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Dan Bozzuto explores the difficulties to replicate great teachers, the inherent problems with standardized testing, and some great ideas on how to address both. Part 1/2, featuring Dan Bozzuto, award winning educator and inspired classroom teacher. Dan considers my question, “are good teachers replicable?” which takes him to standardized tests and other obstacles to student learning, … Continue reading Dan Bozzuto on Effective Teaching, Learning & Standardized Tests: Student Success Podcast no. 27 → The post Dan Bozzuto on Effective Teaching, Learning & Standardized Tests: Student Success Podcast no. 27 appeared first on Student Success Podcast & Blog by the A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC ~ Tutoring & Academic Coaching.

Oh, no, Shakespeare? English teacher Mike Cahir explains why learning Shakespeare matters and how parents can encourage their child to engage in the enormous benefits of learning from the Bard. Featuring Mike Cahir, high school English teacher and Department Chair. This podcast began when I asked Mike for his advice to one of our A+ … Continue reading Mike Cahir on Why Shakespeare Matters & How Parents Can Help Their Child Learn & Enjoy Shakespeare: Student Success Podcast no. 26 → The post Mike Cahir on Why Shakespeare Matters & How Parents Can Help Their Child Learn & Enjoy Shakespeare: Student Success Podcast no. 26 appeared first on Student Success Podcast & Blog by the A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC ~ Tutoring & Academic Coaching.

Megan Rocks! Megan and Michael discuss how the A+ Club helps students, parents and teachers. Featuring Megan Schneider, Office Manager at School4Schools.com LLC Megan manages the A+ Club service that provides assignment, grades and missing work updates and notifications, essay review and all-round student help with homework, due dates, studying, grades to build academic awareness and … Continue reading Megan Rocks! How the A+ Club assignments and grades updates help students and parents find academic success: Student Success Podcast no. 25 → The post Megan Rocks! How the A+ Club assignments and grades updates help students and parents find academic success: Student Success Podcast no. 25 appeared first on Student Success Podcast & Blog by the A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC ~ Tutoring & Academic Coaching.

The Procrastination Primer Podcast   Part 2/2: Tools & Strategies on How to Avoid and Overcome Procrastination So what’s the harm in a little delay? Student Success Podcast No. 24, March 20, 2015 Click here for PowerPoint presentation of Pt 1 & 2 (not narrated). ** Not For Distribution ** Click here for Procrastination Primer Pt … Continue reading Procrastination Primer Part 2: tools & strategies on how to avoid & overcome procrastination (podcast no. 24) → The post Procrastination Primer Part 2: tools & strategies on how to avoid & overcome procrastination (podcast no. 24) appeared first on Student Success Podcast & Blog by the A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC ~ Tutoring & Academic Coaching.

The Procrastination Primer Podcast   Part 1/2: What is procrastination?  Why does it happen? How does it work? So what’s the harm in a little delay? Student Success Podcast No. 23, Feb 27, 2015 Click here for PowerPoint presentation of Pt 1 & 2 (not narrated). ** Not For Distribution ** Click here for Procrastination Primer Pt … Continue reading Procrastination Primer Part 1: procrastination awareness – what is it & how does it operate? (podcast no. 23) → The post Procrastination Primer Part 1: procrastination awareness – what is it & how does it operate? (podcast no. 23) appeared first on Student Success Podcast & Blog by the A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC ~ Tutoring & Academic Coaching.

Welcome back to the late work game! First semester is up and teachers and students across the country are recovering from that last minute freak out: get that missing work in! Stressed kids near collapse trying to dig something out, anything to get the grades up. Desperate teachers giving up all pretense of syllabus rules … Continue reading The Late Work Game: teachers, do you want missing work, late work — or no work at all? → The post The Late Work Game: teachers, do you want missing work, late work — or no work at all? appeared first on Student Success Podcast & Blog by the A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC ~ Tutoring & Academic Coaching.

Today’s podcast, Bromley discusses the key ideas behind the blog post: How do I get better grades? Five easy steps to improve your grades The key to goal setting and improvement is breaking it down into little steps that can be accomplished and measured every day. Student Success Podcast No. 21, Jan. 7, 2015   Subscribe to … Continue reading Five Steps for Better Grades: Student Success Podcast no. 21 → The post Five Steps for Better Grades: Student Success Podcast no. 21 appeared first on Student Success Podcast & Blog by the A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC ~ Tutoring & Academic Coaching.

Building up the house: in-school student oversight with Gabriella Carbone Student Success Podcast No. 20, Sept 4, 2014 (recorded July 11, 2014) Today’s Guest: Gabriella Carbone. In this interview, Gabriella discusses her Academic Coaching work with high school student athletes during the 2013/14 school year. Focusing on athletes, Gabriella helped them track work, build executive … Continue reading Building up the house: in-school student oversight with Gabriella Carbone → The post Building up the house: in-school student oversight with Gabriella Carbone appeared first on Student Success Podcast & Blog by the A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC ~ Tutoring & Academic Coaching.

Encouragement from Mischa Beckett: empowering yourself & your college experience Student Success Podcast No. 19, Apr. 17, 2014 Today’s Guest: Mischa Beckett, Ph.D. Political Science and college lecturer. In this interview, Mischa discusses her work with high school students in the A+ Club program. Mischa brings the view of a college teacher to the high … Continue reading Encouragement from Mischa Beckett: empowering yourself & your college experience → The post Encouragement from Mischa Beckett: empowering yourself & your college experience appeared first on Student Success Podcast & Blog by the A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC ~ Tutoring & Academic Coaching.

Liddy Allee-Coyle on teaching as a two-way street: the power of honesty & respect for students Student Success Podcast No. 18, Mar. 19, 2014 Today’s Guest: Liddy Allee-Coyle, Master Teacher, Ithica City School District In this interview, Liddy discusses her work as a teacher coach to champion the student-first classroom in which students have trust … Continue reading Liddy Allee-Coyle on teaching as a two-way street: the power of honesty & respect for students → The post Liddy Allee-Coyle on teaching as a two-way street: the power of honesty & respect for students appeared first on Student Success Podcast & Blog by the A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC ~ Tutoring & Academic Coaching.

Dr. Jonathan Plucker: Excellence Gaps and the national imperative for equity AND excellence Student Success Podcast No. 17, Feb. 28, 2014, recorded Feb 24, 2014 Today’s Guest: Prof. Jonathan Plucker, University of Connecticut For background, please see the first Student Success Podcast interview with Dr. Jonathan Plucker, Talent on the Sidelines: the Excellence Gap with … Continue reading Dr. Jonathan Plucker: Excellence Gaps and the national imperative for equity AND excellence → The post Dr. Jonathan Plucker: Excellence Gaps and the national imperative for equity AND excellence appeared first on Student Success Podcast & Blog by the A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC ~ Tutoring & Academic Coaching.

Scaffolding students out of procrastination: teacher interview with Mike Cahir Student Success Podcast No. 16 Feb. 10, 2014, recorded Feb 8, 2014 Today’s Guest: Mike Cahir, Teacher and Department Chair, English Department, Archbishop Carroll High School, Washington, DC In this interview, Mike rejoins us to discuss procrastination from the point of view of a high … Continue reading Scaffolding students out of procrastination: teacher interview with Mike Cahir → The post Scaffolding students out of procrastination: teacher interview with Mike Cahir appeared first on Student Success Podcast & Blog by the A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC ~ Tutoring & Academic Coaching.

Procrastination: Interview with high school students and Dr. Timothy A. Pychyl Student Success Podcast No. 15 Jan. 30,  2014, recorded Jan 28, 2014 Today’s Guest: Timothy A. Pychyl, Ph.D., and Sean, Sena, and Matthew, high school students Dr. Pychyl, whom we agree to call Tim now, discusses the personal experiences with and possible solutions for … Continue reading Unpuzzling Procrastination: student Interview with Dr. Timothy A. Pychyl → The post Unpuzzling Procrastination: student Interview with Dr. Timothy A. Pychyl appeared first on Student Success Podcast & Blog by the A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC ~ Tutoring & Academic Coaching.

Real solutions for procrastination from Dr. Timothy A. Pychyl, part 2 Student Success Podcast No. 14, Jan. 22, 2014, recorded Jan 15, 2014 Today’s Guest: Timothy A. Pychyl, Ph.D. Dr. Pychyl shares his incredible knowledge, experience, research, and insight into the nature of procrastination and how to overcome it. Dedicated to bettering people’s lives, he … Continue reading Real solutions for procrastination from Dr. Timothy A. Pychyl, part 2 → The post Real solutions for procrastination from Dr. Timothy A. Pychyl, part 2 appeared first on Student Success Podcast & Blog by the A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC ~ Tutoring & Academic Coaching.

Real solutions for Procrastination from Dr. Timothy A. Pychyl, part 1 Student Success Podcast No. 13, Jan. 15, 2014 Today’s Guest: Timothy A. Pychyl, Ph.D. Dr. Pychyl shares his incredible knowledge, experience, research, and insight into the nature of procrastination and how to overcome it. Dedicated to bettering people’s lives, he uniquely applies academic concepts … Continue reading Real solutions for procrastination from Dr. Timothy A. Pychyl, part 1 → The post Real solutions for procrastination from Dr. Timothy A. Pychyl, part 1 appeared first on Student Success Podcast & Blog by the A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC ~ Tutoring & Academic Coaching.

Music for the classroom: pedagogy lessons from music lessons with Chris Bromley Student Success Podcast No. 12 Jan. 9, 2014 (* interview recorded Nov. 22, 2013). Today’s Guest: Chris Bromley Christopher discusses his strategies for teaching music and compares learning music with regular classroom learning. His music program, School of Rock, holds strong examples and … Continue reading Music for the classroom: pedagogy from music lessons with Chris Bromley → The post Music for the classroom: pedagogy from music lessons with Chris Bromley appeared first on Student Success Podcast & Blog by the A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC ~ Tutoring & Academic Coaching.

Speaking math constantly with Joy Ferrante Student Success Podcast No. 11, Dec. 18, 2013 Today’s Guest: Joy Ferrante Joy discusses how parents can be deeply involved in their child’s math learning. We use math and other school subjects all day long — how often do we use those concepts and tasks to help our children … Continue reading Speaking math constantly with Joy Ferrante → The post Speaking math constantly with Joy Ferrante appeared first on Student Success Podcast & Blog by the A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC ~ Tutoring & Academic Coaching.

Communicating dedication & success with Julian Student Success Podcast No. 10, Dec. 12, 2013 Today’s Guest: Julian Oribe Julian discusses his experiences in college in America from the perspective of a foreign, non-native English speaking student. It took dedication and courage to overcome his language barriers and, especially, as Julian discusses, to write 15-page essays and … Continue reading Communicating dedication & success with Julian Oribe → The post Communicating dedication & success with Julian Oribe appeared first on Student Success Podcast & Blog by the A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC ~ Tutoring & Academic Coaching.

Math success: believe you can achieve with Okera Hawkins Student Success Podcast No. 9, Nov. 29, 2013 Today’s Guest: Okera Hawkins Co-founder of The A+ Club, Okera Hawkins, discusses what it takes to succeed in high school math. If there’ any single thing, Okera tells us, it is “confidence.” Getting there is a process — … Continue reading Math success: believe you can achieve with Okera Hawkins → The post Math success: believe you can achieve with Okera Hawkins appeared first on Student Success Podcast & Blog by the A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC ~ Tutoring & Academic Coaching.

No B.S. from J.P.: what makes a good teacher? Student Success Podcast No. 8, Nov. 13, 2013 Today’s Guest: J.P. Cassagnol Now that he’s about to graduate from college, JP discusses his experiences in K-12 and college and how it all fits together to make him the student and person he is. J.P. cuts through … Continue reading No B.S. from J.P.: what makes a good teacher? → The post No B.S. from J.P.: what makes a good teacher? appeared first on Student Success Podcast & Blog by the A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC ~ Tutoring & Academic Coaching.

Feeding back: constant, comprehensive & positive feedback Student Success Podcast No. 7, Nov. 6, 2013 Today’s Guest: none Bromley discusses the essential process of feedback. Feedback is simple human interaction. And these interactions so define the teacher-student relationship.  Students will benefit from understanding their role in this relationship. And teachers, too, need to maintain positive, effective interactions … Continue reading Feeding back: constant, comprehensive & positive feedback → The post Feeding back: constant, comprehensive & positive feedback appeared first on Student Success Podcast & Blog by the A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC ~ Tutoring & Academic Coaching.

Parenting for Student Success with Dr. Kimberly Bradley Show Notes Student Success Podcast No. 6, Oct 30, 2013 Today’s Guest: Dr. Kimberly Bradley Dr. Bradley discusses strategies for successful parenting of successful students. Dr. Bradley shares her personal experiences as a parent of three students, as an involved parent in her children’s schools, and her … Continue reading Parenting for Student Success with Dr. Kimberly Bradley → The post Parenting for Student Success with Dr. Kimberly Bradley appeared first on Student Success Podcast & Blog by the A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC ~ Tutoring & Academic Coaching.

Talent on the Sidelines: the Excellence Gap with Dr. Jonathan Plucker Show Notes Student Success Podcast No. 5, Oct 24, 2013 ** Please also listen to the follow-up interview with Prof. Plucker, March 1, 2014:  Excellence Gaps and the national imperative for equity AND excellence ** Today’s Guest:  Prof. Jonathan Plucker, University of Connecticut Prof. Jonathan Plucker … Continue reading Talent on the Sidelines: the Excellence Gap with Dr. Jonathan Plucker → The post Talent on the Sidelines: the Excellence Gap with Dr. Jonathan Plucker appeared first on Student Success Podcast & Blog by the A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC ~ Tutoring & Academic Coaching.

Teacher advice: asking the question with Mike Cahir Show Notes Student Success Podcast No. 4, Oct 16, 2013 Today’s Guest:  Mike Cahir Mike Cahir shares with us the teacher perspective on how students can perform better at school by identifying and asking questions about assignments and class work. Mike highlights the crucial positive feedback-loop that … Continue reading Teacher advice: asking the question with Mike Cahir → The post Teacher advice: asking the question with Mike Cahir appeared first on Student Success Podcast & Blog by the A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC ~ Tutoring & Academic Coaching.

Learning to learn & other great advice from two high school graduates Show Notes Student Success Podcast No. 3, Oct 9, 2013 Today’s Guests:  Diamond Williams and Vanai Latham Diamond and Vanai offer on-point advice to high school students, parents, and teachers. Subscribe to Student Success Podcast RSS or find us on iTunes Guest Biographies: Diamond … Continue reading Learning to learn & other great advice from two high school graduates → The post Learning to learn & other great advice from two high school graduates appeared first on Student Success Podcast & Blog by the A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC ~ Tutoring & Academic Coaching.

Bromley and students A little background & who we are Show Notes Student Success Podcast No. 2, Oct 3, 2013 Today’s Guest: Michael Bromley, founder of School4Schools.com & The A+ Club Bromley discusses the background and origins of our and philosophy and student support service. Subscribe to Student Success Podcast RSS or find us on iTunes Guest Biography: … Continue reading A little background & who we are → The post A little background & who we are appeared first on Student Success Podcast & Blog by the A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC ~ Tutoring & Academic Coaching.

Gaby’s Dinosaur Tree Gaby’s Dinosaur Tree Show Notes Today’s interview: Gaby Bromley, student, Simmons College  Guest Biography: Gabriela Bromley,  Senior, Simmons College, Boston MA, Biopsychology Major.  Gabriela has worked in various hospitals and psychology wards since high school. She is fascinated by neuroscience and aims to apply her learning in real world situations to help … Continue reading Gaby’s dinosaur tree → The post Gaby’s dinosaur tree appeared first on Student Success Podcast & Blog by the A+ Club from School4Schools.com LLC ~ Tutoring & Academic Coaching.