classroom-observations

A New Take on Classroom Observations

“There are two types of Principals. One who focuses on Operations or one who focuses on Instruction.  You want to be an Instructional Leader if you want to change instruction and ultimately classroom results.” –John Hollingsworth, Co-Author of Explicit Direct Instruction  Administrators Can Become More Effective Instructional Leaders Instructional Leadership programs usually involve a series…

The Death of Homework

How Chat AI will end homework and make classroom instruction more important  Let’s begin with the purpose of homework; Educators assign homework for different reasons and purposes. Homework is assigned either as practice, preparation, extension, or integration of grade-level skills and concepts. Practice Homework reinforces learning from the skills and concepts already taught in the classroom.…