What the Function?

As a math teacher, I have a tendency to fall into the pattern of giving more traditional style tests and "pass offs". The standards are...

Teaching high school students is not easy. These students have so many things going on: college acceptances, drama with friends, fights...

Wow, it's the last day! Today kicked off with a session by Lee Ann Jung about "Goal Attainment" strategies. The big take-away from this...

In addition to Starr, on Day 3 I saw a few other great sessions. My morning session was by far the most engaging and hands on session...

I am at ASCD Empower18 right now and I have a two hour lunch break. I just got out of a session with Starr Sackstein and I am totally...

I had such a hard time deciding where to go for my first session on day 2. I couldn't decide if I wanted to go to one about an...

I attended a pre-conference at Empower18. I'm so excited to be here. It is extremely intimidating! The conference center is HUGE and...

In this installment of CBE bootcamp, we'll talk about how to use a proficiency scale to plan instruction and delivery of content. Some...

What I find most useful about proficiency scales is the fact that they make it so easy to design assessments. In my math class, I can...

Just about everything that I'll say in this post either came from or was inspired by Marzano Research. I can't take credit for the ideas...

The first step in running a competency based classroom is choosing the content standards that your course will explore. It can be a...

I do my best to teach my precalculus class using a "Competency Based" approach (CBE). I first learned about this approach to learning at...

I think it's finally time for me to take the plunge into the daunting sea of the online world. I'm not comfortable. Every word I type...