mindset
Leadership
Leadership: The Humble Path of Decision Making
Leadership is s windy road with decisions at every turn. In this blog, Adam explores making decisions through a personal journey of his own experiences and that of the partners that he works with to transform learner experience.
Leadership
What We’ve Learned From Two Years of Piloting Formative Assessment
By: Katy Escandell and Dr. Lisa Goodnow. After reflecting on the first two years working to establish formative assessment practices in some of their district's classrooms, two Austin ISD district leaders look ahead to sustaining the culture.
SEL & Mindset
Beware of Bias and Value Variability As You Promote Persistence
Tom Vander Ark explores persistence and shares ACT’s holistic framework’s value determination of “ability to sustain effort” as an important predictor for education and work success. Learn more on the blog he unpacks valuable lessons along his journey that defined the power of persistence.
Future of Learning
T³ Alliance: Developing “Solutionary” Mindsets
Mindset meets design thinking through project-based learning, resulting in a community coming together to solve real issues. Rebecca shares her instructor training experience with T³ Alliance and their organized collaboration between Upward Bound programs across the nation.
Equity & Access
The Educational Implications of Michelle Obama’s Becoming
Erin Gohl and Kristen Thorson share insights from Michelle Obama’s biography, Becoming, and how parents, teachers and mentors supported her education. Read as they share her mission to provide educational structures, policies, and programs that show all students that they matter.
Personalized Learning
New Guide Helps Parents Support Students in LEADing in Their Learning
Following the success of both the "Learning Differences MOOC-Ed" for educators and the "Students LEAD" course, The Friday Institute launched "Letting Students LEAD," a parent-directed companion resource to further support maximizing student learning.
SEL & Mindset
Four Strategies for Introducing Empathy in the Classroom
By: Caitlin Warren. Cultivating empathy in the classroom could be the answer to decreasing bullying. Here are four tips for educators looking to create more empathic classrooms.
SEL & Mindset
I’m the Peace Teacher
By: Linda Ryden. Mindfulness is having a moment right now and more and more schools are beginning to catch on. However, not all mindfulness programs are created equal.
SEL & Mindset
Metacognition and Mindfulness Meet the Power of Not Yet!
Sometimes teachers are faced with the challenge of students who just “give up” at the first sign of an academic challenge. Learn how helping them develop metacognition will instill academic resilience and allow for learning to be maximized.
Leadership
Human Development as Professional Development: Fostering District-Wide Well Being
How can a school district systematically support all the various individual experiences and reactions? Parkland, Florida, has developed an inspirational approach under some of truly trying circumstances. Learn more here.