Last year around this time, I was introduced to Mr. Wayne, a history teacher at one of the schools where I was doing some coaching. I sat down with Mr. Wayne and other members of his team to help them learn how to plan more rigorous units and lessons in preparation for his district’s adoption […]
Continue readingAlthough we originally stayed out of the Common Core conversation for fear that we would look like we were profiteering from this major initiative, many of the schools that we were currently working with asked us for help in making the shift to the Common Core. So we dived into understanding the standards and the […]
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Recently a principal who attended one of our Leading the Common Core trainings lead her entire staff in an activity to help them begin unpacking the Common Core standards for themselves. Here’s part of an email she sent us one week later: “We were able to present the Unpacking the Common Core Standards activity that […]
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