Using OER to Increase Collaboration, Relevance, and Engagement
[…] of a project through which students would demonstrate their learning. As we are in the midst of the pandemic there is a tremendous opportunity to leverage the lessons throughout this project highlighted by ASCD to support teacher collaboration, leverage OER resources, and focus competency based assessment where students demonstrate what they learned. Teacher Collaboration […]
“I Could Never Do This Alone” – Collaboration, Trust, and Human-Centered Design at Design39
[…] design a new grammar of school for The Fourth Industrial Revolution providing students with the knowledge, skills, and mindsets so that they can thrive in future workplaces as life ready thought leaders who elevate humanity. A New Grammar of School In 1994, education historians David Tyack and William Tobin wrote, “The Grammar of Schooling: Why […]
With Remote Professional Learning, The Opportunities Are Boundless
[…] innovation is the key component to success. Too many times we have seen amazing innovation happen at the expense of educators with early burnout, lack of work/ life balance, and low retention. The piece that shifts this narrative, as it did with the educators I interviewed, is building engaging and innovative remote professional learning […]
Addressing the Challenges of Remote Learning for Emergent Bilingual Students
[…] content. Teachers should use scaffolding strategically – without removing the struggle needed to build capacity. Emergent bilingual students will be engaged if they learn through quality, complex lessons. Emergent bilingual students need to learn how English works through the development of phonemic awareness, vocabulary, and sentence structure. Phonics instruction is also critical to build […]
A Reliable Hybrid Learning Model: Cedar Rapids Schools Respond to Setbacks
[…] in place for learning from home, the district drafted and executed plans for harnessing the dramatic increase in family engagement. This entailed writing and publishing instructions for lessons online as well as sending home hard copies. Then, training calls were held to go even further in ensuring that the parents felt comfortable and supported […]
COVID Forced Schools to Innovate: Let’s Build on What They Learned
[…] the last year around exactly when they access lessons or complete assignments. For example, Guilford County Public Schools proposed hubs being in the evening for students whose life circumstances prohibit them from attending during the day. Bedford County Public Schools has eliminated master schedules at secondary schools, instead of assigning 12-15 students to a […]
What’s the Right High School Size and Structure?
High school is often a pivotal stage in a young person’s development, one where they formalize a sense of identity and make some early but important life decisions about careers and lifestyles. Context, relationships, and expectations matter a great deal during this period–but so do the experiences and environments of the institution–most of which […]
Relationships at the Heart of Learning
[…] a structured manner, can motivate students and instill a sense of ownership over the learning process. • Help students relate the materials discussed in class to their life and personal interests. When students engage with academic material in a meaningful way, they will be able to pay more attention and focus for longer periods […]
Building a Capstone Program: Rooting Education in the Growing Capacities of Youth
[…] scientific method. Constantly have them build, measure, and learn. From the beginning of their Capstone journey to when they head off to the next stage of their life journey, have students (and faculty for good measure) constantly get their ideas out into the world, challenging their assumptions, partnering with external industry mentors and subject […]
Clear Choices Lead to Clear Pathways
[…] Summer Bash last year, I had the opportunity to speak about equity and access in the COVID 19 era, and I was contacted by Paris Gamble, COO of Lifestyle Learning, the parent company of Career Navideer. Paris was full of energy about what was lacking in our current system to empower all students, especially students of […]