Meagan Taylor
About
Meagan Taylor is REL Pacific’s lead for training, coaching, and technical support for evidence use, working with educators and school system leaders across the region. Ms. Taylor has supported educator effectiveness and early learning for REL Pacific since 2019. Ms. Taylor gained knowledge of the research-based skills and strategies that have the highest impact on student learning during her 14 years teaching at the elementary level. Following her years in the classroom, she was a consultant and professional learning facilitator, working with teachers and instructional coaches on how to most effectively help all students learn. Ms. Taylor can be reached at mtaylor@mcrel.org.
Associated IES Content
Blog
Contextualizing Education Partnerships in the Pacific Region
REL Pacific partnerships are structured to support evidence-based and equitable decision making for education change in the U.S.-affiliated Pacific region. This structure, illustrated as a pandanus tree, honors the priorities of education entities in the Pacific, while maximizing the resources provided by the REL program.
Date published:
Apr 21, 2023
Blog
Virtual Coaching Brings Hindsight Into Focus
"Hindsight is 20/20." Although this phrase often refers to life choices rather than classroom instruction, hindsight can provide administrators with valuable opportunities to support their teachers. Determining how to take advantage of hindsight, however, isn't always straightforward. And that's where instructional coaching comes in. Jim Knight defines instructional coaching as a non-evaluative, learning relationship between a professional developer and a teacher, focused on improving i...
Date published:
Apr 30, 2021
Blog
Supporting Positive At-Home Behaviors Among Elementary Students
Imagine a child sitting at a table. The table is covered with math worksheets and books, pencils and crayons, and the child is busily taking the paper off their crayons. Or perhaps the child is asking for a snack for the third time in an hour, or staring off into space, or throwing their materials on the floor. Many teachers understand the catalyst for these types of behaviors in the classroom, and how to redirect students; however, the COVID-19 pandemic has suddenly shifted classroom learnin...
Date published:
Jul 13, 2020