Colleen Fangman

proud mama of 3 brown eyed babes, @wartburgcollege grad, & Elementary Principal

[Justin McMillan @justinwmcmillan]

Structure, Engagement, and Restoration: A Blueprint for Transformational Teaching

What does a high-impact classroom look like? It starts with structure—where the physical layout allows teachers to work the crowd and connect quickly with every student. But it doesn’t stop there.

Educators who maximize student success design lessons that are rigorous, engaging, and efficient. They explicitly teach and reinforce rules and routines until they become second nature. They use proximity and purposeful movement, and they provide descriptive feedback using Praise, Prompt, and Leave. They use Visual Instructional Plans so students always know what to do next. They make lessons meaningful through authentic tasks.

They teach through Say, See, Do: learning by doing, with constant input and output. They engineer lessons around cooperative learning using PIES—Positive Interdependence, Individual Accountability, Equal Participation, and Simultaneous Interaction.

And most importantly, they transform students into learners by embedding the five strategies of formative assessment:
•Students know the learning target and how success is measured.
•They understand the relevance of what they’re learning.
•They self-assess and set goals.
•They engage in peer feedback to stay focused on learning.

Limit setting is handled with calm, consistent, clear body language. Disruptions don’t derail the room—students are coached back on track through refocus and corrective teaching, not punishment.

And when more is needed, we don’t fall back on zero-tolerance. We move forward with Restorative Practices. This is not a program—it’s a way of being. It’s about healing, repairing, and building stronger individuals and a stronger school community.

This is what teaching can be—and what our students deserve

[Justin McMillan @justinwmcmillan]

What separates good teaching from great teaching?

Effective feedback.

Hattie’s research tells us that feedback has an effect size of 0.70—almost double the average. But not all feedback is equal. According to Hattie, “The most powerful single influence on achievement is feedback…but it must be timely, specific, and help the learner know where to go next.”

Dylan Wiliam expands on this with his five strategies for formative assessment. He reminds us that feedback should cause thinking, not compliance. If students are not using feedback to move their learning forward, it’s just noise.

Susan Brookhart emphasizes that feedback must be clear, purposeful, and aligned with the learning target. Vague praise or criticism does little. Students need to understand what they’re doing well, where they need to improve, and exactly how to do it.

Grant Wiggins said, “Feedback is not advice, evaluation, or judgment. It’s information about how we’re doing in our efforts to reach a goal.” In short—feedback should not end the learning—it should ignite it.

And let’s not forget Carol Dweck, who teaches us that how we frame feedback impacts whether students develop a fixed or growth mindset. If we want students to persist through challenges, our feedback must reinforce the process, not just the person.

So in your classroom:
•Make learning goals clear
•Give feedback during the learning, not after
•Use student work and peer feedback to promote ownership
•Keep the focus on progress and next steps

Great classrooms are built on a culture of feedback��where students don’t just hear it, they act on it. @VisibleLearning @dylanwiliam @SusanBrookhart @CarolDweckDSU

[Always Keep Learning @AlwaysKeepL]

12 Sentences emotionally intelligent People

[Colleen Fangman @cbfangman]

#UKnightday Proud Wartburg Alum -wouldn’t be where I am today without my experience!

[Colleen Fangman @cbfangman]

10th year of being #UKnighted
Click on the link below to donate

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[Colleen Fangman @cbfangman]

I was #75 today!

[Wartburg College @WartburgCollege]

🧡🧡 HAPPY #UKNIGHTDAY!!! 🧡🧡

Our 24-hour sprint to 1,700 UKnighted starts now! Make your gift of any size to be counted at https://t.co/0F1AONcAhv.

The first 500 donors will have a chance at our Athletic Superfan prize pack and be in for later drawings, so don't wait!

[Colleen Fangman @cbfangman]

@WartburgCollege Hey Champions, it’s that time of year! Let’s get ready for #UKnightDay on March 27th

[Colleen Fangman @cbfangman]

@goiowa Put me in tears it was so heartfelt and touching 💛🖤💛🖤

[Colleen Fangman @cbfangman]

@thejohnelkin Congratulations!!

[Colleen Fangman @cbfangman]

Kicking off #SAI with one of my marble jar friends @JillianSchulte listening to our favorite @casas_jimmy #jackedup #drakedl
@CRSCHOOLS

[Colleen Fangman @cbfangman]

@kjpilcher @1WRcoach Simply, one of the best!

[𝔸𝕟𝕕𝕣𝕖𝕒 𝕋𝕠𝕨𝕟𝕤𝕝𝕖𝕪 @townsleyaj]

.@BentonBobcatSB sends a special thank you to Willie Guy for his donation of his umpiring earnings tonight to #TeamTatum! The girls are collecting donations at each home game. You have a chance to see one more regular season game next Monday at our cancer night vs North Linn! 🧡

[M Sandberg @MSandberg8]

Drying setup to be moved https://t.co/5zFrEHkozZ

[Colleen Fangman @cbfangman]

@WartburgCollege Showing off my #UKnightDay Champion shirt at work today! Proud to be a Knight, even more proud to support! You can help support too by donating. Click on this link

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[Colleen Fangman @cbfangman]

@WartburgCollege

[Colleen Fangman @cbfangman]

#UKnightDay with me won’t ya? I’m #104. What number will you be?

[Colleen Fangman @cbfangman]

@CPUActivities @FootballCpu 🧡🖤🧡🖤

[Colleen Fangman @cbfangman]

@DyanSundermeyer 🤣🤣🤣

[Colleen Fangman @cbfangman]

@WartburgCollege prepping for our upcoming #UKnightDay by finding my favorite Wartburg Grad in my school building! #proudgrad
Just a reminder to my fellow grads #UKnightDay is Thursday, March 21st!

[CR Schools @CRSCHOOLS]

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