons that weave together online and offline elements. I use StudySync with my students and want to model what this process looks like with a StudySync lesson. Below are the resources mentioned in the video above. wholegrouprotation.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 25, 2019

As I was reading “From Transactional to Transformational Leadership” by Bernard Bass, I was struck by the parallels between leadership and teaching. They use reward charts and other external incentives, like class parties or the promise of points, to entice students to follow directions, complete assignments, and pay attention in class.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Every test score, attendance log, learning app, or digital assignment generates data. Data literacy in a school context means more than reading charts or calculating averages. Coaching, co-teaching models, and collaborative inquiry teams can also build teacher capacity and create shared language around data use.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2020

Read it now: The blended learning models that can help schools reopen. Read it now: 5 predictions for post-COVID learning. 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.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 5, 2023

I know many teachers reading this don’t have flexible furniture. When I coach teachers using the station rotation model that combines individual and collaborative learning activities both online and offline , we talk about how to arrange the furniture in the room to communicate the type of task students are doing.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The program will utilize federal funds under the Every Student Succeeds Act, Title II and feature CORE’s Online Elementary Reading Academy (OERA), as well as individualized coaching sessions for each participating teacher. Portland, Ore., Oakland, Calif., Instructors will provide support to participants through feedback and dialogue.

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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. It covers reading, writing, vocabulary, language, math, fact fluency, number sense, and science. “The

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Each year, we share our 10 most-read stories. Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on equity, edtech innovation, immersive learning, and the science of reading. This year’s 9th most-read story focuses on first-year teaching supports. This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. newsletters.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 12, 2019

” I know a lot of teachers who spend the summer reading, reflecting, and refocusing, but it is hard to take those resolutions we make in summer and put them into practice during the chaos of first few weeks of school. What are you assigning and why? What is the learning objective or value of each assignment?

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2024

For example, suppose small groups of students are discussing a text they’ve read, a video they watched, or a podcast they listened to. formal writing assignment, performance task, project). That way, they can pull the feedback loop into the classroom, making it focused, timely, and actionable.

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eSchool News

MAY 13, 2019

Video coaching with Edthena provides us with a sustainable and scalable professional development model. Being able to leave timestamped comments has allowed us as coaches to create conversations at the specific point in time that we want the teacher to reflect on. Kristen Koeller, RTI instructional coach, Livermore, Calif.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

Like many educators, Christy Stanley wants her students to practice close reading and deep learning. They don’t know how to slow down their reading.” Three years ago, Stanley’s district discovered a powerful ally in its quest to get kids to pause and really process what they’re reading. I was impressed,” says Stanley.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 14, 2021

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? Looking for a summer read? My rationale is two-fold. For example, what pedagogical problems are they currently facing?

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 5, 2023

From Teacher-led to Student-centered with Blended Learning As a blended learning coach and professional learning facilitator, I assist teachers in transitioning from traditional, teacher-led instruction to more student-centric approaches using blended learning models. Teachers are often intrigued by the station rotation model specifically.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2018

What leads to reading success? In my view, success with reading doesn’t follow from drill and kill practices that stifle interest and motivation. Additionally, nonfiction content that showcases stories of success and hope for people of color drives reading motivation for racially diverse students.

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k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Maybe they forget to turn in assignments, have trouble organizing their thoughts, or feel overwhelmed by fast-paced lessons. Whether its reinforcing math concepts, improving reading comprehension, or learning a new language, these resources make learning more engaging and effective.

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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

JULY 10, 2020

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.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

The 2018 Honor Roll: EdTech’s Must-Read K-12 IT Blogs. Our list of Must-Read K—12 IT Blogs includes a mixture of teachers, instructional technology specialists, IT leaders, administrators and consultants. If you’d like to check out the Must-Read IT blogs from previous years, view our lists from 2017 , 2016 , 2015 , 2014 and 2013.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2020

From “ teacher caravans ” to virtual office hours, read alouds, and dance breaks, they have provided students with much-needed support to complement their education during a time of unprecedented disruption. Our approach is rooted in the belief that all families, regardless of circumstance, can benefit from coaching.

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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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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2023

Students can read articles, watch videos, and listen to podcasts to learn. Instead of seeing their value as instructors and experts, we explored the teacher’s role as facilitator and coach, guiding individual and small groups of students in their journey toward mastering concepts and skills.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Keep reading to discover how this district keeps learning going in the middle of a global pandemic. Reaching every student in a large urban district with 87,000 students is a formidable assignment, but the district achieves it using Go Centers staffed by college and career readiness coaches. Nominated by : Xello.

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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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eSchool News

MAY 31, 2017

The SEEK™ acronym is a method that allows students to read and decode art. Cheri knows that the best solutions live within educators, and so coaches them in planning their own next steps. She also serves as a Crayola Education Consultant and coaches/manages assignments of Crayola freelance writers.

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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. Or they prefer reading and literacy over math.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

This is perhaps the greatest misconception about my goals as a teacher coach and, after speaking with colleagues in similar roles at schools around the country, I know I’m not the only one who wants to debunk this assumption. The most common example of essay assignments as summative assessment is an analysis of literature in English class.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The work I do with my students — coaching them as they use technology to create digital content as advocates for their communities and kids like them — feels so small compared to the work being done by others at the district and state level in this space. Although it was difficult for him to read, he checked out another book, then another.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2022

For example, features like Reading Progress and Reading Coach, built directly into Microsoft Teams, allow teachers to assign students self-directed exercises to boost reading fluency, whatever the skill level. Reading Progress lets students practice reading and helps teachers see where they need additional support.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 11, 2025

Is someone coaching you or advising you? Morrow was surprised to read that Ruiz had finished in 11th place in the New York Marathon. Integrity is often talked about as a coin that reads cheated on one side and didnt cheat on the other. Ruiz: Um, Someone else asked me that, Im not sure what intervals are. What are they?

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Edsurge

APRIL 28, 2020

If a college baseball coach wants to improve the hitting average of his team, what should he do in batting practice? By assigning units in Khan Academy that we had already covered prior to the closing of our school, I’m incorporating many of the research-based practices discussed here. My answer is yes, I believe so.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The new Co-Teacher shared access allows Teachers and staff to collaborate on lesson authoring, grading, assigning, and sharing. Finally, enabling our teachers to share this power with our literacy coaches, Title I teachers, and SPED staff is going to be a huge boost to our efforts to address literacy now.” said Farrow.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Knowing the results of their efforts shortly after completing an assignment lets students know both when they have mastered a concept and where they need to do additional work. Currently, more than 25 percent of K-12 students are chronically absent and most students have ground to make up in math and reading.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Having this AI-powered tool give immediate feedback was really exciting to them because they didn’t have to wait a week or more for me to read critically through all of their papers. It was almost like having an extra teacher in the room, coaching them through the writing process. Before you introduce AI to students, try it out.

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eSchool News

JULY 20, 2016

K-12 classroom instructors, instructional coaches, and educational administrators are invited to enroll. Each session includes expert video screencasts, classroom video clips, readings and resources, and assignments that will help participants create a strong foundation of communication within the classroom. Read more.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2020

At Union City Public Schools, and at a couple dozen other districts in New Jersey, teachers are assigned specially trained coaches who offer instructional guidance and model interventions for developmental issues that arise, including physical, behavioral or linguistic challenges. The coaches are all former early childhood teachers.

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