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  • 11: What is an Education Consultant (and is it your next right step?)

    11: What is an Education Consultant (and is it your next right step?)

    Is education consulting your next right step? At the Responsive classroom, I’ve started a new section of my business called the EquippED Consultants Collective. You can find us on IG @equipped_consultants_co. The mission of this is simply to help and coach those of you who want to move into being an education consultant to start…

  • The #1 Way to Guarantee Growth for 2024-2025

    The #1 Way to Guarantee Growth for 2024-2025

    Hey friends! I know this time of year is tough, but I also know that if you are an administrator, you are already looking towards next year. You have to be.  So do you want to know the #1 way to guarantee growth for 2024-2025? Reflect on the current year and make a plan proactively…

  • The Effective Professional Development Plan – why some PD works and others don’t!

    The Effective Professional Development Plan – why some PD works and others don’t!

    When you research what makes (and breaks) effective professional development, you get several different takes on it. Stand alone professional development, even when delivered well, typically has about a 10% retention rate, meaning that average person, even when paying attention, will take and implement about 10% of the professional development. If you are like me,…

  • 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…

  • 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…