Empowering Teachers and Their Students with Teach FX

 

 

Kristen Horton began her career in education at Navajo Mountain Community School as a teacher in a multi-age classroom. Dr. Horton has a commitment to supporting students and teachers through collective educator agency and relational capacity. Dr. Horton currently serves as principal of Continental Colony Elementary School and founder of

L.E.A.D.S. She understands support for teachers will sustain her “why” every day, to increase life chances for students.

 

Joseph Hyun started his educator journey at UCSD when he signed up to tutor local high school students and discovered his passion for teaching math and commitment to fighting for social justice. Today Joseph serves as the Head of Partner Success at TeachFX, where he supports teachers in increasing equitable opportunities for their students to participate and engage in learning.

 

 

Show Highlights

 

• TeachFX brings significant shifts in leadership for professional learning and coaching.

• Leadership strategies to support student learning and teacher growth.

• Purpose-driven curricula to save time and address learning gaps. 

• The most important principle when designing curriculum.

• Tips to encourage diverse forms of dialogue that deepen understanding and promote active participation.

• Avoid ineffective PD sessions that lack teacher agency by encouraging professional learning.

• Support teachers in increasing equitable opportunities for student engagement and participation.

• Transferring ownership to students, using these tools. 

 

 

 

“The scariest place to be in is the same place as last year, grow." 

-Dr Horton

 

Get the episode transcript here!

Dr Horton’s Resources & Contact Info:

 

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How We Serve Leaders

 

The School Leadership Scorecard™

Identify your highest leverage areas for growth this year in 10 -minutes or less.   

https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/scorecard

 

Month-to-Month Principal Checklist

As a principal with so much to do, you might be thinking, where do I even start?

 

When you download The Principal Checklist you’ll get

• 12-months of general tasks that every campus need to do

• Space to write your campus specific items.

• Space to reflect and not what worked as well as a space of what didn’t work

Go to https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/principal-checklist to download now.

 

Ruckus Maker Mindset Tool™

The “secret” to peak performance is ot complicated.  It’s a plan on how to optimize the five fundamentals found in The Ruckus Maker Mindset Tool™.

https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/mindset

 

The Positive Spotlight Tool™

Energy flows to where attention goes!

If you want to get more of what you want, when you want it as a school leader I have a tool for you…

 

Download The Positive Spotlight Tool™ for free here:

https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/positive

 

The Ruckus Maker 8-Step Goal Setting Tool™

Are you ready to accomplish more?

With less effort and in less time?

When you download The Ruckus Maker 8-Step Goal Setting Tool™  I’ll send you the tool and a short 8-minute coaching video that shows you how to work smarter, not harder…and create more value for your school campus.

 

Download The Ruckus Maker 8-Step Goal Setting Tool™  for free at

https://betterleadersbetterschools.com/goals

SHOW SPONSORS:

 

TEACHFX

How much student talk happened today?

When classrooms come alive with conversation, learning improves, students feel a sense of belonging, and teachers feel inspired. 

 

The TeachFX instructional coaching app gives teachers powerful insights into their student talk, student engagement, and classroom conversation. 

 

With TeachFX, teachers see how much student talk happened, the moments of students sharing their brilliance, and the questions that got students talking.Learn how to pilot TeachFX with your teachers. Visit: teachfx.com/betterleaders

 

 

ORGANIZED BINDER

Why do students struggle? I'd argue that they lack access to quality instruction, but think about it. That's totally out of their control. What if there was something we could teach kids there was something within their control that would help them be successful in every class? It's not a magic pill or a figment of your imagination. 

 

When students internalize Executive Functioning Skills they succeed. 

Check out the new self-paced online course brought to you by OB that shows teachers how to equip their students with executive functioning skills. 

 

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