To encourage growth in instructional practice, the authors describe various formats, plans, and scheduling options for mathematics coaches and other stakeholders to consider when determining effective ways to enhance the teaching and learning of mathematics.

The author shares his experience with five veteran teacher activists who challenged flawed commonsense ideas and inspired other educators to become more politically involved.

Using practices from instructional coaching, leaders can assist beginning teachers in developing the knowledge, skills, and efficacy they need.

The 2019 Kappa Delta Pi Teachers of Color Summit addressed three critical issues facing teacher education programs: recruitment, retention, and support of teachers of color upon graduation. This article highlights successful strategies for retaining students of color in teacher education programs.

When data is collected, summarized, and analyzed with sufficient frequency, decisions about instructional changes can be based on student progress. Use the suggestions here to begin conducting progress monitoring.

Using a vignette to illustrate struggles of real teachers, the authors discuss inclusion and a three-pronged approach to professional development. Specific strategies for becoming effective, inclusive teachers who support all learners are suggested.

Intentional, individualized instructional coaching, combined with interactions that benefit the teacher in context, position a new teacher for long-term success.

Feedback influences students' achievement more than almost any other factor. As obvious as this may be from a research standpoint, there is still no consensus among practitioners about the importance of one very powerful form of feedback--from students to teachers.

The authors challenge educators to engage with and for others to build communities that are relevant and meaningful.

By implementing strategies described here, educators can be prepared to create an adoption-friendly environment for students and their families.

Just as physical activity should be a lifelong endeavor, so should writing. With confidence and professional development, physical educators can be writers as well as teachers of writing.

Considering the constructs of teacher leadership, the author provides a practical starting point for systematically encouraging and developing teacher leaders using Danielson's framework for teaching.

The authors describe two widely used co-teaching applications, explain their similarities and differences, discuss implications of each, and offer suggestions for school administrators.

This article begins with an example of a typical middle-school experience with literature circles. Students read a common text and come prepared to share and discuss the text based on individual roles they are assigned. Teachers are using this practice to address the complexity levels of texts in order to help students develop the skills they need…

In the attentive, targeted mentoring framework, mentors shift their focus from helping beginning teachers merely survive the first year to empowering them to thrive and impact student learning.