One Girl’s Special Memory Strategy
Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to present my program, “Please Help Me With My Homework,” to a group of parents and students in Chester, NH. The Chester Academy Parent Support group invited me to talk to parents and students about simple...
The Pros and Cons of Co-Teaching via Team Teaching
What is Team Teaching in the Co-Teaching Model? There are some authors and trainers that believe that team teaching is an advanced method of co-teaching that requires both teachers to have compatible personality and teaching styles. It is also said to be...
How One Teacher Used Visuals and Groups to Chunk Her Lesson
Port Lavaca, Texas I had the pleasure, this week, of spending two days with Lina Moore and the staff of Travis Middle School in Port Lavaca, Texas. On Monday, I introduced my Differentiated Instruction Professional Development kit to the teaching staff and on Tuesday...Implementing Successful RTI at the Secondary Level
I have been writing a series of articles for an educational journal and was reminded how challenging it can be, for both the student and the teacher, when students transition from elementary to middle school, and from middle school to high school. Whether we call it...