As far as impactful PD goes, there’s not much that can compete with sitting in on the practice of one of the colleagues in your own building. Once in a while, it’s helpful to identify some folks that you might like watching. You can do things like: (Fill in those blanks with an area of […]
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Happy Holidays = A Great Time for a Hard Pause on School
Hey there, colleague! I hope this message finds you well and festive. I’ll be out of your inbox the next two weeks so as to help you do the good and wise work of a hard detach from all things school for a bit. I want to encourage you with full permission to forget that […]
Underused Value Angle: Science Class is Beautiful
I often say in my workshops that when you’re looking at the Rainbow of Why, the power is on the bottom. I think that in school we’re way too quick to tell students “when they’ll ever use this” (that’s utility on the graphic above) and we’re way too slow to paint a picture of how […]
What You Think v. What Students Think
“Teaching is successful only as it causes people to think for themselves. What the teacher thinks matters little; what she makes the child think matters much.“ – Alice Moore Hubbard (1909) Alice Hubbard lived a remarkable life. She was a colleague of ours and a multi-published author, as well as a vocal advocate for women’s […]
Teaching Students Why We Review Like We Do
A bit ago in class I used a trick that I learned from one of our global colleagues at TASIS American International School in England just outside of London. (Below is a photo that some of us took together when my wife and I visited their school recently.) (The person I need to credit specifically […]