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High Academic Expectation

  • The teacher establishes high academic expectations for all students 100% of the time.
  • The teacher challenges students to explain, defend and justify responses, and students are required to extend learning in effort to eliminate guessing.
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Niki Molina- Summer Creek Middle School 

Michael McDaniel- HF Stevens Middle School

Erin Kveton- Summer Creek Middle School

Ann Parker- Dallas Park Elementary 

Rachel Allen- Crowley High School 9th grade 

Samantha Ellison- Parkway Elementary

Kaci Barnes- Bess Race Elementary School

Sharla Williams- Crowley Middle School

Sabrina Wright- Poynter Elementary
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2014-2015 DEMO CLASSROOM VIDEOS
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Kristina Carter- Mary Harris Intermediate 
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Kyle Esco- Summercreek Middle School
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Teaching Channel Videos
Giving Efficient Instructions: Sometimes Less is More 2 min
Improving Participation with Talk Moves 2 min
Jigsaws: A Strategy for Understanding Texts 2 min
Learning to Think: A Foundation for Analysis 16 min
Organize Your Thinking to Critically Analyze Text 15 min
Setting and Achieving High Expectations 2 min
SLANT: Get Ready to Learn 1 min
Specific Praise: How it Improves Learning 3 min
Tracking to Increase Students' Focus 1 min
Using Debate to Develop Thinking and Speaking Skills 6 min
Crowley Independent School District
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