Coaching Resolutions for the New Year

It’s a new year! I work with so many coaches across the country, and this year I wanted to think through some goals to help them re-commit to Real Time Teacher Coaching for the rest of the year, especially as many schools face challenging periods ahead such as testing and hiring. Here are my top […]

4 Lessons for School Leaders from Sports Coaches

Head coaches of our national professional and collegiate sports teams are responsible for bringing some of the best and brightest together in order to make it to the championship. While each athlete is a star in their own right, these coaches are tasked with setting the tone and unifying the team around a singular mission. […]

Climbing the Ladder

We all want to feel cared for and valued by the significant people in our lives. As teachers, that means not only building professional relationships with the other adults in the school, but most importantly with the students with whom we have the opportunity to serve. As classroom teachers, we hold a great deal of […]

Meet Our Team: Eyka Stephens

In this blog series, we are interviewing members of the CT3 team about their background in education as well as the expertise that they each bring to their work with educators across the country. Why did you want to become a teacher? As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a […]

Meet our Team: Vynesha Johnson

In this blog series, we are interviewing members of the CT3 team about their background in education as well as the expertise that they each bring to their work with educators across the country. Why did you want to become an educator? This brings up a lot of emotions for me when I talk about […]

Meet our Team: Heidi Towne

In this blog series, we are interviewing members of the CT3 team about their background in education as well as the expertise that they each bring to their work with educators across the country. Why did you want to become a teacher/educator? During my undergraduate program, I completed my practicum in psychology at the University […]

Do your lesson plans pass the test?

Do your lesson plans pass the test? In our first blog in this series, Pedagogy Surpasses Curriculum, we discuss that while a worthy tool, curriculum provides the WHAT should be taught while pedagogy provides the HOW and the WHEN of teaching. Pedagogy focuses on HOW we teach curriculum, HOW we relate the material to our […]

Meet Our Team: Joy Treadwell

In this blog series, we are interviewing members of the CT3 team about their background in education as well as the expertise that they each bring to their work with educators across the country. Why did you want to become an educator? I wanted to be an educator because many of the people who inspired […]

Meet our Team: Ronardo Reeves

In this new blog series, we are interviewing members of the CT3 team about their background in education as well as the expertise that they each bring to their work with educators across the country. Why did you want to become an educator? Teaching was not my first choice. I wanted to work with children […]

Meet Our Team: Wanda Perez

In this new blog series, we are interviewing members of the CT3 team about their background in education as well as the expertise that they each bring to their work with educators across the country. Why did you want to become an educator? My first inspiration to become a teacher was my father, who had […]