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Introduces the idea of being relentless as a teacher and explains that initial instruction must include enough practice for students to build accuracy.
So what would it mean to be relentless as a teacher?Uh it would first of all mean that I have taught something and when I taught it initially I gave you enough practice so that you have gained some accuracy.But sometimes we stop there then we move on teach something else and teach something else and teach something else.
Describes how learning should continue through distributed practice, repeated review, and returning to earlier material over time.
But it also should mean that I have taught it and given you practice opportunities and then I immediately have distributed practice.So the next day you practice it maybe mixed with other things that are similar and the next day and the next day and uh we also have cumulative review.So we keep coming back.Sometimes we schedule it like every two weeks on vocabulary.We'll come back and review it.Uh or when we finish a math unit that had distributed practice, we'll go back and review everything that we've covered.But it is uh relentless in that way.It's not just practice initially but distributed and cumulative practice.
Explains that relentlessness also means continuing to work with students who still do not understand, including extra help and follow-up at home.
But it also means that you didn't get it.Uh I am going to uh work with you five minutes late later in the afternoon.Uh that we are going to stay after school for five minutes and work on it.I'm going to send it home with your mother to go over.Uh I am absolutely relentless.
Extends the idea of relentlessness to school administrators who repeatedly reinforce a vision and key priorities.
And you know relentless uh is not just for teachers to be uh we have some studies that show that the principles administrators who are best in their roles are relentless that they get a vision these are the threethings we're working on and it's again and again and again that they're going over