Overwhelmed Teachers Teachers long to celebrate not only their results but having a clear direction for their work. Without this clarity, we often can’t even see that our work is making a difference. Instead, we stay trapped in cycles of overwhelm that go something like this: get excited about an idea → try it →…
Category: Results
Increasing Teacher Productivity: Do Less To Maximize Reading Growth
Increasing Teacher Productivity Before I dive in, let’s talk about the “Increasing Teacher Productivity” from the title. It’s important to remember that productivity isn’t about doing more. It’s about achieving the best results in the most efficient manner. When I began developing the four moves every literacy lesson plan needs, I believed that I could…
How Freed Reading Turned My Underperforming Freshpersons Into Honors-Ready Juniors
During the 2017-18 school year, I got serious about data collection for freed reading. I’d heard enough doubts that what I was doing was making a difference that I wanted some numbers to go alongside the anecdotes and student quotes that I shared. Last year, I taught two classes, one for freshpersons that scored below…
