The Learning Process

January 2, 2013, 7:47 pm

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Or, where do grades come from? Have you ever considered what, exactly, do grades measure? They measure something, but can they really measure everything? And of what they do measure, is it fair, is it meaningful, and does it represent what we really want students to achieve? At the A+ Club we work with students … Continue reading The Learning Process →

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What about the students?

August 6, 2013, 6:50 pm

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A Furor but in whose interest? A blog of mine provoked a bit of a furor two summers ago when I sat in as guest-blogger Rick Hess’ “Straight Up” blog on Education Week: Teacher Pay (Aug 3, 2011) Huffington Post ran with this title:  Michael Bromley, Washington, D.C. Teacher: Teachers Are Overpaid and on the two or three … Continue reading What about the students? →

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Sitting in on the “Straight Talk” blog

August 31, 2013, 10:13 am

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Rick Hess kindly invited me back to step in during his vacation last week to rant and rave about education on his national blog at Education Week.Two years ago I got in trouble with some of Rick’s readers for suggesting that some teachers are overpaid. A shocking idea that, it seems, but my point was … Continue reading Sitting in on the “Straight Talk” blog →

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Prior Knowlege (PK), relevancy & teacher expectations

September 1, 2013, 10:42 am

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“Why’s that teacher do that?” Ever had a teacher that makes no sense? Ever not understood why the grade was what it was? Ever wanted to just given up on it? As a teacher, every day I wrote up my lesson plans starting with two reminders: 1)  Never Assume Prior Knowledge (PK)! 2) Learning = Relevancy! … Continue reading Prior Knowlege (PK), relevancy & teacher expectations →

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Due consideration, and not just a syllabus

September 17, 2013, 7:39 pm

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  Benefits derived from a contract are called “consideration.” The Common Law holds that contracts that don’t deliver some benefit, or consideration, to both parties are invalid. Let’s say that you sign a contract for lawn service, but you have no lawn. The courts would not hold you to that contract because you couldn’t possibly benefit … Continue reading Due consideration, and not just a syllabus →

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Feeding back: constant, comprehensive & positive feedback

November 6, 2013, 7:31 pm

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Feeding back: constant, comprehensive & positive feedback Student Success Podcast No. 7, Nov. 6, 2013 Today’s Guest: none Bromley discusses the essential process of feedback. Feedback is simple human interaction. And these interactions so define the teacher-student relationship.  Students will benefit from understanding their role in this relationship. And teachers, too, need to maintain positive, effective interactions … Continue reading Feeding back: constant, comprehensive & positive feedback →

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Teachers are people, too (sort of) & how you should take advantage of it

November 29, 2013, 9:31 am

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My teacher is a toaster? Heh, students, here’s a little inside information you should know: teachers are people, too. Shocking, I know. But true. When my daughter was in my school, I’d bring her along to the watering hole we teachers escaped to on Fridays. She’d sit at a nearby table and enjoy bar food and a soda. After … Continue reading Teachers are people, too (sort of) & how you should take advantage of it →

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What do teachers really want?

December 19, 2013, 10:40 am

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Bribery? Maybe, but flattery will work better. Seriously. The highest and most effective form of teacher flattery is asking a teacher for help. The next highest is actually doing your work. You meet teacher expectations, you get an A. Easy enough. Well, let’s start from there, anyway.  So what do teachers really want? And how … Continue reading What do teachers really want? →

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Agenda books and schools: making good little secretaries

January 12, 2014, 12:14 pm

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Why are we teaching kids to use 1970s technology? Ever hear of Day Timer? Yes, the personal agenda book still exists, but only for a few old school types. Except in schools, where the kids are supposed to use agenda books, and it’s all their damned fault if they don’t. Seriously. At the A+ Club, … Continue reading Agenda books and schools: making good little secretaries →

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Why homework matters: top five (5) reasons you probably should do your homework

January 30, 2014, 9:06 pm

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Sorry, but homework really does matter. Annoying, yes. Boring, usually. Important for your academic success? Very much so. See below for some important reasons why you probably should be doing your homework. 1. Grades 2. Having done your homework makes the next class time more meaningful, more understandable and less boring 3. Doing homework leads to … Continue reading Why homework matters: top five (5) reasons you probably should do your homework →

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Scaffolding students out of procrastination: teacher interview with Mike Cahir

February 9, 2014, 7:34 pm

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Scaffolding students out of procrastination: teacher interview with Mike Cahir Student Success Podcast No. 16 Feb. 10, 2014, recorded Feb 8, 2014 Today’s Guest: Mike Cahir, Teacher and Department Chair, English Department, Archbishop Carroll High School, Washington, DC In this interview, Mike rejoins us to discuss procrastination from the point of view of a high … Continue reading Scaffolding students out of procrastination: teacher interview with Mike Cahir →

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Teaching it twice: ask your teachers to explain it again & in a different way

March 24, 2014, 5:34 pm

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Can a teacher really expect you to learn it the first time? Teachers forget that what they’re teaching they already know and that it’s usually the first time you’ve ever heard it. This is why when a teacher is making sense to you it’s probably because  you already know it. At the A+ Club we call … Continue reading Teaching it twice: ask your teachers to explain it again & in a different way →

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Teaching or learning: teachers, which would you prefer? If you want it, sell it!

September 8, 2014, 10:33 am

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I hate my teacher! Teachers, I can’t tell you how much I hear from kids that they’re ready to learn, but their teacher keeps getting in the way. Yep, we hear it all the time, “I hate my teacher!” But if we listen behind the angry words, what kids are really saying is that they’d … Continue reading Teaching or learning: teachers, which would you prefer? If you want it, sell it! →

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Teachers and the 80/20 rule: attending to the wrong clients?

October 22, 2014, 7:52 pm

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In business, the 80/20 rule states that 20% or your clients will expend the resources it takes to support the other 80%. In other words, 20% of your clients will be needy, while the other 80% will be on autopilot. With teaching, one would be thrilled to have 80% on autopilot. Imagine if! Teachers 20/80 … Continue reading Teachers and the 80/20 rule: attending to the wrong clients? →

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The Path Taken: teachers, are you just creating student shortcuts?

November 21, 2014, 10:46 am

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We call them “short cuts.” I don’t know why. If the long way isn’t necessary, why take it?  Kids sure won’t. So teachers, are you just setting up unwanted shortcuts, or are you creating useful, relevant paths for your students? Best Laid Plans? Actually, no. In fact, most roads are created along lines of least resistance.  … Continue reading The Path Taken: teachers, are you just creating student shortcuts? →

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The Late Work Game: teachers, do you want missing work, late work — or no work at all?

February 1, 2015, 3:18 pm

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Welcome back to the late work game! First semester is up and teachers and students across the country are recovering from that last minute freak out: get that missing work in! Stressed kids near collapse trying to dig something out, anything to get the grades up. Desperate teachers giving up all pretense of syllabus rules … Continue reading The Late Work Game: teachers, do you want missing work, late work — or no work at all? →

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How teachers can use WordPress blogging to enhance student engagement

October 6, 2015, 8:25 pm

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Every teacher’s goal is student engagement, both in and out of class The more our students act on our lessons and expectations outside of class, the better they function in class. Nothing new there. And the difficulty to achieve it in part explains the annual Professional Development (PD) flogging with the latest, greatest solution to … Continue reading How teachers can use WordPress blogging to enhance student engagement →

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Introducing “Tips for Teachers”: building efficiencies to free you to teach (and not waste so much time doing everything else)

October 23, 2015, 10:21 am

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The number one teacher complaint is time. Introducing “Tips for Teachers,” a series of blog posts, videos, lessons, and ideas from School4Schools.com LLC on helping teachers get through their routines and days more efficiently – so they can focus on what they love and what they’re there for: teaching kids. Tips for Teachers will focus … Continue reading Introducing “Tips for Teachers”: building efficiencies to free you to teach (and not waste so much time doing everything else) →

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Tips for Teachers: How to use OneNote for total organization and teacher efficiency

October 29, 2015, 4:01 pm

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Even if you’ve never heard of OneNote, you probably already own it. And if you do, you already own one of the best organizational tools out there. Today’s Tip for Teachers is how to use OneNote, a free program from Microsoft that is a potential game-changer for teachers. What One Note Solves for Teachers Paperwork … Continue reading Tips for Teachers: How to use OneNote for total organization and teacher efficiency →

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Procrastinating in class: is classroom behavior a form of procrastination?

November 22, 2015, 11:45 am

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Parents and teachers usually conceive of student procrastination as putting off homework or projects until the last minute. It is. We also tend to think of disruptive classroom behavior as “disobedience” or “acting out” over some issue, from disconnection or boredom to serious underlying troubles.  Which it is. But those same processes of delay and … Continue reading Procrastinating in class: is classroom behavior a form of procrastination? →

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Tips for Teachers: a quick & easy voice narrator for reading digital text out load

December 11, 2015, 8:47 am

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One of my classroom management tricks was to keep a set of audio files in my computer task bar to express some emotion or reaction to by or for the students. The kids loved these, and it always drove engagement in whatever the topic. A couple sound clip examples I used are: A quick link to the source … Continue reading Tips for Teachers: a quick & easy voice narrator for reading digital text out load →

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Sleepers Awake: a celebration of J. Reilly Lewis, master organist, conductor & educator

June 22, 2016, 5:18 am

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J. Reilly Lewis, world-renowned conductor, organist, and expert on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, and our dear friend, died unexpectedly last week. A Friend to All We called him our friend because, for Reilly, if you were a friend of Bach, you were a friend of Reilly’s — and if you were a friend of … Continue reading Sleepers Awake: a celebration of J. Reilly Lewis, master organist, conductor & educator →

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Common Core Crazy? Making sense of the viral common core math rounding problem

March 27, 2017, 12:23 pm

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Perhaps you have seen the Facebook post by an angry mother who  is upset about her daughter’s Common Core-based math problem. There’s a larger lesson here, but it’s not about the Common Core. Click here for the Facebook post by Larisa Yaghoobov Settembro The problem asked was, Carole read 28 pages of a book on Monday … Continue reading Common Core Crazy? Making sense of the viral common core math rounding problem →

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Teach don’t preach: politicizing the classroom is not just wrong, it’s bad teaching

April 2, 2017, 1:15 pm

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Is it the role of a teacher to impart information or to empower students with the skills needed to find information on their own? When a teacher professes a political position in a classroom, student learning suffers a short-circuit. Teachers have strong rights of expression, although courts will uphold teacher dismissal for indoctrination (see this pdf from … Continue reading Teach don’t preach: politicizing the classroom is not just wrong, it’s bad teaching →

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Is your student an extrinsic or intrinsic learner? And how to bring out the best in each to overcome the other

May 8, 2017, 2:28 pm

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So how can we bridge the gap between students who only do as they’re told and those who learn only what they find interesting? As students rise through secondary schools, teacher expectations and demands can either tax or reward student learning and behavioral types, in this case, the extrinsically versus intrinsically motivated student: Extrinsic learners … Continue reading Is your student an extrinsic or intrinsic learner? And how to bring out the best in each to overcome the other →

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Teach don’t preach pt 2: Confirmation Bias & the unintented teacher preacher

August 24, 2017, 4:56 pm

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Teachers, does your Confirmation Bias shut down student learning? Having scolded teachers who politicize their classrooms in my post, “Teach Don’t Preach: politicizing the classroom is not just wrong, it’s bad teaching,” it begs the question of what to do with teachers who don’t know that they’re preaching not teaching and not just with politics. … Continue reading Teach don’t preach pt 2: Confirmation Bias & the unintented teacher preacher →

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