Cynicism and distrust amongst the teaching body in a school can negatively influence a school’s culture. When dealing with the cynics and the doubters, trying to establish their reasons for acting this way is a good place to start. Teachers…
Research Supports Engagement: 5 Reasons To Improve Yours
by William Parker • • 0 Comments
When I was teacher, I would often hear my students talk about their other instructors. It didn’t take long to discover who were the superstars. They were the ones whose lessons were both rigorous and engaging–the ones who greeted students…
10 Ways to Move to a Strength-Based Model in Schools
by Chris Wejr • • 3 Comments
Cross posted at The Wejr Board Blog. I sometimes struggle with the volume of posts that give lists of “5 ways…” or “10 reasons…” but I have recently been asked a few times how schools could get started using a…
The Power of Detentions
by Sam LeDeaux • • 1 Comment
If we had to host our own detentions… how many would we write? how would we want student behavior impacted as a result? how would we work toward achieving that result during our time with the student? Answering these questions…
Opening Doors…
by dkerr • • 2 Comments
So just over a week ago I stumbled across a video that was both beautiful and inspiring. I hardly ever share a link on my Facebook page, but there was something about this particular story that compelled me to not…
Finding a “Just Right” Scale in Competency Education
by Jonathan VanderEls • • 0 Comments
We have learned a lot over the past five years as our district has implemented a competency-based model of grading and assessing. Competency-based grading and assessment requires a significant shift in the way we think about assessment-its purpose and its…
Our Carousel of Progress
by John Marschhausen • • 0 Comments
He was a master storyteller, and I was suddenly a superintendent turned student – captured by my vacationing 16-year-old while captivated by a video of Walt Disney giving insight into his Carousel of Progress – a show he shaped.…
Demonstrating learning doesn’t have to look the same for every student…
by Amber Teamann • • 2 Comments
This post was originally written for Classflow. After you’re done reading, check out this webinar and blog post to learn how ClassFlow can support various ways of demonstrating mastery, too! As important as it is to have academic goals,…
Climbing Mountains…
by dkerr • • 1 Comment
So a few weeks ago during our holiday vacation I climbed a really, really big mountain. Since I now live in a region that allows me plenty of opportunity and choice to do so, I figured I’d tackle one of…
What Do You Do When You See Inappropriate Social Media Posts By High School Students?
by Patrick Larkin • • 2 Comments
It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of social media as a tool for learning. In order to stay on top of the various conversations that I like to follow, I have a number of lists that I have…
Make Time
by Bo Adams • • 3 Comments
How do you plan for your strategic use of time? In a culture that seems to take some kind of pride in talking about how busy we all are, it seems even more important that we purposefully plan for our time, so…
Tough Conversations
by Bill Carozza • • 48 Comments
A teacher who has known me for many years, knows that I appreciate my job because of the energy I receive every day from teachers and students. Yes, Sunday night is not always easy on the soul but…