The Responsive Classroom

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  • 5 Steps to Creating Independent Learners

    5 Steps to Creating Independent Learners

    The name of my first book is Building a Bridge from “I Can’t” to “I DID!”, which encompasses the mindset of an independent learner. However, what does this actually mean?  How do we move students to success?  How do we actually build that bridge? How do we get them past the productive struggle and to a…

  • What is a Responsive Educator?

    What is a Responsive Educator?

    The school year is underway! From the schools that I’ve been in this year and the administrators I’ve spoken with, it seems we are moving into a more consistent feel of “normal” than we have been in several years. My question to you is what are you seeing on your campus? Are students in engaged?…

  • 3 Things to do in the First Weeks of School to Guarantee Student Success

    3 Things to do in the First Weeks of School to Guarantee Student Success

    While the first weeks of school can seem like an act of survival every year, for those of you who are veterans in education, you know that the first weeks are critical to setting up a successful learning climate for the students. As you are well aware, it it much harder to backtrack or have…

  • Boredom and the Brain

    Boredom and the Brain

    Bored kids don’t learn! In this article, we dive into research that shows what the brain does when we get bored.

  • 8 Questions to Bring Student Growth

    8 Questions to Bring Student Growth

    As you can probably guess, one of the main aspects of being a responsive educator is knowing your students, and then planning instruction accordingly – but what exactly does this mean? As I work with teachers, after we go through alignment (you can catch that on the next blog), the next question I ask is…