A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 16, 2013

The culture at New Milford High School empowers teachers to develop creative pathways for students to demonstrate conceptual mastery. You will choose a theme/concept statement from the statements we generate or address in our Socratic Seminar at the end of the play. Well earlier this week Mrs. Westbrook was at it again.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

As a writer, my Indigenous culture shows up in my poetry. However, during the seminar, the facilitators jumped directly into piloting GBL activities with attendees. I had hoped the seminar would address the tendency to ignore the impact of Indigenous practices in teaching; instead, it was just another example of appropriation.

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OCTOBER 11, 2023

When I was a full-time history teacher at Stella Middle Charter Academy in Los Angeles, my eighth graders had just finished a Socratic seminar discussing several questions about race and immigration in 19th-century America. By empowering our students to think historically, they can redefine the political sphere.

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OCTOBER 12, 2022

A former student of mine shared this opinion in a class seminar about Transcendentalism. While it’s difficult to determine how much has been spent on Edtech , we do know that investments in education technology companies have nearly quadrupled since the beginning of the pandemic. Need to foster relationships between students?

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OCTOBER 26, 2022

During my career, I have obtained three degrees in education and social policy, cultural and educational policy studies and learning sciences — not to mention, I am currently working on a doctoral degree, as we speak.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Kanold, an award-winning educator, author and national thought leader in mathematics and professional learning communities (PLCs), has co-authored numerous best-selling books and conducted professional development seminars worldwide. And they can teach wellness by first modeling their own wellness goals.

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MARCH 29, 2024

She says she joined the faculty because she was intrigued by the opportunity to be part of an education institution “that is actively working to put back those things that were taken from our people for so many decades.” Tlingit culture as well as aspects of other Native cultures are being taught in that space.

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