Just added a new Ten Minute Team Tip to my YouTube channel, y’all. This one answers a question asked by a middle school principal friend of mine: “Can you make me a video that introduces the differences between a proficiency scale and a rubric, Bill
Hey Confident Learners: It’s me again — after an absurdly long absence! I’ve gotten so busy coaching up teams and teachers in schools across America that I’ve set writing here on the regular to the side — and I feel bad about that. But in
The last few months have been a whirlwind, all y’all. Here’s why: I decided to retire from classroom teaching. My last day with students was June 2nd. Since then, I’ve been consulting full-time. On the road every single week working to support meaningful collaboration around
A few weeks back, I left a bunch of folks more than a little riled when I posted this message in the Twitters: Go read through the replies. It was a wild conversation to say the least. The responses that leave me the most frustrated
At the end of last week, I posted a Tweet that I thought shared a relatively benign message: My point was a simple one: If our students don’t understand the relevance in what they are learning — if they don’t see any real connection between
