by Brittany Taormina | Mar 12, 2021 | Classroom Culture, Risk, Teacher Improvement, Vulnerability |
The following is a guest post from Brittany Taormina, who gave the Teacher Report Card to her students during 2021 distance learning. She tweeted me about it, and her grand risk deserves some celebration. Check it out below! 8:10am the morning bell rings, students...
by Matt Vaudrey | Dec 19, 2019 | Administration, Coaching, Education, Risk, Vulnerability |
“Be brave! Take a grand risk! Let your students grade you!” Dozens of times, I’ve said those words in a workshop, a keynote, or a Google Slam, proclaiming the benefits of real, honest feedback from the students we serve. It’s a great time to be...
by Matt Vaudrey | Oct 11, 2019 | Risk, Teacher Improvement |
When I go back in time to read journal entries in blog posts from that first year teaching, chuckle, sigh, and cringe. Most often, though, it’s cringe. A few years back, I crossed paths with Eli Luberoff, CEO of the graphing calculator and activity builder called...
by Matt Vaudrey | May 25, 2018 | Risk |
A few times a month, I’ll make peanut butter pancakes for the kids. Today, I realized that I know what I need to make pancakes, and if the Betty Crocker cookbook was stolen or lost, I could probably get pretty close. If I go a bit over or under the 1 cup of...
