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Episode 9: Kaitlyn's Classroom Glow-Up
How coaching can transform student participation and learning
 • Rebecca Birch and Nathaniel Swain
33:27
Episode 8: Building trust with high expectations
Belonging in the service of learning and growth
 • Rebecca Birch and Nathaniel Swain
39:20
Episode 7: How to avoid just teaching yourself
Explicit direct instruction, student participation, and learning that lasts
 • Rebecca Birch and Nathaniel Swain
31:25
Episode 6: Real-time teaching
Responsive instruction for when we taught it, but they didn't learn it
 • Rebecca Birch, Nathaniel Swain, and Carl Hendrick
38:58
Episode 5: Start the Way You Mean to Finish
Entry routines for everyone, with special guest Dr Mark Dowley
 • Rebecca Birch and Nathaniel Swain
37:31
Episode 4: Check, then Challenge
Brendan Lee shows faded guidance in Mathematics
 • Rebecca Birch, Nathaniel Swain, and Brendan
34:30
Episode 3: Running the Secondary Room
High Structure, High Engagement, High Learning
 • Rebecca Birch and Nathaniel Swain
33:41
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