Category: Independent Work Time

For years, I’ve tried to assist teachers with setting up Independent Work Time in their classrooms.  Independent Work Time goes by many names—workshop, universal access time, centers, small-group time.  IWT is simply a time of …

I enjoy fielding questions about Independent Work Time.  This one comes from a teacher whose students “refuse to work” (cue scary music): …I still haven’t been able to have an effective IWT time.  The children …