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Building Thinking Classroom Look For

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This tool is designed to be a feedback and self-reflection tool, not an evaluation tool. The goal is to incorporate the appropriate best practices rather than all the practices. Teachers should select instructional practices that create an ambitious, student-centered, and creative mathematics classroom culture.
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Designing Impactful and Meaningful Tier 1 Instruction in Math that Meets the Needs of All Middle School Students

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Tier 1 math instruction is where we can make the biggest impact on all our middle students’ conceptual understanding of the new 2023 Indiana Math Standards. By using John Hattie’s leveled approach to Tier 1 curriculum and instruction we can truly support math mastery for all students.
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SAT Preparation Resources

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Preparation for the SAT and PSAT can be overwhelming for students and families (and teachers). This succinct resource provides guidance on supporting students as they prepare for the Digital SAT Suite of Assessments.
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IDOE Elevate Education Conference Presentations

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How Secondary Students Learn Math and What Instructional Shifts are Necessary for Math Intervention

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How Elementary Students Learn Math and What Instructional Shifts are Necessary for Math Intervention

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Designing Impactful and Meaningful Tier 1 Instruction in Math that Meets the Needs of All Students

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Scaffolding Math Tasks to Maintain Cognitive Demand for All Students

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Group Engagement Continuum 

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Use this to set norms in your classroom and as a self-reflection tool for students

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Student-Centered Mathematics Instructional Look Fors

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This free resource provides teachers with a tool for lesson planning and self-reflection to enhance their mathematics teaching and student learning.

Download the Student-Centered Mathematics Instructional Look Fors document today to help incorporate the appropriate best practices,

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Learning Lab Model

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The Learning Lab Model is a modified version of the Japanese Lesson Study where teachers collaborate to plan, deliver, debrief and reflect on a lesson taught by either the facilitator or one of the teachers in the cadre. My published article for the Indiana Association of School Principals Indianagram Journal outlines the model and protocol.

Download the article, Facilitator’s Guide and slide deck to engage in this incredibly effective and meaningful professional learning.

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Hitting the Target: Navigating the 2023 ELA Standards for Grades K-2 2023

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The 2023 Indiana ELA Standards for grades K-2 have created a better alignment to the Science of Reading research and best practices the Indiana legislators were aiming for in their recent focus on literacy. There has been a considerable shift in reading foundational skills such as phonics and phonemic awareness to support decoding words in Kindergarten while building to reading sentences in 1st grade and building reading fluency in 2nd grade. Download my free ELA K-2 Summary to ensure you are hitting the new 2023 target for literacy.

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