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Look to the Science: Understanding how Mind, Brain and Education Science can Inform Educational Practices

k12 Digest

Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. These types of activities allow for total engagement and participation for students and allow multiple pathways in the brain to become activated, making retrieval of the learning easier.

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Understanding Teacher Engagement in Blended Learning Environments

Catlin Tucker

This cloud reflects the actions or physical manifestations of engagement, such as learning, interest, participation, focus, attention, and curiosity. However, to truly understand teacher engagement we must understand the dimensions of this motivational construct. To request a quote for your coaching team, fill out this form.

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Look to the Science: Understanding how Mind, Brain and Education Science can Inform Educational Practices

k12 Digest

Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. These types of activities allow for total engagement and participation for students and allow multiple pathways in the brain to become activated, making retrieval of the learning easier.

Science 130
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The Station Rotation Model

Catlin Tucker

When coaching teachers in a 1:1 environment where all students have devices, I encourage teachers to balance the online and offline learning activities to give students a much-needed break from the screen. Communication Asynchronous online discussions in your learning management system so everyone gets to participate in the class dialogue.

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The Station Rotation Model: Arrange Your Furniture to Maximize Focus and Engagement

Catlin Tucker

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. Education is one “make it work” moment after another.

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Blended Learning: Designing with Balance in Mind

Catlin Tucker

I host a podcast called The Balance and wrote a book titled Balance with Blended Learning because I see teachers struggling with balance in every coaching and training session I facilitate. They are not passive consumers but rather active participants. That’s why the theme of balance has permeated my work for years.

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Want Transformational Teachers? Here’s Why Change Starts With Coaches

Edsurge

Years before I wrote my book, “Courageous Edventures,” and helped develop an instructional coaching model used in schools across the country, I served as a district leader supporting instructional coaches. And the time they spent with instructional coaches seemed key to moving the needle.

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