Teacher residency programs are transformative models for preparing educators for the K-12 teaching experience. These clinically-rich, immersive programs combine mentorship, year-long co-teaching in ...

You posed some questions to me in our last post, Seeking and Keeping Balance, and they embodied some of the concepts in my life that I have actually been reflecting on. I feel like you have given me ...

Traditionally, students submit their work on an assignment, after which the teacher gives feedback on that work and assigns that student a grade. Every once in awhile, we build reflection into the ...

The Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township has been successfully using video in our teacher professional learning for more than seven years. According to our recently retired former ...

Instructors should take the time to ask themselves what they can do differently when students struggle on an assignment. If there are pain points in the courses they are teaching, and students ...

Teacher educators guide student reflection by transforming specific microteaching moments into “reflect-ables,” using gestures, notes, and interactive discussion to co-construct professional learning ...

Like most teachers, the nation’s top four educators wear many hats. They are journalism advisors, volleyball coaches, mentors, authors, learners, environmental conservationists, meditation guides, ...

A Few More Teacher Reflections: “I think that it should be part of every teacher’s repertoire, every so many years to record yourself….I know how important it is to take a look at that videotape and ...

A dedicated Oregon teacher of 35 years, worn down by accumulating pressures and degradations, realizes suddenly that she doesn’t want to be a teacher anymore: It wasn't a single thing that gave me ...

Schools are back in session and once again the critical teacher-student dynamic is in play. It’s not dipping my pen into the ink well of hyperbole to write that teachers have the future of our society ...