In a world of remote and hybrid instruction, there’s lots of talk about boundaries. It comes up in professional development, during staff meetings, on blogs and Twitter: boundaries, boundaries, boundaries. And the topic is a worthy one. As I’ve said, constraints make us better. The path to freeing ourselves up to doing our best work is marked by self-imposed […]
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Things That Help: Five Tips for Better PD This (Crazy) School Year
This is written for two people: You’re in charge of leading or organizing PD this year, and it’s overwhelming or frustrating. You feel angsty or sad or resigned. You’re a teacher who’s attending PD this year, and it’s overwhelming or frustrating. You feel angsty or sad or resigned. Take heart! If we attend to a […]
The Will to Learn: Practical Methods for Improving Motivation (Session Description)
Session Description: How do we help all of our students do the work of learning, with care — as best they currently can? I’ve spent the past ten years of my teaching career reading, experimenting, and interviewing experts about what lies at the heart of student motivation. What I’ve found is straightforward: for our students […]
Workload and Pressure: Things That Help Teachers During Times Like These (Session Description)
Session Description: Educators around the nation are experiencing a harrowing double whammy right now: Schooling amidst the pandemic has produced a number of workload increases, no matter which model you’re teaching in; and Conscientious educators feel an enormous pressure to provide a world-class education for students who are experiencing an unprecedented disruption to their K-12 […]
Ten (Or So) Things That Are Helping Right Now
Next Wednesday night, I’m going to record a set of practical insights that are slowly changing my experience of teaching this year. These are all topics that deserve their own blog posts, but I’ve just not had the time. I’m talking about: New insights on student motivation, such as: Why the most promising avenue for […]