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Leadership
6 Ways School Leaders Can Use TxLx Resources for Learner-Centered Summer Programs
With summer right around the corner, Devin Vodicka shares resources from the Texas Learning Exchange and how leaders and educators can use them to support planning and implementation of learner-centered summer programs.
Future of Learning
The Story of Transforming A System: Spring Grove Schools
By: Gina Meinertz. Globally, school systems are in need of shifting power, practices, and tradition to a more student-centered learning model.
Podcasts
100 Days of Conversation Project and The Importance of Community Agreements
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark sits down with Dr. Erin Raab along with three charismatic young learners Cole Stevens, Jose Perez and Walter Cortina to discuss the 100 Days of Conversation project and Bridgemakers.
Learning Design
What I Missed (Or Even Got Wrong)
A middle school in Santa Fe invited 120 students who were not thriving in remote learning back into school and volunteers served as tutors and coaches.
Getting Through
Students and Equity at the Heart of School Redesign
The Strategy Lab supported seven districts as they navigated a real-time redesign process — this is the story of a few of those districts.
Leadership
Town Hall Recap: Microschools Can Lead To Macro Change
Last week, we hosted our April Getting Smart Town Hall, Microschools Can Lead to Macro Change. This event touched on the many ways in which microschools have come to the fore through the last year and how oftentimes they enable schools to be more agile, more personalized and more effective.
Leadership
Up Close With Nevada Succeeds: Transformation Starts With Equity
On the final episode of our Nevada Succeeds series, we’re joined by Jeanine Collins, Dr. Marion Smith, Dr. Kaleb Rashad and Dr. Eric Chagala.
Future of Learning
Helping Teachers Prioritize Social Emotional Learning
By: JoJuan Armour. JoJuan shares three approaches to support teachers and allow them to prioritize their own social emotional wellness.
Learning Design
Transforming Student Engagement Through Dialogue: 3 Approaches for Every Classroom
By: Danielle Isbell & John Sarrouf. Classroom engagement is essential to the long term success of students, and engagement is impacted by pre-established norms and patterns of classroom dynamic. Applying the core principles of Essential Partner’s Dialogic Classroom can transform classroom dynamics (online and in-person) and allow for increased connection, engagement, and communication.
Leadership
Up Close with Nevada Succeeds: Origins of the InspirED Fellowship
This is a special Getting Smart Podcast mini-series about the Nevada Succeeds InspirED Fellowship. Nevada Succeeds is a Las Vegas-based education nonprofit focused on empowering systems transformation through educator impact, policy, and design thinking. Dedicated to building a statewide ecosystem, Nevada Succeeds launched an InspirED Fellowship in July 2020…