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How To Protect Your Teachers From Extraneous Demands

March 20, 2014 by Shaun Killian 2 Comments

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Principals and other school leaders make a real difference to how well their students learn at school. The scary thing is that this impact is not always positive. When leaders make mistakes and act in misguided ways, student results suffer. One costly, yet common mistake that many leaders make is ... [Read more]

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Homework: How to Make It All Worthwhile

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Homework is the bane of many people's lives. Teachers hate setting it, let alone marking it Students hate doing it Parents hate ensuring it done (and trying to work out what it is that the teacher really wants) Yet, when homework is managed properly, it can help students to achieve better ... [Read more]

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How to Use Questions to Check for Understanding

While There Is Still Time To Reteach When Needed

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Most teachers recognise the need to check that their students understand what you have taught them. They mark work at the end of their lessons; they keep an eye on weekly test results; and, they pay close attention to formal assessment tasks. However, few teachers routinely check for ... [Read more]

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Top 10 Evidence Based Teaching Strategies

for Those Who Care About Student Results

By Shaun Killian 83 Comments

Top 10 Evidence Based Teaching Strategies

Most teachers care about their students’ results. If you are reading this article, you are undoubtedly one of them. There is no doubt that teachers make a difference to how well their kids do at school. However, when you explore the thousands of research studies ((See for example, John Hattie's ... [Read more]

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School Leadership That Lifts Student Results

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School Leadership That Gets Results

While there are thousands of books and articles peddling ideas about what great leadership entails, few focus on the unique role of school leaders. Hard research on business leadership focuses on how a leader affects the bottom-line; a measure that is not the driving force of schools. Softer ... [Read more]

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5 Ways Teachers Can Boost Student Results

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Teachers can have a significant effect on how well their students do at school, but not all teachers do. In fact, research ((Sanders, W. L., & Rivers, J. C. (1996). Cumulative and residual effects of teachers on future student academic achievement: University of Tennessee Value-Added Research ... [Read more]

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