• Excellent idea, Brenda! I am looking forward to watching your video.

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  • Fallsburg Elementary Community Engagement team will be doing our initial story on Coaching sessions that were implemented this school year to build relationships between students, faculty and staff. We will be filming a segment to be shared with the Community, Parents, Staff, Faculty, Holler Communities, Social Media and District websites. -…Read More

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    • Wow! Can’t wait to see it! Thanks for letting us know and either post here or email to me and I will post as soon as you get it done!

      • Will do! This is a new activity for this year and we are excited about the outcomes! – Community Coaches – Brenda Curry and Teresa Prince

  • I wanted to share another resource ” Total Participation Techniques” Making Every Student an Active Learner by Himmele.
    The book provides easy-to-use alternatives to the stand and deliver approach to teaching. It provides different ways to engage students in active learning and allow them to demonstrate the depth of their knowledge and…Read More

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  • Wanted to share a resource- 25 Quick Formative Assessments for a Differentiated Classroom.
    This is a collection of quick, flexible, informal assessments that helps teachers take a snapshot of student learning. I was able to find the PDF version online of the entire book for FREE!…Read More

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  • One of my favorite books is “Better Learning Through Structured Teaching” by Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey. It is focused around how to implement The Gradual Release of Responsibility Framework. The following section is one I would like to share from this text:

    When teachers are gradually releasing responsibility to students, formative…Read More

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    • The Gradual Release of Responsibility Framework. I think we feel we are not doing our job unless we are doing more work than the students, but truth is learning doesn’t take place unless the learner assumes responsibility. No way around it. One way to look at this is our work goes on behind the scenes and creating the learning environment. In…Read More

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