Giving a voice to teacher-leaders, administrators, and students doing amazing things
Blogs from education consultant Allison Zmuda and guest bloggers covering a variety of personalized learning topics.
When I was twenty years old, I was standing in Benton Hall at Miami University, talking with my education professor after our 7 p.m. night class. While talking with my professor, I remember having a passionate conversation about the importance Read More …
By Jamie Dicks and Julianna Traxler It was two weeks before the school year began, and we were making about 1,248 decisions about how the school year would go and what preparations we would need to make for the upcoming Read More …
Zoe Zmuda — a sophomore in high school — created this YouTube video as a culminating artifact to reflect on how education leaders (from classroom to consultant) pay attention to life skills as part of regular instructional practice. Points discussed Read More …
Over the past few years of teaching English to high school juniors, I have become increasingly aware of the competitive nature of our students’ post-secondary opportunities. With so many students planning to be engineers, architects, accountants and the like, I have Read More …
Let’s be real. One of the hardest things for people to do is build a new habit. It takes commitment, focus, drive, and a constant reminder or way to trigger that action. In the learning environment, deliberately using the Habits Read More …
“The most beautiful experience in the world is the experience of the mysterious.” — Albert Einstein Have you ever witnessed a young child react to the to a magician’s sleight of hand, or exclaim in delight over the appearance of Read More …
Rick Gifford knew that a worksheet where students define words and then use them in a sentence wasn’t the most engaging way for them to learn and practice math vocabulary. He wanted to spruce things up and give his students Read More …
Writing this on the second day of school, I don’t mind sharing that I am happily exhausted! This feeling is the result of my own passion for teaching and the collaborative energy happening inside my classroom. To those of you Read More …
Student led IEP meetings are meaningful opportunities for students to develop agency, self-advocacy skills and be powerful members of their team. Yet, many educators, families, and students become overwhelmed in how to begin to cultivate this as part of regular Read More …
The nightmares typically begin a week before school starts. I am standing in the front of the room doing everything I can to get my students’ attention. They aren’t listening, and I’m typically in gym shorts. As the volume of Read More …