Hover-free Teaching w/Miriam Plotinsky

In the culture of hovering, you're really relying on this grading system to do the management for you. And grades should never be about classroom management.

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Miriam Plotinsky is an author and instructional specialist who addresses challenges in both teaching and leading across schools with a wide range of differentiated needs. A strong advocate for student-centered learning, she provides coaching and professional development for teachers and administrators. She is the author of Teach More, Hover Less: How to Stop Micromanaging Your Secondary Classroom and Lead Like a Teacher: How to Elevate Expertise in Your School (Norton Books in Education, 2022 & 2023). Miriam is widely published in Education Week, Edutopia, ASCD Express, Middleweb, The Teaching Channel, EdSurge, K-12 Talk, and Education World. She is also a National Board-Certified Teacher with additional certification in administration and supervision. You can follow her work at www.miriamplotinsky.com and on Twitter @MirPloMCPS. Also make sure to check out her piece for Teachers Going Gradeless, Getting Started with Hover-Free Teaching.

Other resources

• Getting Started with Hover-free Teaching (blog post)

• Improving Virtual Feedback Strategies (blog post)