Giving a voice to teacher-leaders, administrators, and students doing amazing things
Focusing on the first weeks of school with a personal reflection signals to your students what you value and how you value them. So, using an empathy map as a personal reflection that can be shared with classmates is a Read More …
These icebreakers provide an opportunity to lay the groundwork for building relationships and identify the Habits of Mind that are critical behaviors for building the quality of those relationships.
It was July 2007 and I was on a red-eye flight from Argentina to San Antonio. Halfway into the flight…BAM! A loud noise ignited causing the plane to shake. Instantaneously, passengers awoke in a panic and unconscious state of mind. Read More …
Engaging with others remotely requires trust and vulnerability for our students and ourselves. How do we establish and cultivate safe spaces for voice? Before we focus on HOW we do this, let’s step back for a moment to examine practices Read More …
This year has been a journey! That’s how I intended to end this school year when speaking to the individual teachers I’ve worked with this year. Last summer when we started ramping up plans on how we would grow a Read More …
Adapted from a blog post originally authored by Art Costa and Bena Kallick. When you are working more in isolation, your tendency might be to just get the work assigned done. However, when you manage the impulse to take the Read More …
This blog post was first published on the Institute for Habits of Mind website and is part 3 within a series. We all have heard the old adage “A picture speaks a thousand words,” and if you are a 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 …
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 …
Let’s engage in a storytelling challenge. What were some of your most powerful learning moments as an educator so far? What did you see in these stories? What are the patterns? What were the feelings expressed as you shared your Read More …