Susan ‘s Articles for
Education
Susan ‘s Articles for
Education
Co-teaching: An Opportunity to Teach by Co-Example
Back in 2003, I was working in classrooms coaching co-teachers at a high school in a tough part of town. I walked into this one room with nothing more than a list of room numbers and teacher names....
A Powerful Strategy to Reach All Learners with Response to Intervention at the Secondary Level
Response to Intervention at the Secondary Level Response to Intervention is a process that involves providing struggling learners with academic interventions that match their needs in order to help...
How To Read Our eBooks With Your Kindle App
How To Read Our eBooks With Your Kindle App Kindle Apps Won't Read Your eBooks We recently discovered that the Kindle App, for both iPad and Android tablets, no longer supports .prc file formats....
More Articles for Your Newsletters and Staff Training!
We just added a new collection of articles to our extensive article bank for you to use in your school or organization newsletters and notices! These articles cover a wide range of topics...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Redirect Students without Provoking Power Struggles
How to Prevent Power Struggles Behavior Management Cue Card Behavior Management Cue Card Approach! Here's a way to quietly cue students to choose positive behavior. Behavior management cue card...
Make Your Classroom Lighting Learner Friendly
I was walking down a hallway at North Elementary school in Lamesa, TX and glanced into a room that had pink and white cloth hanging from the lights. Finally, I get to SEE it in a classroom again!...
Evernote Clearly – Fantastic Solution for Students with Reading and Organizational Difficulties!
Evernote Clearly: Reading, Text to Speech and More You know I'm excited about a "find" when my heart rate increases and I just want to jump up and down and shout it out to the world. What a boon for...
Seven Effective Strategies for Using Curation Apps to Engage Students
Seven Effective Strategies for Using Curation Apps to Engage Students Program Description: A few years ago, I began using Scoop.It! to collect and curate articles that I thought were important or...