Lesson Study 2.0
The Japanese have blessed American culture with some amazing additions--sushi, origami, and karaoke, to name a few. Here at Sibme, we love Japanese imports. Aside from the obvious: sushi, karaoke, Toyota, origami, and Sony, we’re also enthusiastic fans of a less...
Video: a powerful observation and development tool
Throughout my 9 years in the classroom, I’ve worked with some incredible educators who have been instrumental in my development as a professional educator. Unfortunately, I rarely have time to pop into classrooms and see how they deliver instruction and interact with...
Teachers: a strategy for getting students to calm down.
A simple method for getting students to calm down and reflect on their behavior. A few weeks back I was observing a third grade teacher’s reading mini-lesson. Despite this teacher’s faculty in managing her large class, the little boy in front of me was on a mission to...
Legendary Coach and Mentor
This past holiday break, I visited my hometown of Grand Forks, North Dakota and got a chance to sit down with an incredible coach and human being, Mike Berg, who spent 38 years coaching football and teaching young men and women not just X’s and O’s on the field but...
Over or Under Prepared? It doesn’t matter. It takes time.
Like most teachers, I struggled my first year. My mentor, a veteran teacher, told me before my first day of classes to not show too much emotion, be overzealous, or do too much on the first day. As I walked away from his classroom door, he shouted, “Don’t smile until...
