Matt Renwick
@readbyexample.bsky.social
What do all the "look-fors" I pay attention to in classrooms have in common?
They capture the complexity of instruction vs. reducing teaching down to a behavior or a score.
More:
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They capture the complexity of instruction vs. reducing teaching down to a behavior or a score.
More:
open.substack.com/pub/readbyex...
What I Look For When I Visit Classrooms
On Develop a Rich, Nuanced Understanding of Instruction
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November 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
What do all the "look-fors" I pay attention to in classrooms have in common?
They capture the complexity of instruction vs. reducing teaching down to a behavior or a score.
More:
open.substack.com/pub/readbyex...
They capture the complexity of instruction vs. reducing teaching down to a behavior or a score.
More:
open.substack.com/pub/readbyex...
Principals: Trying to visit classrooms, only to get pulled back to the office as soon as you leave?
Join me for a free webinar on December 4, where I share the processes I used to be present with teachers and students.
RSVP --> luma.com/m6om1q8n @middleweb.bsky.social @corwinpress.bsky.social
Join me for a free webinar on December 4, where I share the processes I used to be present with teachers and students.
RSVP --> luma.com/m6om1q8n @middleweb.bsky.social @corwinpress.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Principals: Trying to visit classrooms, only to get pulled back to the office as soon as you leave?
Join me for a free webinar on December 4, where I share the processes I used to be present with teachers and students.
RSVP --> luma.com/m6om1q8n @middleweb.bsky.social @corwinpress.bsky.social
Join me for a free webinar on December 4, where I share the processes I used to be present with teachers and students.
RSVP --> luma.com/m6om1q8n @middleweb.bsky.social @corwinpress.bsky.social
Reposted by Matt Renwick
New: OBSERVING INSTRUCTION WITH A CURIOSITY MINDSET.
The question isn't whether principals should observe classroom instruction, says coach Matt Renwick. "It's whether we can observe it with curiosity rather than judgment." #edusky @readbyexample.bsky.social
www.middleweb.com/52832/observ...
The question isn't whether principals should observe classroom instruction, says coach Matt Renwick. "It's whether we can observe it with curiosity rather than judgment." #edusky @readbyexample.bsky.social
www.middleweb.com/52832/observ...
Principals Observing Instruction with a Curiosity Mindset
The question isn't whether principals should observe classroom instruction, says Renwick. "It's whether we can observe it with curiosity rather than judgment."
www.middleweb.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
New: OBSERVING INSTRUCTION WITH A CURIOSITY MINDSET.
The question isn't whether principals should observe classroom instruction, says coach Matt Renwick. "It's whether we can observe it with curiosity rather than judgment." #edusky @readbyexample.bsky.social
www.middleweb.com/52832/observ...
The question isn't whether principals should observe classroom instruction, says coach Matt Renwick. "It's whether we can observe it with curiosity rather than judgment." #edusky @readbyexample.bsky.social
www.middleweb.com/52832/observ...
The phrase "design for the edges" is about creating more inclusive and welcoming spaces for all students.
It asks that we think not about what the average person needs, but what people at the margins need.
open.substack.com/pub/readbyex...
It asks that we think not about what the average person needs, but what people at the margins need.
open.substack.com/pub/readbyex...
Design for the Edges
Strategies for Supporting Unique Readers and Writers
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November 10, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The phrase "design for the edges" is about creating more inclusive and welcoming spaces for all students.
It asks that we think not about what the average person needs, but what people at the margins need.
open.substack.com/pub/readbyex...
It asks that we think not about what the average person needs, but what people at the margins need.
open.substack.com/pub/readbyex...
When a school struggles, do staff blame poverty? Attendance? "Those kids"?
The story a school tells about itself shapes everything—and leaders are the chief storytellers.
How to change the narrative: open.substack.com/pub/readbyex...
The story a school tells about itself shapes everything—and leaders are the chief storytellers.
How to change the narrative: open.substack.com/pub/readbyex...
November 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
When a school struggles, do staff blame poverty? Attendance? "Those kids"?
The story a school tells about itself shapes everything—and leaders are the chief storytellers.
How to change the narrative: open.substack.com/pub/readbyex...
The story a school tells about itself shapes everything—and leaders are the chief storytellers.
How to change the narrative: open.substack.com/pub/readbyex...
Two things students want, need, and appreciate when at school:
1. Teachers/staff care about them.
2. Teachers/staff expect great things of them.
#pbisforum
1. Teachers/staff care about them.
2. Teachers/staff expect great things of them.
#pbisforum
October 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Two things students want, need, and appreciate when at school:
1. Teachers/staff care about them.
2. Teachers/staff expect great things of them.
#pbisforum
1. Teachers/staff care about them.
2. Teachers/staff expect great things of them.
#pbisforum
Reading screeners and diagnostics are lagging data.
They are a product of a) how engaged students are as readers and b) how they see themselves as readers.
Isolated skill-based interventions for students ignores the root cause of why they are not succeeding as readers.
They are a product of a) how engaged students are as readers and b) how they see themselves as readers.
Isolated skill-based interventions for students ignores the root cause of why they are not succeeding as readers.
October 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Reading screeners and diagnostics are lagging data.
They are a product of a) how engaged students are as readers and b) how they see themselves as readers.
Isolated skill-based interventions for students ignores the root cause of why they are not succeeding as readers.
They are a product of a) how engaged students are as readers and b) how they see themselves as readers.
Isolated skill-based interventions for students ignores the root cause of why they are not succeeding as readers.
Three measures of a reader
October 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Three measures of a reader
AI-assisted reading comprehension
October 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
AI-assisted reading comprehension
One of the best ways to recommend a book is to be seen reading the book.
Other readers want to know what has you so engaged.
You are leveraging FOMO in a healthy way.
Other readers want to know what has you so engaged.
You are leveraging FOMO in a healthy way.
September 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
One of the best ways to recommend a book is to be seen reading the book.
Other readers want to know what has you so engaged.
You are leveraging FOMO in a healthy way.
Other readers want to know what has you so engaged.
You are leveraging FOMO in a healthy way.
Reposted by Matt Renwick
MW Substack 032: ALL KINDS OF LEADERSHIP
Has keeping our schools on course ever been more challenging? We've gathered some of our most insightful and encouraging articles about school & teacher leadership. #edusky #edleadershipchat @readbyexample.bsky.social
middleweb.substack.com/p/mw-substac...
Has keeping our schools on course ever been more challenging? We've gathered some of our most insightful and encouraging articles about school & teacher leadership. #edusky #edleadershipchat @readbyexample.bsky.social
middleweb.substack.com/p/mw-substac...
MW Substack 032: All Kinds of Leadership
Has keeping our schools on course ever been more challenging? We've gathered some of our most insightful and encouraging articles about school and teacher leadership.
middleweb.substack.com
August 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
MW Substack 032: ALL KINDS OF LEADERSHIP
Has keeping our schools on course ever been more challenging? We've gathered some of our most insightful and encouraging articles about school & teacher leadership. #edusky #edleadershipchat @readbyexample.bsky.social
middleweb.substack.com/p/mw-substac...
Has keeping our schools on course ever been more challenging? We've gathered some of our most insightful and encouraging articles about school & teacher leadership. #edusky #edleadershipchat @readbyexample.bsky.social
middleweb.substack.com/p/mw-substac...
"Research indicates that kids who are exposed to more than two hours a day of recreational screen time have worse working memory, processing speed, attention levels, language skills and executive function than kids who are not." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/o...
Opinion | Thinking Is Becoming a Luxury Good
www.nytimes.com
August 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"Research indicates that kids who are exposed to more than two hours a day of recreational screen time have worse working memory, processing speed, attention levels, language skills and executive function than kids who are not." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/o...
Sketchnotes from Crucial Influence training this week. Excited to bring these ideas to regional schools!
August 1, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Sketchnotes from Crucial Influence training this week. Excited to bring these ideas to regional schools!
The Leadership-Reading Brain open.substack.com/pub/readbyex... Is literacy a tool for empowerment or oppression in your school? #edusky #edchat #cpchat #educoach
The Leadership-Reading Brain
Is literacy a tool for empowerment or oppression in your school?
open.substack.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The Leadership-Reading Brain open.substack.com/pub/readbyex... Is literacy a tool for empowerment or oppression in your school? #edusky #edchat #cpchat #educoach
Without Trust, Professional Learning is Just Compliance Theater
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Without Trust, Professional Learning is Just Compliance Theater
Including a simple staff activity that immediately builds trust
open.substack.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Without Trust, Professional Learning is Just Compliance Theater
open.substack.com/pub/readbyex...
open.substack.com/pub/readbyex...
The news cycle wants us anxious and reactive.
An antidote: read.
Just wrote about why books matter during challenging times. Reading is balm, habit, and resistance.
When we say yes to books, we say no to urgency traps.
open.substack.com/pub/readbyex... #edusky #elachat #cpchat #educoach
An antidote: read.
Just wrote about why books matter during challenging times. Reading is balm, habit, and resistance.
When we say yes to books, we say no to urgency traps.
open.substack.com/pub/readbyex... #edusky #elachat #cpchat #educoach
Why We Should Read During Challenging Times
A Case for Books as Balm, Healthy Habit, and Resistance
open.substack.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The news cycle wants us anxious and reactive.
An antidote: read.
Just wrote about why books matter during challenging times. Reading is balm, habit, and resistance.
When we say yes to books, we say no to urgency traps.
open.substack.com/pub/readbyex... #edusky #elachat #cpchat #educoach
An antidote: read.
Just wrote about why books matter during challenging times. Reading is balm, habit, and resistance.
When we say yes to books, we say no to urgency traps.
open.substack.com/pub/readbyex... #edusky #elachat #cpchat #educoach
"the pursuit of wisdom is impossible without engaging with (and challenging) uncomfortable ideas." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o... via @nytimes.com
Opinion | The Naval Academy Canceled My Lecture on Wisdom
www.nytimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
"the pursuit of wisdom is impossible without engaging with (and challenging) uncomfortable ideas." www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/o... via @nytimes.com
"What I've learned is that it's easy to keep busy in just about any job. What's difficult is to discern what I should be focused on at the moment while ignoring everything else that I've committed to or been assigned." @middleweb.bsky.social #edusky
June 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"What I've learned is that it's easy to keep busy in just about any job. What's difficult is to discern what I should be focused on at the moment while ignoring everything else that I've committed to or been assigned." @middleweb.bsky.social #edusky
Are you not seeing the promised results from a recent literacy initiative? Try this journaling activity:
Fill in the blank: “We can work smarter and not harder by _____________.”
Keep writing with this line thinking until you arrive at a unique insight. Share it with a trusted colleague. #edusky
Fill in the blank: “We can work smarter and not harder by _____________.”
Keep writing with this line thinking until you arrive at a unique insight. Share it with a trusted colleague. #edusky
June 26, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Are you not seeing the promised results from a recent literacy initiative? Try this journaling activity:
Fill in the blank: “We can work smarter and not harder by _____________.”
Keep writing with this line thinking until you arrive at a unique insight. Share it with a trusted colleague. #edusky
Fill in the blank: “We can work smarter and not harder by _____________.”
Keep writing with this line thinking until you arrive at a unique insight. Share it with a trusted colleague. #edusky
“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
― Ray Bradbury
― Ray Bradbury
June 16, 2025 at 2:52 AM
“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.”
― Ray Bradbury
― Ray Bradbury
Urge Congress: Save Public Media protectmypublicmedia.org/rsc-calls/ @baldwin.senate.gov @markpocan.bsky.social
Urge Congress: Save Public Media
Save your local stations. Call your Members of Congress now!
protectmypublicmedia.org
June 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Urge Congress: Save Public Media protectmypublicmedia.org/rsc-calls/ @baldwin.senate.gov @markpocan.bsky.social
“If you don’t read fiction,” Verghese said, “my considered medical opinion is that a part of your brain responsible for active imagination atrophies.”
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Verghese tells an American story at Commencement — Harvard Gazette
Physician, novelist underlines immigrants’ contributions to Harvard and the nation, urges grads to show courage in face of hardship.
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June 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
“If you don’t read fiction,” Verghese said, “my considered medical opinion is that a part of your brain responsible for active imagination atrophies.”
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...