Four teachers met in a circle discussing the direction of the reading lab. For three months, I had created lessons for the reading lab classes, using the same formula from the previous year. Now, the 7th and 8th-grade teachers, along with the teacher leader, who is also a language arts teacher, were brainstorming how the […]
Archives for December 2019
Creating An Objective Roadmap for Student Success
Have you ever driven to a new city without a GPS or map? I would not suggest teaching without a “roadmap” or a lesson plan. Recently, I was traveling three hours away, and I was riding with one of my sorority sisters, Jawana. She is a supervisor of a satellite children’s mental facility, where she […]
How I Saw Quick Results with Goal Setting
On Fridays, I would check my students’ usage on the online reading program MindPlay. Students were expected to complete two hours per week on the program. I quickly saw that students were not completing the mandatory hours per week. Every day, I used a timer, walked around the classroom, and watched students on GoGuardian (an […]
