SIM Chat Podcast

How we integrate Jim Knight's Partnership Principles into our workshops and trainings, and why they are critical to successful professional development.

SIM Chat Episode 17: The Partnership Principles

SIM Chat Episode 16

A quick chat on some easy strategies we use and resources we consult for classroom management in our 6-8 classrooms.

SIM Chat: Episode 15

How we are using SIM and assessments and data in two very different settings: a high poverty middle school intervention reading class, and a middle class self-contained 6th grade  SIM Chat Episode 13

That moment you've so carefully planned falls apart in so many ways. Today we celebrate and reflect on our most "epic fails" in the classroom and leading professional development.

SIM Chat Episode 14: Epic Fails!

Ways we revisit routines after we've taught them, including unit review techniques, addressing course questions, and vocabulary practice.

SIM Chat Episode 12: Revisiting Content Enhancement in the Classroom

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Rolling out the school year with SIM! How we use the Course Organizer, Unit Organizer, and Organizing Together to set up our classrooms and students from the get-go.

SIM Chat: Episode 11

A short discussion on our new inspirations based on the 2013 SIM Conference, including directly in our classrooms, coaching, and PD plans.

SIM Chat Episode 10b: New Inspirations

Recorded at the 2013 International SIM Conference. Our takeaways from the conference and a few new things we learned.

SIM Chat Episode: Takeaways from the 2013 SIM Conference

Our strategies for wrapping up the school year and keeping our materials organized for the summer; different ways to organize your Content Enhancement Routines for easy accessibility for yourself and students.

  SIM Chat Episode 9