Meet Our Team: Nataki Gregory

In this blog series, we are interviewing members of the CT3 team about their background in education as well as the expertise that they each bring to their work with educators across the country. Why did you want to become an educator? Being an educator was never part of my plan. I wanted to be […]

A Powerful Paradigm Shift for Educators

Given the amount of time teachers and students spend together over the course of a year, relationships between the educators and students will form. It is inevitable. How productive those relationships are for both teachers and students, is left to question. Understanding the tendencies of teachers who are not No-Nonsense Nurturers may support you to […]

Meet Our Team: Jackie Surratt

In this blog series, we are interviewing members of the CT3 team about their background in education as well as the expertise that they each bring to their work with educators across the country. Why did you want to become a teacher/educator? I didn’t necessarily want to become a teacher.  At a young age, I […]

A Note to Teachers…How to Get Support from Your Administrator

Leading CT3 takes me to schools across the country. Many teachers tell me that despite having a degree or background in education, they felt unprepared to tackle the challenges of managing a classroom, or they’re struggling with student behaviors in their current classroom. No matter where you are in your teaching career, the reality is […]

What is your classroom intentionally messaging?

When I’m in classrooms, I see teachers spending a lot of time thinking about how students respond or react to their words and actions. However, teachers often don’t readily consider non-verbal messages that are sent in the classroom. As I visit schools, I often reflect on the unintentionally of messages and how to remove potential barriers. […]

Climbing the Ladder

We all want to feel cared for and valued by the significant people in our lives. As teachers, that means not only building professional relationships with the other adults in the school, but most importantly with the students with whom we have the opportunity to serve. As classroom teachers, we hold a great deal of […]

Pedagogy Matters! #1: Do Nows and Exit Tickets – The Essential Bookends to a Lesson

In our blog series about pedagogy, we’ve challenged teachers to put their lesson plans to the test! We recommended a six-point “checklist” of strategies that every lesson plan should include to ensure the stage is set for rigor and learning for every student. At CT3, we’ve identified twenty research-based pedagogical strategies that are a necessary part of […]

Do your lesson plans pass the test?

Do your lesson plans pass the test? In our first blog in this series, Pedagogy Surpasses Curriculum, we discuss that while a worthy tool, curriculum provides the WHAT should be taught while pedagogy provides the HOW and the WHEN of teaching. Pedagogy focuses on HOW we teach curriculum, HOW we relate the material to our […]

Meet Our Team: Wanda Perez

In this new blog series, we are interviewing members of the CT3 team about their background in education as well as the expertise that they each bring to their work with educators across the country. Why did you want to become an educator? My first inspiration to become a teacher was my father, who had […]