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Effective writing instruction, informed by The Writing Revolution, integrates clear strategies into existing curricula, enhancing both content learning and writing skills without the need for separate classes. This approach supports teachers in meeting state writing standards while improving students' communication, analytical abilities, and overall academic performance. I plan on providing these services, effectively transforming struggling writers into confident communicators across all ages and learning levels.
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The Science of Learning (View Source)
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The best understanding of how students learn from cognitive science
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Connecting this research to practical implications for teaching and learning
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Replacing neuromyths with evidence-informed practices
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This is the underpinning for everything we should do in education
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Evidence-Informed Instructional Practices
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Instructional practices based on the best research available in the field
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Instructional practices that are efficient and effective
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The how, why, when, and where of specific, concrete, instructional practices
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Instructional practices that benefit all learners with SPED and ELL students benefitting the most
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Writing Instruction / Learning to Write
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Training and support for teachers and school leaders in implementing simple and clear evidence-informed strategies for teaching writing (source), many coming from The Writing Revolution.
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State writing standards are created yet don’t explain how to reach those goals — most teachers have received little to no evidence-informed training in writing instruction
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A roadmap for writing instruction
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Embedding all writing instruction and practice in the curriculum saves time, money, and energy by teaching writing skills and content knowledge simultaneously
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Strategies are appropriate for any age (can be done orally with the very young)
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Writing in the Content Areas / Writing to Learn
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Simple, clear strategies for teaching writing skills and content simultaneously — no need for separate writing classes or curricula
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Embed strategies to existing curricula, using them for content instruction, many coming from The Writing Revolution by Hochman and Wexler
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State writing standards are created yet don’t explain how to reach those goals — most teachers have received little to no evidence-informed training in writing instruction
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Turn struggling writers into stronger communicators, while deepening their understanding of content, and developing their analytical abilities (adapted from The Writing Revolution)
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The writing strategies identify misconceptions and gaps in knowledge, boost reading comprehension and learning, improve organizational skills related to writing, enrich oral language, and develop analytical abilities (from The Writing Revolution)
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Classroom Management
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Practical and evidence-informed practices to maximize the impact of instruction: more time on task, greater thinking and participation, less wasted time
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Ways to run a classroom or building to minimize disruption, off-task behavior, and misbehavior
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School and classroom routines to build a positive culture
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Basics for new teachers and refreshers for experienced staff
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Common mistakes teachers and schools make and what to do instead
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​Principal Training for Instructional Improvement
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Learn batches of strong instructional strategies
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Each batch relates directly to a feature of common teacher evaluation tools
Select some to share with teachers -
Use them one-on-one during post-observation conferences, with a PLC, or as a school-wide instructional goal
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Use for new teacher orientation and training
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Learning (Study) Strategies
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Six strategies for learning (study) with a healthy evidence base, two of which are particularly robust (source)
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Learn the strategies, practical ways to implement them, and why they are so effective
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Compare these to common but less effective strategies for learning
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Instructional Coaching
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Bring any of the topics listed to staff: teachers, teaching assistants, principals
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Custom design a coaching program that is based on the science of learning and evidence-informed instruction, not one that’s tied to any specific curriculum
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Audit of Instruction / Learning
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Time, money, and energy are spent on curricula, programs, and systems without ever considering the principles of the science of learning and evidence-informed instruction
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Audit a curriculum, program, space, or system
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Request an evaluation through the lens of instruction and learning
