K-12 Consulting, Coaching and Professional Development
K-12 Consulting, Coaching and Professional Development
Professional development (PD) plays a pivotal role in equipping educators to foster student success. While virtual options have grown in popularity, in-person PD workshops for educators remain a favorite for teachers and administrators alike. These sessions, especially when focused on […]
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Instructional Leadership, Professional Development
In today’s classrooms, where diversity in learning needs, backgrounds, and preferences is more prominent than ever, two powerful approaches—Differentiation and Universal Design for Learning (UDL)—are empowering teachers for success by helping them create inclusive and effective learning environments. Although these
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Differentiation, Universal Design for Learning
In the modern classroom, the emphasis is shifting from teacher-directed instruction to student-led learning. This is empowering teachers for success! And this transformation is essential for preparing students to thrive in a rapidly changing world. Self-directed learning (SDL) empowers students
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Goal Setting, Growth Mindset, Self-Directed Learning
Planning long-term professional development (a minimum of one academic year, but preferably more) allows school leaders to strategically align training with the school’s academic goals. Embedding the school’s academic goals into every stage of professional development, school leaders can create
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Instructional Leadership
In Part 2 of the series on authentic student engagement we describe four protocols from the recent ASCD book Teaching for Authentic Engagement by Lauren Porosoff. In Part 1 we explored authentic engagement and responsive formative feedback. Group projects are
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Formative Feedback, Growth Mindset, Self-Directed Learning, Teach for Understanding
In this two-part blog post we will explore the recent ASCD book Teaching for Authentic Engagement by Lauren Porosoff. Porosoff discusses the concept of authentic student engagement and then offers practical tools for student collaboration for project-based and inquiry-based learning.
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Formative Feedback, Growth Mindset, Self-Directed Learning, Teach for Understanding
Launching into the world of AI in K-12 education raises an important question: where do we begin? How can we introduce AI concepts to teachers in a way that’s both exciting and down-to-earth? Let’s dive into this adventure together, exploring
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ArtificialIntelligence, Instructional Leadership
We discussed two different types of student goal setting in two previous blogs. Empowering Young Minds: SMART Goal Setting for Elementary School Students discussed what SMART goals were and provided tips on how to engage students in the process of
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Goal Setting, Growth Mindset, Self-Directed Learning
Welcome to Part 2 of this 2-part series, where we delve into the art of teaching for understanding. In Part 1 we explored the concept of ‘understanding’ and the six facets of understanding, such as explain, apply or interpret. In
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Growth Mindset, Self-Directed Learning, Teach for Understanding
Welcome to this 2-part series, where we delve into the art of teaching for understanding. In an era characterized by information overload, it is imperative for educators to shift their focus from merely transmitting knowledge to facilitating genuine comprehension. This
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Growth Mindset, Self-Directed Learning, Teach for Understanding
In Part 3, the final installment of this series, we continue to explore differentiating instruction (content, process and product) for on-target learners. Part 3 offers suggestions for product differentiation for on-target learners. To recap from Part 1 and Part 2:
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Differentiation, Formative Feedback
In Part 2 of this three-part series we continue to explore differentiating instruction (content, process and product) for on-target learners. Part 2 offers suggestions for process differentiation for on-target learners. To recap from Part 1: On-target learners comprehend concepts rapidly
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Differentiation, Formative Feedback
In this three-part series we will explore differentiating instruction (content, process and product) for on-target learners. This part offers suggestions for creating a learning environment that helps on-target learners thrive, then we offer suggestions for content differentiation. On-target learners are
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Differentiation, Formative Feedback
Let’s face it: professional development can be boring and teachers can lose focus more often than not. Sometimes they briefly tune out to look at their phone or leave for a while, but sometimes they completely tune out and hide
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Instructional Leadership
In the recent blog post “Empowering Young Minds: SMART Goal Setting for Elementary School Students”, we explored easy ways to start goal-setting with your students. SMART goals are usually appropriate for long-term goals (quarter, semester, whole year) and they could
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Goal Setting, Growth Mindset, Self-Directed Learning