Posts by Kelly Niccolls
Collaborative Conversations to Shephard Communities Forward, Together
Rebecca Midles and Kelly Niccolls explore how school systems set the future of communities and the urgency of intentional design of community building for our learners.
First They Came for Critical Race Theory…
A year ago, there were protests all across the country building a movement and calling for action and systems that believed Black Lives Mattered. Hundreds of thousands of people advocated and proclaimed wanting to learn how we can build communities of support and care for each other and…
Year of Listening
Are you in your years of questions or your years of answers? Kelly Niccolls shares where she's at on her educational leadership journey and how she's listening now more than ever for what's next.
Emancipating Equity for Learning Justice
Kelly Niccolls and Rebecca Midles discuss how we must dismantle the machine that is schooling and emancipate equity for learning justice.
Getting Clearer: Schooling Loss, Not Learning Loss
By: Kelly Niccolls & Rebecca Midles. Students have experienced school loss and peer interaction loss, not learning loss. Kelly and Rebecca outline how educators can help students continue forward in their learning journey.
Getting Clearer: Student Access
There are key inequities in student access that need to be addressed across the country to support improvement in learning experiences and outcomes.
Getting Clearer: Our Students Need Sponsors, Not Saviors
Kelly explains the importance of students having sponsors - concerted communities of mentors that in various roles and responsibilities invest in the talents and desires of our young people.
Getting Clearer: Human-Centered Design
Where do we start when thinking about the new system design for teaching and learning in America? We start with people. Specifically, our students.
What is Curriculum in the year 2020? From Managed Instruction to Personalized Learning
Kelly answers the question of "what is curriculum in 2020?" and how that must correlate to outcomes that matter to students and to their futures.
Getting Through: Leading with Optimism Hope and Love
By: Kristi Dominguez, Ellen Dorr & Kelly Niccolls. Post Covid-19, increased focus on courageous leadership is more important than ever to envision what learning could become.