Stephen Curry’s college coach Bob McKillop pulled up to Curry Camp and was dropping gems 💯 Under Armour Basketball Boys UAA

Make Math Moments Jon Orr Well put…Learning should be the target and behavioral norms should support the learning. It seems so obvious. Unfortunately, the goal in some classes has been behavioral modification, with classroom assessments designed to act in a supporting role.

Take a minute and watch this! Taking time to focus on what “good learning” should look like can make everything else so much easier. Learning should be an educator’s biggest factor when establishing the rest of their classroom expectations.

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. Keenan Clark and I spent months building the Skills Based Classroom. We have 3 semesters of data showing this helps kids learn. Change can be scary, but change can also lead to great things.

We approach this topic with our Skills Assessments. These are short, formative assessments that also act as summative data to guide instruction in our classrooms. Read more below! skillsbasedclassroom.com/post/skills-as…

It is time to change what is happening in the classroom. Educators need to focus on student learning, not their deadlines and schedules.

Come see us at the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference - Southern Section on Thursday, February 15th at John A Logan College

Agree 100%. Check out our reasoning for eliminating homework grades from your grade books. skillsbasedclassroom.com/post/homework-…

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We ended the summer with a little outing for the senior football players. Thank you to the National Guard for taking care of us today after working them out last week at the field. I appreciate your help in making us a better team! Special thanks to Coach Tuttle for coordinating!

Friday was “Math Fun Day” in our department. All math classes were suspended and classrooms were transformed into math games/experiments labs. Students chose between dice games, making paper airplanes, catapult designs and other activities. 100% participation and engagement.

Time To Be Innovative: Bring On The Skills Based Classroom…Today we have a 12:15 spotlight lunch session at the Illinois Principals Association Conference in Peoria. Can’t wait to share our ideas with educational leaders throughout the state.

“The amount of time we spent grading and the amount of time the kids spent on homework - we thought that maybe we could shift that time into other forms of assessment and practice.” - Keenan Clark teacherbilldavidson.com/podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jak… Jake Towers Keenan Clark

Jake Towers explains how his no homework policy offloads more responsibility to his students. teacherbilldavidson.com/podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jak… Jake Towers Keenan Clark

Jake Towers & Keenan Clark believe the benefits of no HW go beyond academics. Jake Towers Keenan Clark teacherbilldavidson.com/podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jak…