You are viewing an excerpt from the Learning Sciences International (LSI) monthly FTEM newsletter. a resource that helps to inform current users of the Focused Teacher Evaluation Model on the best practices for effective evaluation. We recommend also reading Planning for Success and Using the Protocols to Plan. Review of
By Michael D. Toth An excerpt from an article published in The Learning Professional. In a traditional teacher-centered classroom, the teacher works harder and harder to move students to greater learning gains, especially students on the short end of achievement gaps and those with complex needs in mainstream classrooms. A
In schools and districts throughout the United States, LSI’s Applied Research Center is transforming core instruction and leadership practices. It’s always exciting to see the results, and to hear about community celebrations like this one in Illinois. Keep up the fantastic work, Bowlesburg Elementary! The transformation began when the school
Most of us, particularly in education, have participated in book studies before. You may be thinking back to an obsession with Nancy Drew or Harry Potter books from your younger days—or poetry and niche subjects in college. If you teach reading, you’ve also overseen book studies (of sorts) in the
When you have an opportunity to spend three days with Dylan Wiliam, Thomas Guskey, Susan Brookhart, and Jay McTighe, you can bet you’ll learn a LOT about assessment practices. If you joined us at the 2019 Formative Assessment National Conference, you know what we mean when we say you’ll also
This week I was a few chapters into the wonderful book Reading Champs, by Rita Wirtz, reading about dipthongs and consonant blends, when the memories came flooding back; not too clearly, mind you, because I’ll be 7 in June. But clear enough. Reading Rita’s book took me back to an
Join Sarah Ottow, author of “The Language Lens for Content Classrooms,” for a live, book-related Twitter chat on May 14 at 7 p.m. EDT. Hashtag: #LSIchat. Click below to mark it on your calendar so you don’t forget! Add to Calendar Share your thoughts, ask questions, and network with other
Originally posted on ellstudents.com by Kerry Shelke, experienced ESL/Bilingual educator in the US and internationally, is passionate about working with new arrivals. In this blog, she shares her tips for ensuring these Newcomer ELLs have access to quality education and equity in the classroom. As an educator, I have spent
Originally posted on ellstudents.com One of my teaching mentors, Dr. Martin Haberman, told me sound advice I have never forgotten: “The most effective classroom management is a student-centered curriculum.” As a former classroom teacher and English Learner specialist, I can say that nothing is truer. Whether I had thirty 6th
As a young and wet-behind-the-ears teacher of teenagers (and not far removed from that condition myself), I often asked questions beginning with, “Who knows the answer to…?” or “Who can tell me…?” Had I asked, “Is anyone listening?” I might have gotten the same response: Silence. Crickets on a summer’s
