Mitch Weathers

Mitch Weathers is an educator who is passionate about helping teachers and families make explicit the executive functioning skills that are the foundation for academic success. He designed a program called Organized Binder to make this a tangible reality, helping students achieve in K-12 environments and college in the US and internationally. He also works with teacher training programs to introduce pre-service teachers to the principles that underlie Organized Binder and speaks nationally and...See more

Mitch Weathers is an educator who is passionate about helping teachers and families make explicit the executive functioning skills that are the foundation for academic success. He designed a program called Organized Binder to make this a tangible reality, helping students achieve in K-12 environments and college in the US and internationally. He also works with teacher training programs to introduce pre-service teachers to the principles that underlie Organized Binder and speaks nationally and internationally at education conferences. Fresh out of graduate school, Mitch saw that many of his students were struggling. In order to help these students, he needed tools to use in heterogeneous classrooms: Resources that would move the needle for underperforming students, but also empower those who were succeeding. The initial challenge was finding time. Educators are hired to teach a subject or grade level, and he taught Biology. He found there was rarely enough time in the school day to do that job well. Where would he find the time to also teach my students the skills and habits they needed to achieve academically? He decided to embed practice using these skills directly into the classroom routine. Not only would students gain daily practice employing these skills, but it would create a predictable and dependable learning environment for my students. Mitch s students began to succeed and they began to see themselves as capable learners. They developed agency and confidence. Ten years later Organized Binder is an evidenced-based MTSS Tier 1 universal solution that creates a structured and dependable environment with clear expectations and routines. This content-agnostic platform gives students exposure to goal setting, reflective learning and metacognitive practice, time and task management, study strategies, organizational skills, and more. Organized Binder aligns directly with the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework and is an integral component for ensuring Least Restrictive Environments (LRE). See less