Metria Learning
Jeff sits down with\xa0Jeff Thiel from Metria Learning to discuss how the Master Teacher Edition helps teachers create standards-based lessons and assessments.
About Metria Learning
Metria is\xa0dedicated to helping K-12 educators deliver rigorous, data-driven, personalized instruction. We envision a world where teams of teaching professionals work together effectively to ensure that each student reaches their academic potential.
We started this work because we saw that schools\xa0need better tools\xa0to manage a collaborative approach to delivering personalized instruction. We observed that teachers spent much more time figuring out how to collect and manage timely data about student progress against standards than they spent using the data to determine how to improve their instructional practices.
Metria recently released the\xa0\u201cMaster Teacher Edition\u201d (MTE), which\xa0has the best tools available today to\xa0help\xa0individual\xa0educators\xa0create standards-based unit and lesson plans,\xa0conduct formative assessments, plan and manage interventions, and\xa0monitor student academic growth.
Metria\u2019s\xa0\u201cSchool Improvement Edition\u201d (SIE)\xa0extends the MTE to help\xa0teams\xa0of educators conduct planning, assessment, intervention, and analysis of student\xa0academic growth. The SIE is\xa0available now for a limited number of pilot sites.
For a limited time, try the MTE for free at\xa0www.metrialearning.org!
Links of Interest
Master Teacher Edition Tutorial videos:
Creating year-long Common Core courses:\xa0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHHk_9jvWCI
Adapting your plan based on classroom experience:\xa0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JFmqzqvPn8
Keeping students on track to standards mastery:\xa0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSqxVqBBeUk
About our Guests
Jeff Thiel is an experienced executive and entrepreneur who has built and launched new products and services in industries ranging from PC software to financial services, health care, and K-12 education.
Jeff joined Metria Teaching and Learning Technologies because he is passionate about improving K-12 education.\xa0\xa0He comes from a family of educators, and hopes that he can help educators by delivering tools that will make it easier for educators to implement instructional best practices every day.
Prior to Metria, Jeff co-founded companies in financial services and health care services.\xa0\xa0He worked for 10 years at Microsoft where his team was instrumental in the launch of multiple versions of Windows, including Windows 95.\xa0\xa0He began his career at Bain and Company, a leading business strategy consulting firm.\xa0\xa0He has degrees in Economics and History from the University of Washington, and an MBA from the Wharton Graduate School of Business.