Teaching
Teaching: The art & science of helping people learn
8 Simple Ways To Make Teachers Feel Appreciated
8 Simple Ways To Make Teachers Feel Appreciated contributed by Anne Davis The best administrators already work hard to ensure that their teachers are not just happy and content but...
Why Did That Student Fail? A Diagnostic Approach To Teaching
Why Did That Student Fail? A Diagnostic Approach To Teaching by Terry Heick When students struggle in school, it can be for a variety of reasons. From their grasp of...
From Inquiry To Technology: A Reading List For Progressive Teachers
From Inquiry To Technology: A Reading List For Progressive Teachers contributed by Jesse Lubinsky It's possible that the term 'progressive teaching' is unnecessary. Maybe it's just 'good teaching.' But we're...
15 Examples of Student-Centered Teaching
15 Examples of Student-Centered Teaching by Terry Heick 15 Examples of Student-Centered Teaching--And 15 That Are Not So Much Student-centered teaching is simply the process of teaching with student needs...
Updating Your Teaching To Something Messier
Updating Your Teaching To Something Messier by Mike Fisher Recently, I participated in a Twitter chat for the ASCD Leader to Leader initiative, hashtag #ASCDL2L, on the role of the...
Beyond Pedagogy: 8 Other Things A Teacher Needs To Be Effective In The Classroom
Beyond Pedagogy: 8 Other Things A Teacher Needs To Be Effective In The Classroom contributed by Anne Davis It’s unfortunate that teachers often take the brunt of the backlash when...
Becoming Invisible In My Classroom
Becoming Invisible In My Classroom contributed by Jane Healey “She doesn’t do anything. She gets paid to babysit us while we do all the work.” I overheard the middle school...
Why We Should Make It Easier–Not Harder–To Be A Teacher
Why We Should Make It Easier--Not Harder--To Be A Teacher by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD Recently, I tweeted a reflection about the challenging nature of being a teacher....
10 Ways Traditional Classrooms Punish Mistakes In Learning
contributed by Miriam Clifford The greatest mistake I ever made in my education was failing a physics course at Cornell. I opted to take an auto-tutorial class that did not...
What’s The Best Teaching Advice You’ve Ever Gotten?
What's The Best Teaching Advice You've Ever Gotten? by TeachThought Staff This week's topic is simple enough: What's the best teaching advice you've ever gotten? Maybe the advice did not...
I And You And Us: 30 Inspiring Messages For Students
I And You And Us: 30 Inspiring Messages For Students by Terry Heick The premise is simple enough here: What are the kinds of messages that inspire students? We've talked...
60 Non-Threatening Formative Assessment Techniques
60 Non-Threatening Formative Assessment Techniques by TeachThought Staff As frequently as a chef needs to check a sauce for taste, teachers should check for understanding. These can be formal--formative or...
Stop, Practice, Collaborate: The Cycle Of Reflective Teaching
Stop, Practice, Collaborate: The Cycle Of Reflective Teaching contributed by Pete Hall and Alisa Simeral This post has been updated and republished The more reflective you are, the more effective...
9 Questions To Reflect Critically On Your Own Teaching
9 Questions To Reflect Critically On Your Own Teaching by TeachThought Staff This post has been updated and republished Video your teaching, and see what really happens in your classroom....
Dear Students, Asking For Help Is A Strength
Dear Students, Asking For Help Is A Strength contributed by Penny Kostaras I am a K-12 learning coach. My approach is comprehensive - executive functioning, time management, and academic content....
Teaching Is Establishing The Need To Know
Teaching Is Establishing The Need To Know by Terry Heick Ed note: This has been updated from a 2014 post by the author The above image comes from a presentation...
5 Tips For Teaching With Art In Any Subject Area
5 Tips For Teaching With Art In Any Subject Area contributed by Nicola Giardina, TeachThought PD Facilitator Art inquiry is a powerful way to engage students with diverse learning needs,...
Should Teachers Give Their Phone Number To Parents?
Should Teachers Give Their Phone Number To Parents? by Terry Heick Should teachers give their phone number to parents? I'm not sure there's a universal answer here but may be...
