January 17, 2025

BONUS: Coaching, Teaching, & Classroom Management Strategies Sparked From My Conversation with Leah Mermelstein & Dr. Jen Gioia (❤️Olivia Wahl)

24 minutes

In this bonus episode of Schoolutions: Coaching and Teaching Strategies, I follow up on my conversation with Leah Mermelstein and Dr. Jennifer Gioia (S4E19) to explore critical aspects of educational support systems. The episode breaks down three main areas:

✨Recent developments in tutoring programs, including insights from a 2024 New York Times article (With Speech to Teachers, Harris Waded into a Fiery Education Debate) about Kamala Harris's education stance and challenges highlighted in The Hechinger Report (Students aren’t benefiting much from tutoring, one new study shows) about scaling tutoring effectively.
➡️P-3 Literacy Instructional best practices guide

✨An in-depth exploration of John Sweller's Cognitive Load Theory and its practical classroom applications (Cognitive Load Theory: A Practical Guide And Tips For Teachers), including:

➡️The relationship between sensory, short-term, and long-term memory

➡️Understanding working memory's limited capacity (5-9 pieces of information for ~30 seconds)

➡️Practical tips for teachers to reduce cognitive load

➡️Strategies for students to optimize their learning environment

✨ An introduction to MagicSchool, a free AI tool for educators that offers:

➡️Rubric generation

➡️Automated feedback assistance

➡️Text-dependent question creation

➡️AI-resistant assignment development

➡️Creation of exemplar and non-exemplar responses

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👉Check out my episode with Leah and Jen here: (https://youtu.be/Yc-Gkq2zwhw)!

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By Olivia Wahl

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