The Intellectual Classroom

Useful feedback from fellow teachers is critical to sustain excellence in teaching and learning.

 

Professional Development. Instructional Coaching.

With new demands in high-stakes testing and nationwide standards, school leaders and teachers face major shifts within instructional delivery.  Teachers experience the most significant impact in the wake of blended learning, small group instruction, and differentiated instruction.

From teaching and content frameworks to common core learning standards, building a productive classroom environment is extremely demanding. It requires high expectations, clear routines, behavior management, and proper classroom organization. Teachers are busier than ever and need an easy-to-follow template that incorporates both the needs of students and the administration requests. 

Teachers also often feel overwhelmed with the demands and may ask questions like the following:

  • What teaching tools align my unit and lesson planning to the new learning standards?