Effective Teaching

How do you apply spaced recall in the classroom to help students be successful learners? Check out this episode for great tips on applying this to your classroom.

Learn how to leverage the greatest influence on what students can learn to set them up for success in your classroom.

Welcome to a new miniseries helping you apply how students learn to your classroom. This week Dan discusses the importance of retrieval for developing long-term memory giving your plenty of easy-to-apply strategies along the way.

Gamification is a great tool you can use to help your students enjoy their learning, but often teacher think it takes too much time or leads to less learning. I ask Lindsay to provide to guidance around some of the barriers to using gamification and where you can get started with your journey. Lindsay is the co-founder of PurpleZA providing professional development to teachers...

Dan shares 5 key strategies teachers use to create lifelong learners. Listen and discover simple adjustments you can make to really improve your students' ability to learn. https://www.teacherspd.net/100   Enter the book competition here   Students MUST have a why? Without a why? There is no motivation, no willingness to learn. We cannot make them learn, only they can do that. Focus on t...

Learn what we are doing wrong with formative assessment and how we can fix it. In this episode, Dan discusses the purpose of formative assessment and challenges Hattie's statement that all assessment is first and foremost for teachers.   What are we doing wrong? We always focus on what we should be doing. We focus on what we should be doing to help the students. I am guilty of this, and have...

Kailey introduces us to the methods she uses for herself and to help other teachers have a calm and mindful classroom. These strategies will help you maintain your sanity and provide you with go-to activities you can easily implement with your students when you can feel them struggling to focus. Check out Kailey's resources at Educalme

As a school looks to improve, one of the key aspects is trusted leaders. Discover what you will learn from "TrustED: The bridge to school improvement" by Toby Travis. You can check out the show notes and win a free book by going to https://www.teacherspd.net/TrustED

Dan discusses how focus impacts our effectiveness. Our culture of distraction is training our brains to avoid focus, but focus is vital for effectively doing hard work. Access the show notes at https://www.teacherspd.net/96

Discover the benefits of beginning each lesson with a classroom circle designed to help you better understand your students and improve their ability to become lifelong learners. Free questions are available at the show notes page https://www.teacherspd.net/95

We often set goals as teachers and then stray from the path as the term gets busier. In this video, Dan explains how he uses a weekly schedule to help him keep on track to achieve his goals and prioritise what is most valuable.

In this interview, Jake explains how he created student-paced units and lessons to help his students take more control and ownership of their learning and become lifelong learners.   Want the free copy of my book head over to teacherspd.net/freewltm   Connect with Jake Miller at  jakemiller.net  

Dan interviews Monica Burns to discuss how technology can be used to help create lifelong learners by fostering curiosity and inquiry with our students. Get the full show notes at https://www.teacherspd.net/92

Lesleigh is one of the founders of Google Educator Group - Global. She has plenty of teaching experience and is with us today to talk all about the benefits of a global PLN for your classroom. Get the shownotes at www.teacherspd.net/91  

What do cows have to do with teaching? That is a fantastic question. Learn how Seth Godin guru of marketing can help you increase your impact on your students. Grab the show notes at https://www.teacherspd.net/90

If you need to reduce your workload this video will help you get started. Learn how to identify your high-impact tasks as a teacher and discover which tasks you can ditch completely. You can learn more about the book at https://www.teacherspd.net/workless

Time is our greatest resource and we need to take control of it. Too often we allow school to dictate too much of our time. Let's get our priorities right and allocate more time to what really matters and less time to work. Access the transcript and video at https://www.teacherspd.net/88

Dan is back after a short break to talk about increasing your personal effectiveness so that you are a better quality teacher and person as a result. It's time to get more control in our lives. 🙂 Show notes are available at https://www.teacherspd.net/87

Dave Burgess is a world-renowned expert in education. His book, Teach Like a Pirate, was a New York Times bestseller. In this episode, Dan sits down with Dave to discuss how he would help students become lifelong learners. You can access the show notes at https://www.teacherspd.net/86

Learn how learning happens in the brain and what you can do in your classroom to leverage this information and make learning easier for your students. Dr Judy Willis is an M.D. in Neuroscience,  completed many brain surgeries over a 15 year period and taught in the classroom for over 10 years. Come and learn from her expertise.

Dan sits down with the amazing Ron Ritchhart to discuss how visible thinking routines help our students become lifelong learners.

Hyperdocs have been around for a while now and are a fantastic tool to use in your classroom. not only do they free you up as a teacher and help structure your lessons, they also enable students to develop the skills they need to become lifelong learners. In this episode, Dan interviews Lisa Highfill, one of the authors of the Hyperdocs Handbook and co-founder of all things hyperdocs.

Dan discusses Trevor's new book Inquiry Mindset Assessment Edition to tell you exactly what you will learn from this book that will be released on 15 May 2021 on Amazon.com

Dan sits down to talk with Trevor MacKenzie, author of Inquiry Mindset, to find out what you will learn from this fantastic book.