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Inclusion and Co-Teaching in the Personalized Classroom

A Principal's Reflections

During a recent coaching visit as part of ongoing work with Quest Academy Junior High School, I witnessed a co-taught experience that was implemented exceptionally well. Had it not been for principal Nicki Slaugh informing me that she was the TA, I would have just assumed she was a special education teacher.

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Your Ticket to More Effective Lessons

A Principal's Reflections

The data from then can be used to identify the following: Level of mastery Areas of difficulty Opportunities to reteach Gaps in learner understanding The information gleaned from them provides the teacher with additional insight as to how the lesson went and what can be done to improve it in the future.

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Better Feedback for Deeper Learning

A Principal's Reflections

The valuable information, in many cases, aligns with what the research has said constitutes good feedback. While I presented the concept in my book, it wasn’t until recently that I saw an exemplary feedback log during a coaching cycle with Quest Academy Junior High School in Utah.

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Improvement is a Never-Ending Process

A Principal's Reflections

My work with Quest Academy Junior High School (UT) validates why change succeeds or fails. Coaching is not a one-way flow of information, ideas, concepts, and feedback. It all comes down to a realization that even small shifts to practice are not only doable but necessary in a disruptive world.

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How a Culture of Caring Is Helping These Schools Improve Student Mental Health

ED Surge

Cole-Ochoa has observed the students at Truan Junior High re-adapting to in-person schooling fall along a spectrum. Culture Change When Cole-Ochoa was assigned to the junior high campus more than two years ago, it was with the directive to turn around its academic performance. They didn't want to work in groups.

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The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

The Hechinger Report

Students at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona, spend a portion of their school day working on laptops. I just don’t like doing work on an online platform,” said Logan, an eighth grader at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona. Logan Dubin, eighth grader at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona. MESA, Ariz.

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These glasses give teachers superpowers

The Hechinger Report

He is a teacher at Hopewell Junior High School in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. A pair of augmented-reality glasses offer him those visual cues and the power to conjure up more information with an outstretched hand. Robert Mawhinney, Hopewell Junior High math teacher.