Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

While reading Adam Grant’s new book, Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things , I was struck by his distinction between teaching and coaching. But it’s coaching others that elevates our confidence.” The students in the study assumed the role of a peer coach.

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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. Such tools are typically designed to engage and motivate the child in interacting with stories, but don’t always lead children to improve their reading skills.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 28, 2023

Designing for Deeper Learning The sign of deeper learning is the ability to transfer or apply knowledge and skills to new and novel contexts. Cognitive The cognitive domain refers to the content knowledge and skills students must acquire to engage in deeper learning. These internal skills are vital to cultivating expert learners.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Allowing students a degree of agency in terms of the books they select can be a powerful motivator for even the most reluctant readers. 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. HSbookclub.

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

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k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

Her career spans roles as an elementary teacher, instructional coach, mentor, special education administrator, and elementary school principal. By creating an emotionally safe and supportive learning environment, teachers help students build resilience, motivation, and a growth mindset. Lets examine a few examples from the research.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2020

To better support shared learning, I’ve partnered with Learning Innovation Catalyst (LINC) to offer learning modules through LINCspring , their online coaching and professional development platform. In Tinker , you’ll be given templates to design how you’ll implement the skill with students.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 18, 2021

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. Instead of the teacher being the only source of information, support, or feedback, students develop the skills necessary to be resources for one another.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 11, 2020

If they request a 1:1 coaching session, they should have work they are struggling with or questions about specific content or skills they want to focus on. Human connection and the feeling of being seen and supported are most likely to motivate students to lean into learning. Then students prepare for their conference.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

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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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

My doctoral research focused on the multidimensional motivational construct of teacher engagement in blended learning environments. Small-scale playlists may focus on introducing students to a particular concept or skill. I worry about the impact that this moment in education is having on teacher engagement.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In providing students with technology, we haven’t provided students with guidance around critical executive functioning skills. Initially, I was consulting with schools that were bringing technology into the classroom on ways to promote better executive functioning skills. But how does that work? Here are a few tips.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Their primary role is to support the coach in diffusing innovative instructional practices across the campus. This heightened engagement translates into increased motivation, higher teacher retention, and a positive ripple effect throughout the school community. Wondering how to build a corps of teacher leaders?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

They discovered that much of their skill involved developing perceptual abilities that allowed them to look at a chess board and immediately see potential moves, rather than searching all possible moves. In this way, AI can also assist teachers by acting as a one-to-one coach for students. Is the AI unbiased?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2024

They discovered that much of their skill involved developing perceptual abilities that allowed them to look at a chess board and immediately see potential moves, rather than searching all possible moves. In this way, AI can also assist teachers by acting as a one-to-one coach for students. Is the AI unbiased?

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 22, 2021

What skills, abilities, language proficiencies, interests, and/or learning preferences are present in a class? The issue of grading and motivating students to see value in work that is not graded is complex and multifaceted. Where are they seeing growth in their skills and/or content knowledge?

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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. Teachers and administrators in schools from coast to coast are recognizing the same lesson.

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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. These activities can be related to the content being covered in class or can be designed to develop a new skill or interest.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 8, 2021

Their needs, skills, interests, pacing, preferences, and language proficiencies are incredibly diverse. If our goal is to cultivate expert learners who are resourceful, strategic, and motivated, they need opportunities to drive their own learning. 4 Hyperdoc Lesson + Teacher Time Coaching Station.

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eSchool News

MAY 21, 2020

Kaye hosts the show along with my zany friend, Gerdy Giraffe (a puppet character played by Faith DeWerd, one of their Training Coaches). The shows also include the reading of an original short rhyming story that teaches a social-emotional growth skill. Students are motivated and inspired as they interact with 26 virtual zoo.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 29, 2021

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. mixed skill level, strenghts in a group dynamic, interest-based) depending on the lesson objectives.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

“As we talked with EmpowerU students, we realized how much they valued the daily support of their EmpowerU coach—and they wanted an integrated way to access their feedback and encouragement. Integrated communication tools create close collaboration between the school team and the EmpowerU coach. Our new platform does just that.

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eSchool News

JULY 29, 2022

None of that was necessary, however, as my school principal was extremely supportive in my effort to implement scholastic esports at the school and, more importantly, to use the program to teach students transferable skills while simultaneously encouraging them to explore related career pathways. After all, everyone loves to play!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 5, 2022

All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular. Today: Classes.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Educators can take it up a notch by emphasizing the diversity of local cultures in any community or classroom and coaching students to listen for and to value different perspectives. Motivate students to act by incorporating action planning into assignments. Secret 2: Student expertise.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

As best-selling author Dan Pink writes in his book Drive , mastery is a powerful motivator. Providing high-quality professional learning experiences can help instill this belief by ensuring that teachers have the skills they need to be effective. To be successful, teachers not only need the right skills.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2023

Many instructors have observed variability in students’ motivation to learn and grow. In other words, can we foster greater motivation? Positive academic mindsets motivate students to learn Mindset science has uncovered actionable insights into the academic behaviors of students. Every student learns at a different pace.

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Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2017

They motivate and guide their students to accomplish their goals. Since we’ve discovered that teaching is mostly about motivation, that matters because for faculty, motivation was usually not the primary problem. The fitness coach can’t exercise for you. What is it that motivates you? You have to do the work.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2021

With EmpowerU, student growth happens one day at a time, one small step at a time through engaging, online skill-building lessons supported by daily 1:1 motivational coaching. More than 88% of students complete the program, compared to 5-30% completion rates with other programs. More than 98.5% About EmpowerU.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

But it likely means they would struggle with easier skills, such as sequencing events in a story or stating an opinion using supporting evidence from a text. Eighth graders who fall below NAEP Basic would have trouble identifying basic literary elements, such as character motivation and the main idea.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 10, 2024

This is tough news to swallow, but I’m choosing to view this as motivation. My goal is for students to gain essential academic skills and build a robust social-emotional toolkit so they are set up to thrive in an ever-changing world. Teachers also observe and track the minute data of student reading skills that often go overlooked.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 29, 2020

To support educators with student-centered learning, BetterLesson and Adobe have teamed up to create 325 free instructional strategies that build creativity, collaboration, and communication skills using products in the Adobe Creative Cloud suite. For more information click here.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2019

Can you learn empathy through interacting with a computer—even though, by definition, the skill requires understanding and sympathizing with real people? Today, simulations are trying to cover fuzzier, “soft” skills that do not always have clear-cut answers or steps—such as education and empathy.

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eSchool News

MARCH 24, 2023

Together we can provide the tools and training necessary to effectively manage the specific conversation with each student to motivate healthy behaviors.” This practice-based experiential learning builds the skills and confidence needed to effectively approach important conversations.

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eSchool News

JUNE 5, 2024

A coaching culture will engage employees and help them feel heard, respected, and valued. This means teachers of color often face a disproportionate population looking to them for familiarity and comfort–and even motivation and discipline. Schools are more than buildings students visit to practice skills.

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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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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

. “With approximately 30 million adults without a high school diploma in the United States, we believe focusing on this important mission will provide communities with the opportunity to develop individuals with knowledge, skills, and upward career potential. McGraw Hill Connect® is a complete course platform.

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