Beverly A. Buncher, Author at The Lookstein Center

Transitioning Teachers into Active Learning

by Beverly A. Buncher | Aug 15, 2009 | Activating Learning Through Activating Students (Summer 2009)

Beverly A. Buncheris a Certified Empowerment Coach (www.theempowermentcoach.net) , former educator, contributing editor of JEL and its former Editor in Chief. In this article, she offers suggestions for transitioning teachers into using active learning. Active...

Letter from the Editor

by Beverly A. Buncher | Oct 15, 2007 | Building Professional Learning Communities (Fall 2007)

One of my mentors, Fred Jones (www.fredjones.com) says there are two kinds of new teachers: those who are naturals and those who are not. The first time I heard him say that it really hit me – mainly because I was not a natural. I spent my first two years of teaching...

Looking In: From the Editor-in-Chief

by Beverly A. Buncher | Oct 15, 2006 | Differentiated Instruction (Fall 2006)

Differentiation has come on the scene to help teachers meet the challenge of teaching children according to the many ways they learn. While Differentiated Instruction is a modern solution, the ancient Torah adage to "Educate a youth according to his path..."(Proverbs...