Our very structured teacher training/coaching system also includes expectations of strong positive feedback of teachers for each individual student (praise with the student’s name and explicit mention of what he/she did well). Students get to hear how they did something well extolled as an example for others. Read more here: http://www.educationnews.org/commentaries/opinions_on_education/107875.html

At James Irwin, we feel students do their best work when the instruction is just a bit above their mastery level so they gain confidence to move to the next step. Read more on The Gazette’s website: http://www.gazette.com/articles/happy-114827-5th-stites.html