Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 28, 2017

If students are working 0n an essay, I dedicate one station each day to providing real-time feedback as they write. I also coach teachers who teach traditional 50-minute classes and they have a four station two-day rotation. Before we end our conversation, I turn to them and ask, “Do you have any questions?”

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Grades Blended Learning Essay Feedback 420

Catlin Tucker

APRIL 24, 2019

When coaching a group of teachers this month, we created a transitional language lockbox challenge. Students worked collaboratively to complete the sentences with the correct transitional works using a small whiteboard marker to write their initial answers directly on the plastic page protector. Kids enjoy games!

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Exams Language Languages Coaching 407

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 13, 2020

I get asked this question frequently as a blended learning coach. This includes small group discussions, practice problems, experiments, retrieval practice or writing practice, as well as my favorite component, the teacher-led station. My answer is a resounding “Yes!”

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Blended Learning Learning History Social Studies 546

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 11, 2020

I remember feeling intense pressure to have the “right answer” when students asked questions. In my latest book, Balance with Blended Learning , I write about strategies that turn everyday tasks, like giving feedback, assessing student work, and conferencing with students about progress into opportunities for connection.

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Blended Learning Communication Coaching Questions 531

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2022

It is in the moments when students are practicing and applying that they encounter obstacles, have questions, and need additional support. I encourage teachers to consider the following question. I often compare the teacher’s role as facilitator to the work of a coach.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

For English Language Arts (ELA) teachers, AI-powered writing tools help to provide immediate feedback, guiding students through the writing process and fostering a more personalized approach to learning. So, introducing AI was relatively easy because my students were used to the writing process and going through revisions.

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Writing Art English Students 205

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

In my role as a blended learning coach, I value clear goals. Click To Tweet In my role as a coach, I had the opportunity to facilitate an articulation day with a group of middle school English language arts teachers. When teachers know what they are trying to achieve, they design lessons with intention and a clear sense of purpose.

English 420

English Coaching Language Languages 420

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 11, 2024

At a recent workshop, a teacher posed a compelling question about the effectiveness of small-group versus whole-group instruction. Quick Write or Free Write: Present students with a prompt and encourage them to write for a set amount of time in response to it (e.g., 5 minutes).

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Blended Learning Coaching Writing Knowledge 375

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.

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Coaching Reading Motivation Feedback 206

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2021

Students are reading more and thinking critically about what they write. How do you continue developing your students’ reading and writing skills from afar? It encompasses a range of literacy strategies and tools introduced in stages to help learners at all academic levels build their reading and writing.

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Coaching Writing Reading Questions 310

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 6, 2020

As a blended learning coach, I spend a lot of time in classrooms observing lessons. I cannot count the number of coaching sessions that have begun with a teacher explaining that they don’t have time to try a new strategy, technology tool, or instructional model. I am a creature of habit and love my routines.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Now more than ever, teachers are struggling with more questions about teaching than they can find answers for. Does these sound like questions you have: How do you start kindergartners who don’t know what ‘enter’, ‘spacebar’, ‘click’ or any of those other techie words mean? Consider a career coach. Teacher Career Coach Course.

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Coaching Internet Curriculum Writing 150

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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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2024

Contribution: Does the student contribute relevant ideas, questions, or solutions? Quick checks like quizzes, exit tickets, and questioning techniques provide valuable insights into students’ understanding. What two questions do they have? formal writing assignment, performance task, project).

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Feedback Quizzes Coaching Discussions 431

Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 3, 2022

When I facilitate workshops on this model or coach teachers using this model, I get a lot of questions. In this post, I will answer some of the most frequently asked questions I hear about the station rotation model. The station rotation model comprises three types of stations: a) teacher-led, b) online, and c) offline.

Blended Learning 420

Blended Learning Coaching Activities Writing 420

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 2, 2019

In my role as a blended learning coach, I work with a lot of teachers who are intrigued by the idea of digital notebooks. If they enjoy writing notes by hand, they can take a photo of those notes and insert them into their digital notebooks. Add comments and tag the teacher to ask questions and/or request support.

Blended Learning 419

Blended Learning Coaching English Feedback 419

Catlin Tucker

JULY 4, 2016

Whenever I train teachers on the Flipped Classroom Model, I’m always asked the same questions. ” These are valid questions and concerns. The pacing is the same for everyone; even though, students write and process information at different rates. “What do you do if your students do not complete the homework?”

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Lecturing Blended Learning Coaching Questions 392

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 25, 2019

In my work as a blended learning coach, I observe a lot of teachers facilitating blended lessons. You can use their explanations to drive a debrief in which you highlight strong strategies and answer questions. For example, if they are writing a formal lab report, they might bring their procedures section. 5TeacherLed.

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Teachers Essay Feedback Quizzes 420

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 19, 2024

As an instructional coach and administrator, I regularly observed teachers providing direct instruction using explicit vocabulary routines. Such routines include students saying the word aloud, clapping out syllables, looking up and writing down the definition, and finding examples and non-examples of vocabulary terms.

Writing 374

Writing Coaching Knowledge Activities 374

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

The teacher uses guided reading strategies, asking questions that help students focus on basic elements like characters and setting before discussing the moral. The teacher uses questioning techniques to encourage students to cite textual evidence supporting their understanding of the story’s moral.

Teaching 395

Teaching Writing Essay Discussions 395

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. Teach Writing with Tech. Today: Classes. Certificate.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2020

Fifth-grade teacher Kim Voge has had students literally beg her to give them more writing assignments. Voge has also watched students who began her class too shy to ask questions blossom into confident, capable, autonomous learners who can ask for help or advocate for themselves.

Learning 333

Learning Assignments Coaching Elementary School 333

Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In the early days of my transition to blended learning, I had one Chromebook, which I received after writing a Donor’s Choose project. They responded in kind, asking questions, making comments, and leaning into the learning. Will they have an opportunity to voice opinions or ask questions? I thought, “What the heck?

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Blended Learning Critical Thinking Communication Participation 535

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.

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High School High School Coaching Schools 288

eSchool News

MARCH 8, 2021

As an instructional coach who works closely with many educators, one concern I’ve heard recently is that teachers are afraid to address social issues without seeming to impose their views. As Jonathan Gold explains in this article , making dignity non-negotiable is not as simple as including multiple perspectives.

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Learning Spaces Coaching Learning Writing 304

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.

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Blended Learning Learning Coaching Discussions 420

eSchool News

OCTOBER 11, 2023

This includes the use of AI-powered teacher coaching via the AI Coach by Edthena platform. With the platform, teachers like Schlagel engage in personalized coaching cycles to further their development. This was my first real introduction to video coaching. How does the AI coaching process work?

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Teachers Coaching Math Intelligence 281

eSchool News

JANUARY 13, 2023

To develop collective teacher efficacy, it’s important for educators to take time to dig into their own learning beliefs by answering questions such as: What are your beliefs about learning? Administrators or coaches can pose the questions and have everyone do a five-minute quick write to collect their thoughts.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Reading coaches and teachers say the decline in reading proficiency and scores among kindergarten through third grade students was well underway before the pandemic. Illinois reading coach Katie James began her career in education as a teacher spanning first, second, and third grades. It’s writing and skilled questioning.

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Coaching Reading Elementary School Elementary School 281

Edsurge

JULY 12, 2019

But if policy leaders and practitioners don’t answer some hard questions in a coherent fashion across the system of teacher development, pursuing this model could just be about throwing good money after bad.” Microcredentials are not “a substitute for the kind of professional learning that every teacher needs,” the paper’s authors write.

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Questions Education Evaluation Coaching 167

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. Engage : Develop a Question to Drive Your Inquiry Cycle. As a group, they identify an area of focus and craft a question to frame and focus their work together.

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Teachers Blended Learning Learning Evaluation 427

eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2024

For both novice and veteran teachers, Poe.com provides access to a behavior intervention bot in real-time to help with questions that might arise with paperwork or strategies for student behavior. In this case, AI can essentially serve as an on-demand instructional coach for special education teachers.

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Special Education Teachers Multidisciplinary Education 303

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

He has steered the course ever since, each spring when he takes breaks from writing books or pieces for The New Yorker, and it has become legendary in journalism circles. 4: On the Writing Process , and I was eager to talk to him about his craftsmanship as a teacher. McPhee lays out his course in his latest book, Draft No.

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Writing Teaching English Reading 167

eSchool News

JULY 28, 2021

As an instructional coach who works closely with many educators, one concern I’ve heard recently is that teachers are afraid to address social issues without seeming to impose their views. As Jonathan Gold explains in this article , making dignity non-negotiable is not as simple as including multiple perspectives.

Coaching 260

Coaching Learning Spaces Students Writing 260

Edsurge

MAY 27, 2025

True leadership involves not only encouraging teachers to reconnect with their purpose but also ensuring that they are seen, heard and supported, writes Ryan Burns, an instructional coach and adjunct professor in Warwick, Rhode Island, and a 2024-2025 fellow of the EdSurge Voices of Change Writing Fellowship.

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Education Essay Culture Math 120

eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2019

But software cannot give feedback on many of the qualities that really define great writing—such as whether the students’ rhetoric and logic will resonate with her intended audience. It takes a human to give feedback on the more nuanced aspects of human communication. The same holds true in other academic domains.

Essay 264

Essay Feedback Intelligence Coaching 264

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. ” As I was responding to Andi’s comment, I realized that I had to write this blog post and share some of the myriad ways that teachers can use a wonky Wednesday. 1 Passion Projects.

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Metacognitive Skills Blended Learning Coaching Feedback 336