K-12 Consulting, Coaching and Professional Development
K-12 Consulting, Coaching and Professional Development
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
While educational or instructional technologists – who consider themselves technologically literate – are interested in integrating technology into classroom instruction because they are convinced of the added value technology brings to education, some teachers might still be less convinced about the value of such
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Instructional Leadership
We recently designed a self-paced online professional development course for an elementary school based on the principles of microlearning. Microlearning is delivering new information to be learned in small ‘chunks’. After a discussion with the school’s administrative team, we at
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Instructional Leadership