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What Do Education Leaders Need? Surprisingly, What Students Do!
By: Gia Truong. If learning truly is a lifelong process, then even education leaders need to stay on the learning path and see ongoing leadership development as critical to their—and their students’—success.
Increase Student Motivation through Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose
By: Victoria Rydberg. Students are at their best when they have purpose and are contributing value. Place-based education can give students the autonomy, mastery and purpose to stay motivated and make meaningful community contributions.
5 Reasons Self-Awareness Matters for Leaders
By: Mary Ryerse. Two key components of good leadership are emotional intelligence and self-awareness. Here, I discuss that relationship, and highlight a simple way for leaders to boost their own emotional intelligence.
5 Minutes to Change Culture: The 5 to Thrive Challenge
By: Tom Vander Ark and Jillian Darwish. The “5 to Thrive Challenge” encourages education leaders to dedicate five minutes each day for a month to improving the culture of their schools. In this post, we provide strategies and a free toolkit to help get you started.
Using Student Feedback to Improve School Culture
By: Hannah Bartlebaugh. School culture matters for students, teachers and education equity, and the best way to know if we’re on track in building a positive school culture is to ask—and listen to—students.
Two Secrets to Energize Your Culture in 2017
By: Jillian Darwish. Reinvigorated after the holiday break, many of us will begin to think about culture transformation initiatives to sustain that momentum. These two secrets and two big questions will help get you started.
The 5 Pillars of Whole School Transformation
By: David Ross. Having concluded our recent study of 75 "Exemplar Schools" succeeding at providing 21st-century learning, we believe these are the foundational features necessary to transform into a 21st-century school.
21 Tips for Connecting Learners to Their Community
By: Becs Boyd. Successfully bringing learning out of the classroom requires good relationships between educators, administrators, students and the community. These tips can help in getting started with Place-Based Education.
Promoting Psychological Safety in Classrooms for Student Success
Helping young people develop the skills and confidence needed to become self-directed learners, creators, problem-solvers and project managers all begins by creating a safe place to learn.
Superhero Mindset Man Sparks Enthusiasm for Growth Mindset
By: Michael Wilson. By relying on growth mindset students can achieve what they once thought they couldn’t, and our school's own superhero "Mindset Man" is there to help students tap into their potential to learn.