Transformative Principal

Gene Kerns, Vice President and Chief Academic Officer at Renaissance Learning, joins the show to discuss instructional coherence—a trending concept in education that asks whether all the programs, assessments, and interventions schools purchase actually work together as a system.Notes:- Instructional Coherence.- Connecting in appropriate ways.- How do you know if there is instructional coherence?- Each part we add has the potential to become a silo.- Incoherence vs. coherence.- Our students who are struggling the most have to carry the most cognitive load.- 1 vendor vs. multi-vendor situations. - Article pairing of assessment and instruction.- Power of aligning to textbooks/curriculum- Just because we are giving kids more time doesn't mean they are getting the learning they need.- Emphasis on grade level content.- Review only what is absolutely necessary and immediately relevant to what you're doing right now.- Lesson Creator with AI for the teachable moment.- Check out Renaissance Learning Webinars- Renaissa