Learner-Centered Tip of the Week: Teaching Targets in Authentic Contexts
This week’s tip comes from Seth Mitchell, a technology integration coach in the Monmouth schools in RSU…
Five Examples of Effective School Communication Strategies, on Five Different Platforms
This post originally appeared on KnowledgeWorks’ site, here. Communicating effectively to people throughout your school district presents…
Supporting Educators as Ambassadors for Mastery-Based Learning
“Teachers tell us ‘we know so much more about supporting students, it would feel like malpractice to…
The Mission and the Message
How we found our ‘why’—and how we’ve used it to create urgency and common purpose in our…
Much Ado About Mastery-Based Transcripts: What Schools Need to Know and What They Can Do
As more and more schools across the United States make the transition to proficiency-, competency-, or mastery-based…
Help Students Hold Themselves Accountable
This post originally appeared at the Christensen Institute on August 3, 2017. The new report “How to…
The Importance of Modeling Student-Centered Professional Learning
This post originally appeared at Students at the Center on July 7, 2017. Creating student-centered learning environments is no…
Getting Closer to the Future of Teacher Learning
This post and all graphics originally appeared at 2Revolutions on May 12, 2017. As I discussed in…
Lessons from a Social Studies Teacher: Work Study Practices Matter in a Competency-Based High School
Competency-based schools work to separate the reporting of academic performance and behavior into separate categories as a…
Five Lessons from a Social Studies Teacher: How Competency-Based Education Has Been a Game Changer
The traditional social studies classroom that I participated in as a student has experienced a steady evolution…