Susan ‘s Articles for
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Susan ‘s Articles for
Education
Brain-Based Teaching: Easy Learning Strategies for Your Classroom
As educators, we're always looking for ways to make our classrooms more effective learning environments. Research in neuroscience has provided us with valuable insights into how the brain learns...
Making Reading Easier: Dyslexia and Neurodiversity Solutions
My Journey with Dyslexia Reading has always been a challenge for me. I can read, but I'm a very slow reader. When my son's eye doctor diagnosed him with dyslexia*, I decided to get an eye exam...
Long-term Coaching – The Unique, Hidden Benefits
It happened again... ...and it only took until March! Reflecting on my 20 plus years of coaching co-teaching teams, I've recognized a pivotal trend: the trans-formative power of ongoing,...
Mind Mapping: An Effective Strategy for Differently Wired Brains
I started using mind mapping after reading I Can See You Naked: A Fearless Guide to Making Great Presentations by Ron Hoff (1988). My first presentation was drawn out like a colorful board game...
What Do I Do When My Co-teacher is Completely Different Than Me?
Sometimes it's hard to know how best to work together in support of students when you and your co-teacher seem to be so different. There are almost always things that you can do, or ways to make...
Co-teaching Model: Team Teaching
#24 Team Teaching If there is one co-teaching term that instigates misinformation, conflict, and the demise of co-teaching efforts, it is Team Teaching. Expectations and misinformation about the...
Use Doodling as a Memory Strategy with Sketchnotes
As teachers, we often assume that doodling in class is “bad,” indicating that students aren’t listening to the material being taught. However, for visual learners, doodling can be that extra...
How Principals Can Support Teachers with New Initiatives
Administrators who mandate training for teachers and then don't attend the training themselves are doing everyone a disservice, including themselves. In my coaching work, the price the district...
Teaching Strategies for Tackling Vision Related Problems – Updated
Disclaimer: A version of this article was originally posted as part of a series called, "Ask Susan". In this series, I answered questions about teaching and learning. This article has been...
Bounce Back Leadership and Neurodiversity
SPEAKERS Susan Fitzell, Neurodiversity Speaker and Host of The Bounceback Leadership Show, Brian Wagner, A Radical Vision Note: This show transcript has been cleaned up so that people who want to...
Co-teaching Model: Two Run Acceleration Centers
#23 Two Run Acceleration Centers This co-teaching model utilizes Fitzell Acceleration Centers™, a merging of several “station” teaching methods. If you have ever created a learning center,...
Co-teaching Model: Three Same-Ability Stations—Re-Teach, Reinforce, Enrich
#22 - Three Same-Ability Stations—Re-Teach, Reinforce, Enrich Same-ability groups have earned a negative reputation because, too often, they are overused, sentencing students to a school career...