Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

” This is a critical question that teachers should ask themselves as they design the parts of their lesson. Teachers can use this data to design subsequent lessons to ensure individual students get exactly what they need in terms of follow up instruction, coaching, scaffolds, and personalized practice.

Coaching 419

Coaching Learning Students Knowledge 419

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 5, 2017

I want them to ask questions, conduct research, engage in conversations, collaborate with peers, and make meaning for themselves. How can I help them to see the value in my roles as an architect of learning experiences and a coach? My goal with blended learning has always been to shift the focus from me to my students.

Teaching 420

Teaching Learning Coaching Blended Learning 420

Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2024

Referred to as AI-powered reading coaches, assistants or tutors, these tools use generative AI to provide learners with personalized reading practice, stories, feedback and support. Contrary to these findings, AI-powered reading coaches seem designed to prioritize encouraging external motivation.

Coaching 207

Coaching Reading Motivation Feedback 207

eSchool News

MAY 1, 2025

Americans are questioning the value of the return on their investment: Is it worth my money? Mackey said the state added career coaches in recent years to ease the counseling workload, but in many districts there is just a single coach, who rotates among schools. Department of Education. Is it worth my time?

High School 269

High School High School Schools Math 269

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Below is an image depicting a workflow I frequently see when coaching teachers. Ask them to work together to check, correct, and capture their questions. If not, you can have a strategy in place so students can communicate which problems or questions they struggled with and could not correct on their own.

Teachers 544

Teachers Motivation Assignments Students 544

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 5, 2023

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.

Learning Outcomes 481

Learning Outcomes Motivation Communication Coaching 481

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2024

Contribution: Does the student contribute relevant ideas, questions, or solutions? Collaboration: How effectively does the student work with peers, share responsibilities, and communicate? Quick checks like quizzes, exit tickets, and questioning techniques provide valuable insights into students’ understanding.

Feedback 431

Feedback Quizzes Coaching Discussions 431

eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2022

Throughout this school year, educators, coaches, and school leaders have engaged in virtual professional development and one-on-one coaching sessions to hone their social-emotional learning skills and knowledge to meet the needs of all learners. Do they really know what it means?”

Hybrid Learning 363

Hybrid Learning Coaching Learning Culture 363

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

My work focuses on supporting leaders, coaches, and teachers in transitioning from traditional teaching practices to blended learning. It’s a place where interpersonal risks feel doable, interpersonal risks, like speaking up with questions and concerns and half-baked ideas and even mistakes.” What did you learn?

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Blended Learning Feedback Achievement Coaching 506

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2020

As schools navigate the challenges ahead—and with parents and guardians stepping in as learning coaches and facilitators in remote and hybrid environments—communicating with families is playing an outsized role in successfully adapting to this nontraditional school year. Other Resources.

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Communication Hybrid Learning Writing Coaching 197

k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. Where math and science are concerned, beginning with some sort of question and/or exploration and getting students interested in the task is aligned with what we know our brains are wired for.

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eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2020

Simply engaging in conversation in the language spoken at home around shared experiences, explaining your thinking, and asking open-ended questions so your child can share their thoughts, facilitates a deeper level of communication. This builds metacognition, which is key for comprehension and reading success.

Distance Learning 363

Distance Learning Learning Coaching Language 363

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Teachers enter this profession determined to do it all – design and facilitate lessons, communicate with parents, monitor and track student progress, provide timely feedback, and grade everything. As an educator with 16 years of teaching experience, I have dedicated the last several years to training, coaching, and supporting teachers.

Blended Learning 366

Blended Learning Culture Coaching Discussions 366

Edsurge

APRIL 13, 2018

So he reached out to me, his digital learning coach, to give him a better idea of how implementation might happen in a more intentional and sustainable way. Supporting this work is the job of an instructional coach. For Kara, another third-year teacher considering technology implementation, coaching took the form of a peer observation.

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Coaching Teachers Textbooks Feedback 149

eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2021

Throughout this school year, educators, coaches, and school leaders have engaged in virtual professional development and one-on-one coaching sessions to hone their social-emotional learning skills and knowledge to meet the needs of all learners. Do they really know what it means?”

Hybrid Learning 304

Hybrid Learning Coaching Schools Learning 304

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

All of the desks in my room faced forward, and I controlled all communication. After a decade in the classroom, this year I took a role in my district as an elementary and middle school math instructional coach. Adults collaborate and communicate with one another on a variety of tasks every single day, and so should our students.

Coaching 263

Coaching Students Middle School Middle School 263

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

The playlist model presents a strategy teachers can use to structure learning experiences that are more personalized to the needs of specific learners, provide students with more agency, and frees the teacher to spend time connecting with and coaching learners as they progress through the playlist. Frequently Asked Questions.

Blended Learning 420

Blended Learning Learning Coaching Discussions 420

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

To address this, AEF integrates executive functioning coaching into daily instruction. For many students, developing social awareness, confidence, and communication skills requires structured support. Effective communication is a key aspect of the BIC System. Communication is at the heart of this partnership.

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Skills Schools Learning Students 144

eSchool News

MARCH 25, 2025

We standardized our use of instructional materials and implemented math and literacy coaches at every school. By focusing our efforts on a narrowly-defined and clearly-articulated plan to improve teaching and learning and by securing buy-in from teachers and principals at the schools in question.

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Teachers Coaching Students Math 264

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Students arent just using devicestheyre using digital tools to solve real-world problems, create, collaborate, and communicate across borders. Teachers regularly use technology, not just to teach, but to help students think deeper, ask better questions, and tell their own stories. Athletes take the lead as captains or student coaches.

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Schools Culture Interdisciplinary Art 222

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. 4 Communicating about Progress. Teachers feel immense pressure to communicate with parents about student progress. I provided templates to guide their communication to parents.

Metacognitive Skills 336

Metacognitive Skills Blended Learning Coaching Feedback 336

eSchool News

JANUARY 2, 2023

This begs the question: What’s next for education? Oftentimes, when a person reaches their forties, a big life question ensues. “Is Teachers, parents, counselors, administrators, coaches, and other loved ones have faced an unprecedented challenge in this regard. They will continue to step up in 2023 to meet the challenge.

Coaching 338

Coaching Special Education Disabilities Communication 338

eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Ed Madison, a media professor and researcher at the UOs School of Journalism and Communication , created Sassy, an online career coach thats been officially adopted by the state of Oregon. He said he saw how the platform provided a safe, conversational space for his students to comfortably ask any questions about future careers.

High School 290

High School High School Coaching Schools 290

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 19, 2024

As an instructional coach and administrator, I regularly observed teachers providing direct instruction using explicit vocabulary routines. The vocabulary haiku should communicate the meaning of the word. They were resistant because it required them to think critically, communicate, collaborate, and be creative.

Writing 374

Writing Knowledge Coaching Communication 374

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2020

Simply engaging in conversation in the language spoken at home around shared experiences, explaining your thinking, and asking open-ended questions so your child can share their thoughts, facilitates a deeper level of communication. This builds metacognition, which is key for comprehension and reading success.

Online Learning 310

Online Learning Learning Coaching Language 310

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

” This is a critical question that teachers should ask themselves as they design the parts of their lesson. Teachers can use this data to design subsequent lessons to ensure individual students get exactly what they need in terms of follow up instruction, coaching, scaffolds, and personalized practice.

Coaching 285

Coaching Learning Students Knowledge 285

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

At Mira Mesa High School in San Diego, California, which has launched an esports program, teacher Brandon Trieu has proven through the success of the team he coaches, the Mira Mesa Marauders, that esports are a valuable addition to the classroom. By answering these questions first, you’ll give yourself a clear roadmap.

Coaching 323

Coaching STEM Students High School 323

eSchool News

MARCH 1, 2023

Time (or lack of it) was taken up with interactions with others, in the school, the community and with the district office. That may be because they didn’t feel that they their senior leadership was willing or able to help; or that they didn’t have access to mentors or coaches.

Coaching 263

Coaching Schools Communication Attention 263

eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2019

It takes a human to give feedback on the more nuanced aspects of human communication. Software can’t tell students if their research questions for a science project are worthwhile and reasonably scoped; nor can it tell them which engineering and design challenges they should tackle to improve a simple machine.

Essay 274

Essay Feedback Intelligence Coaching 274

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2023

Interpersonal The interpersonal domain includes the collaborative and communication skills students need to work effectively with others and engage in shared tasks. What questions do you have about these challenges in the context of your own teaching experience? This includes social negotiation.

Blended Learning 460

Blended Learning Universal Design Learning Motivation 460

eSchool News

MARCH 10, 2023

Conventional schooling often leaves students disillusioned, questioning their intelligence and value as it is framed by a system that needs an overhaul. Learners are responsible for researching potential internship opportunities and communicating with partner sites to arrange their internships.

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Education High School High School Coaching 309

eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2017

I remember when I began my work as a professional developer and coach. My interactions on a daily basis were with adults, and I realized that I wasn’t as prepared for this type of communication given my credentialing and my graduate studies. how to craft a clarifying question. -William Ury. Listening as a Learned Skill.

Achievement 244

Achievement Skills Coaching Attention 244

eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2025

The question was not How do we get kids off their phones? said Ryan Lancaster, executive director of communications for SPS. Our intent was to get every kid, every day, involved in something positive outside the school day and extend that community learning past the classroom.

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Disabilities Schools Students Art 297

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.

Schools 338

Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 338

eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Otus has already seen the potential of this partnership through its October webinar on standards-based grading, which sparked significant engagement with over 100 attendee questions.

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Education Achievement Coaching Learning Outcomes 256

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

Moving from the classroom into the role of a teacher leader and a coach was a transition, to say the least. I recognized I was credentialed in teaching students English language arts, but didn’t have a credential in communicating effectively with adults. Some mothers suggest this when communicating and they aren’t wrong.

Culture 189

Culture Teachers Coaching Communication 189

eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

As part of the professional development offerings at Adams 12 Five Star Schools , we are implementing video coaching via the Edthena VC3 platform to add another layer of job-embedded support for our teachers, specifically for new teachers and special service providers.

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Teaching Education Learning Interdisciplinary 281