educators - The Responsive Classroom

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…

May 10, 2024

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…

August 24, 2023

3 Phases of a Crisis – Where are your teachers?

So before I jump into the content of this blog, I want to acknowledge that teaching is hard right now. I, in no way, want to negate the difficulties that educators are facing. I do, however, think it’s important that we are always being reflective. The talk that I heard that led to this blog…

November 17, 2022

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…

September 7, 2022

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…

August 30, 2022