letsquitteaching

Just a brief visual overview of what typical teaching and learning look like side-by-side. Write to me for tools and assistance in how to transform your classroom or school.

The featured picture was from a recent tweet that seemed to get a lot of conversations started about what school leadership is about or could be about. In my mind, these two questions take all the things we do as administrators and boil it all down to the two most essential elements of the job.

If I had to choose one of the ten mindframes of Visible Learning that is most often underused or altogether flat out neglected, it is this one. “I use the language of learning with students and staff.” A HUGE amount of tapped potential lies inside of this seemingly simple concept. So, why don’t we make

If you are familiar with the work of John Hattie and Visible Learning, you may know of the 10 Mindsets he identified for educators who wish to transform the classroom and promote learning over teaching. As an instructional coach, I had these posted in my room and used them in my discussions with fellow teachers.

Do you remember the most coveted job there was when you were in elementary school? I do. It was being chosen as the LINE LEADER. What a power rush for a 6 year old! Being chosen to lead the line of your classmates out to recess and back or to some other special place in

I realize my first two reasons for teachers to quit teaching were student-centered in nature. Teaching is passive and it is not engaging. So for this next reason I felt I should give a reason with the classroom educator as the focus by discussing how quitting teaching and designing learning will improve positive student behavior