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Before The Year Ends, Audit Your Own Choices as a Teacher

Included: a reflection form you can use, if you want!

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Asking Students What They Would Do If They Were The Teacher

one of my favorite practices we've normed in our classroom

Apr 13 •

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What did I miss yesterday?

Recent reporting from the New York Times details how school absences have “exploded” in just about every school district. On this episode, Marcus and…

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Essay Grading as an English Teacher

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5 Collaboration-Building Tools That Work For Me

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Want to come on the pod?

Hey, friends! Marcus is usually the one who does all the posting on here, but I’m just popping in quickly to share that we’d love to start inviting you…

Mar 31 •

Supporting Students As They Work Independently

4 tools that have helped me improve "independent work time"

Mar 23 •

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KTC #10: This Is When You Lean Into Classroom Community

The tenth episode of “Kicking the Copier” is all about how we as teachers tend to respond to “bad vibes” in our classroom (this time of year especially…

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"Challenging Students" Means More Supports, Not Fewer

A reflection on a mistake I made too often around this earlier in my career

Mar 9 •

You want to do what with my gradebook?

Lots of schools are trying out different approaches to grading, often met with mixed emotions from teachers. Mastery-based and minimum grading policies…

Feb 28 •

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5 Collaboration-Building Tools That Work For Me

Along with a brief reflection on why I believe in a collaboration-driven classroom

Feb 11 •

Essay Grading as an English Teacher

Two weeks, 150 essays graded, lots of thoughts

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