Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

While coaching teachers this month, several expressed a desire to include review and practice activities in their station rotation lessons to help students prepare for end-of-the-semester assessments. questions that the teacher can use to create a variety of review activities. Student-created Kahoot! Teachers who love Kahoot!

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Blended Learning Students Exams Study 520

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2022

When I facilitate blended learning workshops, I ask participants to think about these three roles and identify the role they spend the most time and energy in. It is in the moments when students are practicing and applying that they encounter obstacles, have questions, and need additional support.

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Blended Learning Feedback Learning Instructors 496

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 29, 2021

They responded in kind, asking questions, making comments, and leaning into the learning. 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. I was hooked!

Blended Learning 535

Blended Learning Critical Thinking Communication Participation 535

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 13, 2021

If students are not participating in discussion or group work in breakout rooms, that may indicate that they are not feeling comfortable asserting themselves online. Dedicating class time to asking a few simple questions can make a big difference in the way students show up in a class. 3 Go Deeper with a Dialogic Interview Format.

Beliefs 492

Beliefs Discussions Assignments Blended Learning 492

Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 3, 2023

Over the past months I have had the incredible privilege of spending a lot of time with Kim Cofino and her instructional coaching team at Eduro Learning. Lately I have been leaning into the task of enhancing my instructional coaching knowledge and skillsets, so I signed up for Eduro Learning’s yearlong online course, The Coach.

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Coaching Learning Feedback Participation 143

eSchool News

MAY 1, 2025

The law passed in 2024 alongside a spate of bills aimed at boosting the states labor participation rate, which at 58% as of January remained below the national rate of 63%. Americans are questioning the value of the return on their investment: Is it worth my money? Simply put, Alabama wants to get more of its residents working.

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High School High School Schools Math 260

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2024

Teachers can use observations with a checklist when students are: Engaged in group activities or discussions to monitor individual participation and contributions. Teachers might include the following items on a checklist: Participation: Is the student actively engaged in the activity/discussion? What two questions do they have?

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Feedback Quizzes Coaching Discussions 428

eSchool News

JANUARY 30, 2024

Urban Assembly, a network of 21 schools, is working with the American Institutes of Research to develop an AI-powered tool that can help instructional coaches analyze videos of teachers delivering lessons and offer feedback, according to network leaders. The use of AI in teacher coaching brings up similar questions.

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Intelligence Teachers Coaching Feedback 328

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 13, 2020

I get asked this question frequently as a blended learning coach. For example, during my Bio lesson pictured above, my students had to watch a video on the split-brain before they could participate in the demonstration. Can teachers who are teaching an AP course use blended learning models and cover the extensive curriculum?

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Blended Learning Learning History Social Studies 546

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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Coaching Teachers Change Management Achievement 167

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 Coaching Achievement 506

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2024

As such, we created a professional development model that focuses on providing: Ongoing opportunities for teachers to participate in professional learning. How are your teachers using the AI Coach platform by Edthena to support their professional growth? What benefits do you see coming from AI coaching for PD?

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Coaching Peer Review Math Teaching Methods 300

eSchool News

JUNE 30, 2020

Creating authentic learning experiences such as having your child help prepare meals, shop, and participate in outings to parks or museums can improve literacy. This builds metacognition, which is key for comprehension and reading success. Related content: How we reinvented our district’s reading program.

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Distance Learning Learning Coaching Languages 363

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 5, 2022

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. These can be taught individually (through coaching or mentoring), in small groups (of at least five), or as school PD. Today: Classes. Teach Writing with Tech. Certificate.

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Coaching Authentic Assessment Writing Participation 158

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. What grade levels will be invited to participate? How many students can you accommodate?

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Coaching STEM Students High School 321

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

Teachers regularly use technology, not just to teach, but to help students think deeper, ask better questions, and tell their own stories. Students explore big ideas through play, questions, and reflection. They dont just memorize factsthey weigh them, question them, and apply them. Every student has their own MacBook or iPad.

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Schools Culture Interdisciplinary Art 214

eSchool News

MARCH 11, 2021

Now, Edthena is making it easy for teachers to blur teaching videos before sharing with peers and coaches for instructional feedback on the award-winning platform. Teachers can then share these videos with peers and coaches to receive timestamped feedback categorized as questions, suggestions, strengths, and notes within the Edthena platform.

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Teaching Coaching Feedback Participation 269

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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Motivation Learning Outcomes Communication Coaching 479

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 262

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

After a decade in the classroom, this year I took a role in my district as an elementary and middle school math instructional coach. Additionally, the teachers in these classrooms have more of a role as coach, mentor, and guide than traditional “front of the room” practitioner.

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Coaching Students Middle School Middle School 262

eSchool News

DECEMBER 25, 2020

Creating authentic learning experiences such as having your child help prepare meals, shop, and participate in outings to parks or museums can improve literacy. This builds metacognition, which is key for comprehension and reading success. Related content: How we reinvented our district’s reading program.

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Online Learning Learning Coaching Languages 306

eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2025

The question was not How do we get kids off their phones? Over the past two years, Engage IRL has been the catalyst for increasing access and opportunities for K-12 students to participate in clubs, sports, arts activities, and other community events. but How do we get them engaged with each other more often?

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Disabilities Schools Students Art 293

eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2021

District leaders and coaches can design and issue custom micro-credentials when teachers demonstrate skill mastery within the Edthena video platform. Then teachers can gather video evidence and non-video artifacts of those skills and securely share them with a coach or mentor.

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Teachers Coaching Skills Participation 236

k12 Digest

MAY 19, 2025

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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Science Education Motivation Lecturing 130

eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2024

Then, be intentional when coaching teachers and set clear expectations on what they need to accomplish in the first 30, 60, and 90 days. The goal is to gradually release teachers into the work environment, so they have the time to ask questions and receive the feedback they need to thrive.

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Blended Learning Learning Outcomes Coaching Achievement 293

Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2017

We came to class prepared, we liked to participate. The fitness coach can’t exercise for you. A fitness coach is a fitness coach because he or she likes to exercise, and that’s why they’re all buff, right? This fitness coach knows about equipment, knows about your body but mostly they get paid because they’re motivators.

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Coaching Lecturing Teachers Motivation 134

k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

To address this, AEF integrates executive functioning coaching into daily instruction. Teacher-led emotional coaching guides students in recognizing their feelings, responding appropriately to challenges, and advocating for their needs in a supportive setting.

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Skills Schools Learning Students 138

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

This is a common question for organizations planning to implement a video coaching process. Technology platforms can make classroom observation easier, but it’s up to you to decide what type of learning activities are a good fit to go beyond the “coach observes teacher” model.

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Coaching Participation Feedback Discussions 103

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.

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Coaching Special Education Disabilities Communication 337

eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2015

Instead of seeing only a total score, we can now easily see how students respond to each question. We can also look at each student’s performance on each question and gauge his or her understanding of a specific benchmark or standard. Online assessment helps our teachers take a deeper look at how students perform on assessments.

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Testing Mobile Devices Coaching Special Education 272

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 337

Schools Coaching STEM Evaluation 337

eSchool News

DECEMBER 4, 2017

I remember when I began my work as a professional developer and coach. Many of my consulting colleagues, within their work on coaching, collaborating and teaching focus on listening as a key skill to know inside and outside the classroom. how to craft a clarifying question. William Ury. Listening as a Learned Skill.

Achievement 241

Achievement Skills Coaching Attention 241

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

As an instructional coach, the most important role I have is as a listener. In my role as listener and coach I’ve heard what teachers need. Sometimes we had an agenda and sometimes it was a virtual open office for teachers to show up and ask questions. We must make schools human again. So how do we do that?

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Teachers Coaching Schools Counselling 217

Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 8, 2019

If your goal for a lesson, unit, or other instructional activity is to infuse technology more robustly, consider these 12 questions from Section D* of the 4 Shifts Protocol. If you’re not where you want to be yet, pick a couple of questions and select your desired answers instead (e.g., Let me know what questions you have.

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Questions Technology Fairness Coaching 99

eSchool News

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The funding was led by Eric Reiner and Dan Povitsky of Vine Ventures , with participation from Global Founders Capital , Great Oaks and social media influencers Josh Richards, Griffin Johnson and Noah Beck of Gen Z-focused venture capital fund Animal Capital , among others. Executive Function Coaching ? in funding to date.

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Evaluation Learning Learning Disabilities Disabilities 246

Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2020

I reached out to her in July 2019 to reconnect and ask some specific questions about scaling MBE practice in an international school. A simple question she asked led me to my next steps: “Do you have people already interested?” The participants ranged from tentative and curious to highly knowledgeable about brain development.

Education 217

Education Coaching Math English 217

Catlin Tucker

JULY 17, 2023

However, the goal of the station rotation model, specifically and blended learning more generally, is to provide students with opportunities for agency , including selecting the questions they choose to answer and working at their own pace. The process itself is simple: The teacher provides a list of questions for students to discuss.

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Discussions Blended Learning Students Questions 246