eSchool News

MAY 20, 2022

Teaching at any level can often be a solitary occupation. Instructors often don’t know how to accept help from the instructional coaches, even when they would like to. Instructional coaches can positively impact these relationships, but the trust must be in place for it to occur.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 23, 2024

I am excited to announce the launch of a new video series on YouTube called “Virtual Coaching.” ” I have the privilege of working with thousands of educators every year who are expanding their teaching toolboxes to include blended learning models , UDL , and student-led instructional strategies.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2022

When teachers and leaders have effective coaching, student outcomes inevitably improve. According to Rebecca Frazier, author of Coach Happy , coached teachers outperform non-coached teachers in 22 areas of instructional practice by four to five times. Below are three ways for coaches to get started.

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2025

Differentiated instruction is essential, but time constraints, large class sizes, and varying skill levels make personalized learning difficult. To overcome these challenges, schools must emphasize early intervention, interactive teaching strategies, and the use of engaging digital tools.

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eSchool News

MAY 30, 2025

There are decades of research involving thousands of students and educators to support a structured literacy approach to teaching literacy. Despite this groundswell, too many educators are still entering classrooms without the skills and knowledge they need to teach reading. And how do we fix it?

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eSchool News

JULY 18, 2024

Now, as teachers complete coaching cycles, they will be able to select a Science of Reading pathway within the AI Coach by Edthena platform and access Digital Promise’s research-based content, strategies, and best practices. This enables teachers to get the help they need, when they need it.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 23, 2024

This shift has led to the growing adoption of co-teaching models, where general and special education teachers collaborate to meet the diverse needs of their students. First, let’s explore the benefits of using the station rotation model to enhance co-teaching and create more inclusive classrooms.

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2022

As a fifth grade math teacher and instructional coach in New Orleans, Gibson has become increasingly interested in effective teaching informed by cognitive science —otherwise known as learning science—and how it can help teachers improve their practice.

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

Its something anyone can develop with practice and coaching, and my radar used to be terrible. And that made it harder to help new teachers grow their own skills when they asked for help. And its changed the way I look at my early days of teaching. States minimally regulate student teaching, so quality is scattershot.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Some experts believe this new technology can have a positive impact on teaching and learning, while others fret it may weaken the teaching of critical thinking and increase bias by spreading misinformation about different groups and cultures. Secret 2: Student expertise. 2023, July 27). EdSurge.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ello , developer of the world’s most advanced AI reading coach, announced today that Common Sense Media rated the Ello app as one of its top 10 AI products for ethical use, transparency, safety and impact. It listens, understands, and engages with children to teach them critical reading skills.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

At the same time, schools are placing a stronger emphasis on mental health, equity, and future-ready skills, ensuring students are not only academically successful but also are prepared for the challenges of today’s every-changing world. Students are engaged and invested in a project that has local benefits!

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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. Brain-based learning is an educational framework that informs teaching methods by leveraging scientific knowledge about how the brain learns and develops.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

It’s a way to structure learning experiences that are more personalized to the needs of specific learners, provide students with more agency and autonomy, and free teachers to spend time connecting with and coaching learners as they progress through the playlist. Teachers can design choice boards for a variety of purposes.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Teachers juggling the concurrent classroom with some students physically attending class and others joining remotely via video conferencing are trying to balance the demands of teaching in two learning landscapes simultaneously. A present–pause–discuss format allows the teacher to focus on introducing one concept or skill at a time.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2024

He took that proclivity to the next level a few years ago, when he accepted a position as a K-12 technology coach in a small school district in western Michigan. And he hasn’t had to abandon teaching. I just get to do the fun part now: teach,” he shares. “I What brought you to your role as a technology coach?

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 26, 2022

Coaching provides teachers with personalized support as they cultivate the mindset, skill set, and tool set needed to navigate the fluid nature of the pandemic. This course offers instructional coaches, administrators, TOSAs, and teacher leaders: A blended learning coaching framework to guide your work. Register now!

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 3, 2021

UDL is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn.” UDL recognizes that every class comprises a wide range of learners with various needs, skills, experiences, knowledge, and interests. It was an exhausting and often frustrating experience.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 16, 2018

To capitalize on this energy, most school districts organize mandatory professional development opportunities for teachers designed to teach them a new teaching strategy or introduce them to a new piece of technology. I want teachers to understand the purpose of this shift from traditional teaching models to blended learning models.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In my role as a technology specialist — or tech coach — at an elementary school, I support teachers of students in pre-K through second grade and I often hear comments like these. When I became a school-based tech coach six years ago, I faced these same struggles. Illustrate how our work supports what they’re already teaching.

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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. He writes, “Teaching others can build our competence. But it’s coaching others that elevates our confidence.”

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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. As I researched articulation strategies, I found “5 Ins and 5 Outs” mentioned in a Teaching Channel video.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. November 2-7th: Coaching or Mentoring BOGO — Buy one month; get the second free Do any of these sound like you? Your principal wants you to teach the technology class but you’ve never done it before. Where do you start?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

BOSTON — Adaptive learning company HMH today announced the launch of HMH Coachly , an innovative service that provides educators with unlimited access to dedicated instructional coaches. Coaches offer strategies to teachers at all stages in their professional and implementation journey, ensuring their success every step of the way.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 30, 2024

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. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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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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eSchool News

JULY 13, 2020

Esports is a great way to teach soft skills. Just like traditional sports, esports is a great way to help students develop soft skills. As students are playing, esports coaches can incorporate leadership, communication, and teamwork training right into practice. Teaching soft skills is just the beginning.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2022

We have learned to teach in brand new modalities like remote and hybrid learning, foster more student independence, and adapt instruction to a huge variety of learning needs. But one of the most important lessons to come from this pandemic year is a greater focus on the importance of social-emotional learning.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Instead of thinking about UDL and blended learning as two separate disconnected approaches to teaching and learning, it is worth exploring the overlap between the two. These routines can help students to develop critical self-regulation skills necessary to succeed both in and beyond school. Engagement. Recruiting Interest.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2024

This includes in-person and tech-enabled learning that is specifically focused on strengthening culturally responsive teaching, differentiated instruction, and inclusive practices. This eight-step model is centered on collaboration to help improve both teaching and learning. Collaborative teaching opportunities. Math support.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 28, 2017

I also coach teachers who teach traditional 50-minute classes and they have a four station two-day rotation. I explain what I am seeing in terms of their skills and talk them through the rubric and their scores. Instead, I select 2 or 3 specific skills to assess for a score. Students need feedback to improve their skills.

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eSchool News

MAY 1, 2025

The workforce diploma will give students more opportunities to get the kind of skills that can lead to jobs right after high school, legislators said. 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.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

In todays technology-rich classrooms, digital literacy is becoming a foundational skill–students are learning to navigate devices, use educational software, and collaborate online. Teaching data literacy helps students succeed academically and develop the civic skills theyll need to navigate the wider world.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

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. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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eSchool News

APRIL 25, 2025

A recent Google blog post outlines how four different school districts are leveraging Google AI tools, like Gemini and NotebookLM, for innovative teaching and learning. Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is using NotebookLM and Gemini for curriculum review and district guidance.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

In addition to determining where each student is starting in terms of their content knowledge or skills, teachers should collect data during the lesson to gauge what students know. I encourage teachers to explain that a quick check is a teaching tool, not an assessment tool. Observe and Capture Data with a One Skill Rubric.

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 13, 2020

Can teachers who are teaching an AP course use blended learning models and cover the extensive curriculum? I get asked this question frequently as a blended learning coach. I teach AP Psychology, blended and traditional, at a high school in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. My answer is a resounding “Yes!”

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