In a recent data-gathering round of classroom visits at KMS, we found that for a majority of the school day, our students are sitting in their seats. Lecture seating was the highest at 68%, followed by partners or groups at…
Think about the last time you were driving along on the freeway and suddenly looked into the rear view mirror to find a police car behind you. Perhaps his mere presence (depending on how fast you were going) evoked a response…
We all know that the best contests are the ones where we can win prizes that have multiple dollar signs attached (or that involve airline tickets, beaches, and words like all-expenses-paid)! Sadly, we can’t be offering such incentives to our…
Former New York Yankee, Yogi Berra, once said, “If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” Today’s PCM #14 Goal Setting and Performance Feedback is going to help you help your students develop a plan, assess their…
A CEO of a major corporation has a motto for meetings at his company: No agenda, no attenda. In his experience, a meeting with no clearly outlined objectives is in danger of easily turning into an aimless waste of time. I’m sure we’ve all…
A valuable addition to any classroom’s Tier 1, The Good Behavior Game is used to increase time on task and rule-following behavior – not to mention the benefit of a fun and friendly competition to help students learn your content! Read on to find…
Do you ever get the feeling that your students are beginning to tune you out like the teacher from Charlie Brown (waah, waah, waah…)? Do you sometimes feel like the invisible man/woman up at the front of the room as you…
Sophocles once said, “One must learn by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have no certainty, until you try.” His words represent a common sense idea that we in the education field know well – practice leads…