Better Teaching: Only Stuff That Works

Raquel McGee is a high school reading teacher, instructional coach, and doctoral student. I was very excited to talk to Raquel about all of those things.

We discuss student motivation in high school remedial reading classes and how respect for students is critical in maintaining that motivation.

Raquel describes the training provided when she became an instructional coach and additional work she has done on her own to ensure she provides quality support to teachers.

Links:
X: @‌RaquelMTeaches

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Sandra Brunet has worked throughout the United States coaching educators at all levels of the educational system. She had supported leaders in state departments of education, district leaders, site leaders and teachers.

In this episode Sandra discusses the importance of alignment and knowledge of all aspects of educational systems to positively impact student outcomes.

Links:
LinkedIn: @sandrabrunet
Engage 2 Learn
DIG Workshop in Riverside, CA

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Dr. Carl Hendrick is known throughout the world for his expertise in the science of learning. In addition to publishing numerous articles, he has co-authored two books How Learning Happens and How Teaching Happens in which he shares the most impactful research on this topic.

In this episode he shares what he believes is the most important information that all teachers should know about how students learn but is still not being taught in many schools of education. He also has some advice for teachers about some things they can safely stop doing.

Links:
X: @‌C_Hendrick

BlueSky: @‌carlhendrick.substack.com

LinkedIn: Carl Hendrick
Weekly Science of Learning newsletter at The Learning Dispatch
How Teaching and Learning Happens e-learning course can be found here. 

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The Bell Ringer, a weekly newsletter providing news, tools, and resources on the science of learning, written by education reporter Holly Korbey. Subscribe here. 

Dr. Gabriel Simon took an unconventional path to becoming a district superintendent. He spent over a decade as a successful principal before serving briefly as a Superintendent/Principal in a small rural district. He then transitioned back the district office as an Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources, where he worked as the Assistant Superintendent in three different districts.

In this episode I chat with Dr. Simon about what he learned dealing with parents, teachers, and unitions during his years in HR that has helped him in his new role leading a K-12 district.

Dr. Simon is the author of Building Student Resilience, K-8: Strategies to Overcome Risk and Adversity, available from Corwin Books.

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The Bell Ringer, a weekly newsletter providing news, tools, and resources on the science of learning, written by education reporter Holly Korbey. Subscribe here. 

This the third episode in our series Thinking Out Loud in which Zach and I discuss instructional coaching. So far, we have discussed the importance of rehearsal with teachers (Episode 23) and various coaching models (Episode 33). In this episode we discuss coaching moves an instructional coach may employ while observing a lesson.

Links:
Just Tell Them: The Power of Explanations and Explicit Instruction

Maximizing the Impact of Coaching Cycles

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The Bell Ringer, a weekly newsletter providing news, tools, and resources on the science of learning, written by education reporter Holly Korbey. Subscribe here. 

Everyone says one of the most effective ways to teach new content is by using explicit instruction. But fewer teachers than you might think can deliver an effective explicit instruction lesson. Dr. Tavernetti wrote Teach FAST to help remedy that situation and help guide teachers to more effective explicit instruction lesson.

In this episode Gene lists and explains the differences between this book and other books on explicit instruction.

Andrew Bixler, a friend and colleague of Gene Tavernetti, turns the tables and interviews Gene about his book Teach FAST: Focused Adaptable Structured Teaching.

Get Teach FAST here.

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The Bell Ringer, a weekly newsletter providing news, tools, and resources on the science of learning, written by education reporter Holly Korbey. Subscribe here. 

Kyair Butts, Baltimore City Public Schools Teacher of the Year, discusses improving literacy in the middle grades and a successful low-cost professional development program that teachers enjoyed and employed.

Follow Kyair and his students in action at on:

X: @kyairb 

Instagram: @MrK_bcpss

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Mike Schmoker, educator and best-selling author, speaks from decades of experience as he details the three most important areas school musts Focus on to get Results. (Caps and pun intended.)

Get in touch with Mike through his website here. 

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Helen Reynolds, MBE is a distinguished and award-winning science educator from the UK. For the past eight she has taught at a high school in the US.

In this episode she compares her experiences in the US and UK and how she has advocated for the science of learning wherever she has taught.

Key Moments:

01:21 Differences between UK and US Educational Systems

06:31 National Curriculum in the UK

08:02 Transition to the US Educational System

21:05 Implementation of Cognitive Science in the Classroom

Get in touch with Helen:
X: @helenrey
BlueSky: @helenrey

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The Bell Ringer, a weekly newsletter providing news, tools, and resources on the science of learning, written by education reporter Holly Korbey. Subscribe here. 

Dr. Zach Groshell and I Think Out Loud about the pros and cons of various coaching models.

Various coaching delivery models have been implemented in schools. How do you choose which model is best for your school? We hope this will discussion provides some grist for the mill. (Aphorisms are not buzz words.)

Links:
Zach’s new book: Just Tell Them: The Power of Explanations and Explicit Teaching

Zach’s website: Education Rickshaw

X: @MrZachG

LinkedIn: @‌MrZachG

Bluesky: @‌mrzachg.bsky.social

Podcast: Progressively Incorrect

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