The Responsive Classroom

Academic or Instructional Coaching

  • 6 Ways to Gain Academic Ground NOW!

    6 Ways to Gain Academic Ground NOW!

    It’s no secret that education, and so many of the sweet students in our education system have been seriously affected by the events of the past few years. While there was already a significant achievement gap for a number of our students, that gap has only widened since 2020. No matter your opinion of how…

  • Responsive Teaching Mindset: Setting Up a Physical Classroom Environment for Learning

    Responsive Teaching Mindset: Setting Up a Physical Classroom Environment for Learning

    The year has started! Hopefully you (or your teachers) have already fallen in love with your students! I hope you have the kid that makes you laugh, and the kid that makes your heart bleed, and the kid that is trying to please you so badly. I’m sure you have the kid who is already…

  • Reteach or Refresh? 2 Strategies to “fill the gap” quickly!

    Reteach or Refresh? 2 Strategies to “fill the gap” quickly!

    As the 2022/2023 school year gets underway, the academic gaps that we know have been deepening over the past few years will begin to surface quickly. Out of the goodness of their hearts and their passion for teaching, many teachers will be tempted to want to reteach the entire last year! While I completely understand…

  • The Need for Teacher Clarity, and Why It’s Missing In So Many Classrooms…

    The Need for Teacher Clarity, and Why It’s Missing In So Many Classrooms…

    Like in all aspects in life, when there is a clear target to hit, we are much more apt to make progress. If you simply set out to “get healthier”, there is a much lesser chance that you will actually make sustainable progress than if you were to say, “I want to lose 10 pounds,…

  • 5 Things All Good Academic Coaches Should Know…

    5 Things All Good Academic Coaches Should Know…

    We all have our wheelhouses so to speak – that desire zone where you feel really comfortable.  For me, one of those areas is coaching. As instructional coaching is becoming a more widely accepted and needed practice in public education, we have to make sure that coaches know how to coach! Working with students is…