Hi everyone! I wanted to share my slides from the Middle School session I lead on Standards-Based Grading with 150 students in attendance from Gr 6-7-8. You will see the laughing rubric from Susan Brookhart (cited) and I got permission to share the video clips of the laughters of 6 volunteers so feel … Continue reading Standards-Based Grading Session for Middle Schoolers
Category: Collaboration
Books on failing forward for primary students
Failing… I just saw a Grade 4 student cry today. He would not say why and wiped his tears quickly. I asked a friend of his who told me that he had come last in the run and that’s why he was upset. I felt empathetic. I imagined how it feels when you don’t get … Continue reading Books on failing forward for primary students
Hangout on Air on Transforming Language T&L with Sylvia Duckworth
Grounding activities
Grounding activities are warming up your participants and assuming they are ready to learn, come with a positive mindset and want to grow. I prefer this term to “ice-breaker” that assumes people need to break this ice, that the atmosphere is ice cold and perhaps the minds are close and rigid… Here are some very … Continue reading Grounding activities
Strategies for helping teachers to engage learners and increase learning retention
For me, the most effective way to support educators to engage learners and increase learning retention is Cognitive Coaching. The mission of Cognitive Coaching is to produce self-directed persons. With the skills of coaching patterns, building rapport, listening and inquiring to explore or specify thinking, we are able to clarify thoughts and go deeper into … Continue reading Strategies for helping teachers to engage learners and increase learning retention
Why are PLCs so important?
I have always been engaged in PLCs throughout my career as I am absolutely convinced that collaboration is an essential factor for moving from good to great. Because the nature of PLCs can be so diverse, its impact on student learning takes many forms. Co-building capacity amongst faculty, implementing new instructional strategies and reflecting on … Continue reading Why are PLCs so important?
Data Wise Online Course
I am getting started with an online course: Introduction to Data Wise – a collaborative process to improve learning teaching. As I got started, the Most Important Point that was highlighted was that educators and administrators using the Data Wise approach in schools keep conversations strictly around learning evidence I will share some of my notes … Continue reading Data Wise Online Course
Exploring cognitive coaching through ‘How wolves changed rivers’
You might have seen this video about ‘how wolves changed rivers’ after the reintroduction of a few wolfes in the Yellowstone National Park. This video is an outstanding resource to look at organizational change and empowerement. I have crafted some ways to explore it through the lens of Cognitive CoachingSM. (Find out miore about Cognitive CoachingSM … Continue reading Exploring cognitive coaching through ‘How wolves changed rivers’
Curriculum mapping with G Suite – acknowledging our work
This article mentions what Richard Anderson and I have been working on for the last 3 years through online collaboration mainly. It’s nice to see the idea acknowledged and appreciated. http://m.educationpost.com.hk/resources/parents-guide/170419-parents-guide-technology-helps-students-improve-writing-skills
Cognitive Coaching: Developing Self-Directed Learners and Leaders by Costa and Garmston ~ Book Study
I decided to co-lead (with my colleague Arif Shaikh) a book study via Twitter (slow chat) on the book: Cognitive Coaching Developing Self-Directed Learners and Leaders by Costa and Garmston. This will happen between March and June 2017. If you would like to join us, please sign up using this GoogleForm and check the details about the Study in this googledoc where I … Continue reading Cognitive Coaching: Developing Self-Directed Learners and Leaders by Costa and Garmston ~ Book Study