Giving a voice to teacher-leaders, administrators, and students doing amazing things
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 …
Before we launch into the theme of this newsletter, based on the automatic replies that shared you were away on vacation, here is the link to the previous newsletter: Reflecting Forward As We Head Back to School. This was devoted Read More …
This month’s newsletter features Sam Nelson, a middle school teacher in Vermont who has been prototyping with his students to co-create social studies curriculum. This video narrated by Sam describes how he created a design and student community that shaped Read More …
Wonderful to connect with you as your summer vacation is winding down or perhaps temporarily being interrupted by a trusted learning resource to sponsor your reflecting and imagining for the upcoming school year. First Day of School Student Survey. When Read More …
Who is in your classroom matters. To build relationships in the service of learning, we need to better understand who they are, where they come from, what their interests are, and what they dream about or aspire to do. The 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 …
We are thrilled to spend some time with Mike Anderson – our friend and author of a new book What We Say and How We Say it Matter: Teacher Talk that Improves Student Learning and Behavior (ASCD, 2019). One of the driving Read More …
When you think about your experience as an adult, collaborating with coworkers, do you get an uncomfortable pit in your stomach? How often does it go just right? Over my many years and many occupations I have experienced productive, professionally Read More …
Conferencing yielded the best papers I have read in years. When I sat down to “grade” the final papers a few weeks ago, I didn’t need several red pens, as I found there were few errors. I didn’t give hours Read More …
