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About that “Benefit Mindset”…

December 17, 2018 by Michael Ralph Leave a Comment

Mindset has been key to my educational practice for most of my career. I cultivate a growth mindset in my students with my incentive structures, my feedback, my daily language, my assessment policies… it shapes how I educate. Dr. Dweck’s book Mindset changed me the day I read it. Dr. Duckworth’s Grit elaborated on the growth… Read More »

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: authenticity, benefit, duckworth, dweck, grit, growth, intelligence, mindset, ward

Talking about Professionalism – The Planning Period Podcast

December 10, 2018 by Michael Ralph Leave a Comment

Michael recently joined Brad Shreffler on The Planning Period Podcast to chat about education. “[We] talk about educational research and what teachers should do with it, the differences between K-12 and college education, professionalism of educators and where it is lacking internally and externally, why teachers don’t reflect enough on their practice, what true reflective practice… Read More »

Filed Under: Where We've Been

Building Relationships with Dolores Greenawalt

November 12, 2018 by Michael Ralph Leave a Comment

Ralph: So this month we’re going to start things off with another guest. We have an adjunct professor from Carroll University who teaches English primarily to freshman and her scholarship focuses primarily on the connections between students and teachers in education especially in higher education. Let us both welcome Delores Greenawalt.   Greenawalt: Hello. Thank… Read More »

Filed Under: Segment Transcript Tagged With: connections, culture, education, higher ed, relationships, university

In My Classroom – Teaching in Higher Ed

November 1, 2018 by Michael Ralph Leave a Comment

I appeared on Teaching in Higher Education, with Bonnie Stachowiak. We talked about how active learning, meta-cognition, and reflective practice are important in higher education just as much as they are in K-12 education. Hear some stories from my university classroom and how my teaching priorities manifest in the post-secondary environment. Check it out!  … Read More »

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A Keystone Habit Shapes our Practice

September 28, 2018 by Michael Ralph Leave a Comment

People who exercise are more likely to eat healthy. If you make your bed, you’ll be more productive throughout the rest of your day. These behaviors that seem to create a cascade of other positive behaviors are called keystone habits. You can find lists of good habits all over the internet. Finding a professional keystone… Read More »

Filed Under: Episode Reflection Tagged With: Alcoa, Devos, habit, Haidt, keystone, telos

Research Responsive Teaching with Caroline & Jacob

August 25, 2018 by Michael Ralph Leave a Comment

Caroline and Jacob joined us on episode 018 Listen for What’s Behind the Words to discuss how they research responsive teaching with veteran teachers.   Ralph: So this month’s primary segment; I had a chance to travel down to Texas to do a professional development event with the UTeach program and all of the replication… Read More »

Filed Under: Segment Transcript Tagged With: differentiation, education, equity, feedback, inquiry, learning, methods, responsive, teacher, teaching

Teacher Prep in English with Dr. Heidi Hallman

August 6, 2018 by Michael Ralph Leave a Comment

Dr. Heidi Hallman joined us on episode 012 Coherence &  Dissonance to discuss how teacher preparation in English has changed in recent decades.   Ralph: So for our first segment we’re excited to have Dr. Heidi Hallman joining us and she comes with quite a reputation here in the education community. You are an associate… Read More »

Filed Under: Segment Transcript Tagged With: coherence, Common, Core, edTPA, education, ELA, English, hallman, prep, Standards, teacher, teaching

Our Story – Life of the School

June 25, 2018 by Michael Ralph Leave a Comment

Laurence and I recently made an appearance on the podcast Life of the School, with Aaron Mathieu. We are often business-focused on the show (in that we don’t do lots of personal, off-topic discussion). Our time on LotS was a chance to share our story and let you get to know us as people who… Read More »

Filed Under: Where We've Been

Yearly Observation Just Isn’t Good Enough

May 25, 2018 by Michael Ralph Leave a Comment

The next step in the educational pipeline is frequently the justification for today’s practices. “In 5th grade we do it this way, because middle school is coming!” Several years later we hear, “We do it this way because that’s what they’ll expect in high school!” At the end of the line, it seems the choices… Read More »

Filed Under: Stoppage Time Tagged With: american, collaboration, college, education, evaluation, feedback, instruction, lecture, mentoring, methods, north, observation, observe, science, stem, teacher, teaching, university

Online Learning Can’t Beat Classrooms, but It’s Still Valuable

March 22, 2018 by Michael Ralph Leave a Comment

February’s episode of Two Pint PLC was the first time Laurence and I returned to a topic that we’ve covered in a previous show. This time technology means online media, discussions and course work. In episode 004 we tried to decide how screens compared to paper copy. This month we have a similar substitution: how… Read More »

Filed Under: Episode Reflection Tagged With: academy, bozeman, brilliant, curriculum, digital, education, guaranteed, khan, learning, marzano, monkey, online, teaching, viable

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