Julie Mason, TeacherVision Contributor

Julie Mason

English Teacher

About Julie

Julie Mason brings expertise in blended and personalized learning, instructional coaching, and curriculum design. She was a middle and high school English teacher for eight years and most recently taught at Dana Hall, an all-girls school in Wellesley, MA. She was a blended and personalized learning instructional coach for K-12 teachers at BetterLesson for two years, and she has presented at The National Principals Conference, ISTE, and ASCD where she shared her expertise on how instructional coaching builds teacher capacity in K-12 schools. She has extensive experience designing and facilitating professional development for teachers.

Education and qualifications

  • M.A. in English Education, New York University
  • B.A. in English and Dance, Connecticut College

FamilyEducation Area of Expertise

Julie is an expert in curriculum design, coaching, and mentoring, and focuses on providing teachers with advice and support with professional development.
 

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Weekly Bell Ringing Planning Sheet

CLASSROOM TOOLS

Weekly Bell Ringers Form

They system you establish for students entering your classroom can greatly effect the amount of instructional time you h...

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Report Card Comments & Phrases: Personality & Attitude

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Report Card Comments & Phrases—Personality & Attitude

Report Card Comments & Phrases—Personality & Attitude Report card comments for students with positive attit...

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Tips for teacher self-care

Your Teacher Self-Care Workbook

Julie, member of the Teacher Advisory Board, has designed this workbook based on a decade of experience in the classroom...

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GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

Instead of This, Try This Graphic Organizer

It is challenging for students to focus on their learning when they approach classroom activities and tasks with a negat...

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Tips for supporting students to share their thinking

Tips And Strategies For Making Student Thinking Visible

When It Doesn’t Go As Planned The first time I facilitated a Socratic Seminar in my English classroom, it was a dis...

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strategies to help students find their writing voice

Coaching Sessions: Save Every Page, and Call Them, Writers

“I’m not a writer,” she tells me. “That’s why I’m here for Writing Lab.

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Make money teaching online

How To Make Online Teaching Your Next Side Gig

As a new teacher, the pressure to work ridiculous hours is probably the highest in your career.

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How To Upgrade Your Turn and Talks

How to Upgrade Your Turn and Talk Strategy

What is a Turn and Talk? In case you don’t already use them, a Turn and Talk is an oral communication strategy that...

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Making Differentiation Possible

Three Strategies That Make Differentiation Possible

If you ask a teacher what his biggest teaching challenges are, chances are he will say: time and meeting all my students...

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New Year New Start

How to Turn Teaching Goals into Teaching Habits

The summer before my fifth year of teaching, I decided it was the year to go big and set some serious goals for pushing ...

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New This Week: Grammar Warm-Ups, Choice Boards, and Poetry

Whether you just came back from Spring Break or you are looking forward to time off next week, we have new resources to ...

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Online Teaching Is The PD You Don't Know About Yet

No matter how long you’ve taught, every year feels like the first year.

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Make These Shifts Now For A More Student-Centered Classroom

  “Is this good?” “Am I right?” “Am I done?” Do these questions sound familiar? I was asked ...

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New This Week: Meet The TeacherVision Advisory Board

When I was in the classroom many of my best resources and ideas came from my colleagues.

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A time-management workbook for teachers

New This Week: Teacher Workbooks, Easter Math Scoot, and Books In A Bag

A lot of our content is resources for teaching from choice boards to lesson plans to themed activity packets.

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Tips and strategies for virtual teaching success

Virtual Teaching Best Practices

When you first begin teaching virtually, you may realize that it requires new and additional skills.

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What I Know For Sure About Teaching

No matter how long you’ve taught, every year feels like the first year.

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Diverse books for the classroom

Why Students Need Books That Provide Windows and Mirrors

No one is doing the reading! You assigned two chapters the night before.

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