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Photo by Allison Shelley\/The Verbatim Agency for American Education: Images of Teachers and Students in Action<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Courtney Belolan, Instructional Coach at RSU #2 in Maine, is a frequent writer about the practices teachers can use in the classroom to personalize, motivate, and engage students. She writes from her teacher background for teachers. Her weekly tips focus in on one practice, one challenge, or one question at a time. She’s covered a lot of ground over the years, and I thought it might be helpful for teachers if they could access them more easily.<\/em><\/p>\n

2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Target Practice<\/a><\/p>\n

Dancing Out Front<\/a><\/p>\n

Be Reasonable!<\/a><\/p>\n

Application of Learning: It Doesn\u2019t Have To Be An Outhouse<\/a><\/p>\n

Exceeding Is More Complicated Than Adding Glitter and Flash<\/a><\/p>\n

Testing Myths<\/a><\/p>\n

Understanding Formative Assessment Using the Teaching and Learning M\u00f6bius Strip<\/a><\/p>\n

2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pre-Assessment: A Key to the ZPD<\/a><\/p>\n

A Learning Progression To Support Teachers<\/a><\/p>\n

Creating a Classroom Parking Lot<\/a><\/p>\n

Giving Students the Map<\/a><\/p>\n

2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

Step 1: Separate The Baby From the Bathwater<\/a><\/p>\n

Step Two: Picture It<\/a><\/p>\n

2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Choice Words<\/a><\/p>\n

Readiness Levels<\/a><\/p>\n

Deadlines and Redos<\/a><\/p>\n

Anchor Charts<\/a><\/p>\n

Homework<\/a><\/p>\n

Homework Tips for Parents<\/a><\/p>\n

Simple Moves to Increase Engagement<\/a><\/p>\n

Learners in the Center<\/a><\/p>\n

2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Common Assessment<\/a><\/p>\n

Questions to Help Build Transparency<\/a><\/p>\n

Goal Setting<\/a><\/p>\n

Reining in the Checklist Mindset<\/a><\/p>\n

Pace? Whose Pace?<\/a><\/p>\n

Increasing Engagement<\/a><\/p>\n

Connecting Learning Targets<\/a><\/p>\n

Going Back to the Targets<\/a><\/p>\n

Measurement Topics, Not Targets<\/a><\/p>\n

Culture Comes First<\/a><\/p>\n

Refurbishing for Personalized Learning<\/a><\/p>\n

Constant Feedback<\/a><\/p>\n

Three Big Ah-Ha!s for Teachers New to Learner-Centered Proficiency-Based Education<\/a><\/p>\n

Starting the Year Off Strong<\/a><\/p>\n

Moving to a Culture of Cooperation<\/a><\/p>\n

The Perennial Homework Question<\/a><\/p>\n

Making Targets Visible\u2026Really<\/a><\/p>\n

Crucial Mindsets<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Applied Learning and W2AL<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Steps to Grow Learner Autonomy<\/a><\/p>\n

2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Accountable Talk<\/a><\/p>\n

Revisiting the Vision<\/a><\/p>\n

Supporting Learners with Common Language<\/a><\/p>\n

Grouping is a Strategy, Not the Goal<\/a><\/p>\n

Exceeding is More Work<\/a><\/p>\n

A Move to Increase Agency<\/a><\/p>\n

Including Multiple Readiness Levels<\/a><\/p>\n

Giving Learners MORE Voice<\/a><\/p>\n

Making Space for Learners to Wonder<\/a><\/p>\n

Four Tips for Crafting Driving Questions<\/a><\/p>\n

2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Big Picture of Applied Learning<\/a><\/p>\n

Three Ways to Bring More Learner Voice into Learning Opportunities<\/a><\/p>\n

Yes They Can<\/a><\/p>\n

Learner-Centered Tip of the Week: Planning to Hold onto the Learning<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","mapsvg_location":""},"legacy_category":[],"issue":[368,371],"location":[],"class_list":["post-4966","cw_post","type-cw_post","status-publish","hentry","issue-issues-in-practice","issue-learn-lessons-from-the-field"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nTips for Teachers - Aurora Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/cw_post\/tips-for-teachers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tips for Teachers - 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