Jake Towers

Teacher, Coach and Co-Founder of the Skills Based Classroom

[Bill Davidson @billdavidsoniii]

Jake Towers explains how his no homework policy offloads more responsibility to his students.

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[Bill Davidson @billdavidsoniii]

Jake Towers & Keenan Clark believe the benefits of no HW go beyond academics.

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[Bill Davidson @billdavidsoniii]

“The amount of time we spent grading and the amount of time the kids spent on homework - we thought that maybe we could shift that time into other forms of assessment and practice.”
- Keenan Clark

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[Skills Based Classroom-Keenan Clark & Jake Towers @SkillsBased22]

Time To Be Innovative: Bring On The Skills Based Classroom…Today we have a 12:15 spotlight lunch session at the Illinois Principals Association Conference in Peoria. Can’t wait to share our ideas with educational leaders throughout the state.

[Skills Based Classroom-Keenan Clark & Jake Towers @SkillsBased22]

Friday was “Math Fun Day” in our department. All math classes were suspended and classrooms were transformed into math games/experiments labs. Students chose between dice games, making paper airplanes, catapult designs and other activities.

100% participation and engagement.

[Brett Diel @CartervilleAD]

We ended the summer with a little outing for the senior football players. Thank you to the National Guard for taking care of us today after working them out last week at the field. I appreciate your help in making us a better team! Special thanks to Coach Tuttle for coordinating!

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@GentsCoachD Chin

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2 Feet!!!

[Alec Vucinich @basicbball_]

1 minute of Cam Spencer making decisions off of 2 feet in the Final Four

[Skills Based Classroom-Keenan Clark & Jake Towers @SkillsBased22]

Agree 100%.

Check out our reasoning for eliminating homework grades from your grade books.

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[Skills Based Classroom-Keenan Clark & Jake Towers @SkillsBased22]

Come see us at the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference - Southern Section on Thursday, February 15th at @JALCollege

[Skills Based Classroom-Keenan Clark & Jake Towers @SkillsBased22]

It is time to change what is happening in the classroom. Educators need to focus on student learning, not their deadlines and schedules.

[Jake Towers @JakeTowers3]

@amiahhargrove22 Congrats!

[Skills Based Classroom-Keenan Clark & Jake Towers @SkillsBased22]

We approach this topic with our Skills Assessments. These are short, formative assessments that also act as summative data to guide instruction in our classrooms. Read more below!
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[Jake Towers @JakeTowers3]

. @KeenanClark3 and I spent months building the Skills Based Classroom. We have 3 semesters of data showing this helps kids learn. Change can be scary, but change can also lead to great things.

[Skills Based Classroom-Keenan Clark & Jake Towers @SkillsBased22]

If you want to learn more about our Skills Based Classroom approach, check out the attached article.
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[32 Analytics @32_Analytics]

Here are the top 5 players who create the most wins for their team every time they play ⬇️

1. Xavier Johnson - 0.27 WCr/GP
2. Jonathan Mogbo - 0.25 WCr/GP
3. Terrence Shannon - 0.24 WCr/GP
4. Hunter Dickinson - 0.24 WCr/GP
5. Zach Edey - 0.24 WCr/GP

For reference, Zach Edey ranked 1st in our WCr/GP stat with 0.26 wins created per game played last season.

Our WCr/GP is calculated through using our player efficiency data to calculate their role in expected team performance.

@xav1erj0 @j_mogbo @Sn1per_T @H_Dickinson24 @zach_edey 🔥

[Jake Towers @JakeTowers3]

@JpNerbun Standards

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@CoachHackGO 51

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@JpNerbun Playing time

[Jake Towers @JakeTowers3]

@smuggsybouges @TheDunkCentral @highkin I’ll have the raptors using sleeper ASAP

[Saluki Football @SIU_Football]

ICE IN HIS VEINS 🥶

#WarForTheWheel