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Cultivating Lifelong Learners: How to Support Personalized Teacher Growth

A Principal's Reflections

In a world of standardized tests and rigid curricula, fostering a culture of continuous, personalized growth for teachers allows them to stay abreast of current trends and effective strategies, maximize time, and become the best iteration of themselves for the learners they serve.

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5 Keys for Successful Remote Learning

A Principal's Reflections

I have worked with many schools and districts, facilitating webinars for parents on the topic since the pandemic hit to ease concerns and illustrate validity in the approaches being embraced. Success hinges upon taking and applying the key focus areas listed above and aligning them with your respective classroom, school, or district culture.

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The Professional Learning Sweet Spot

A Principal's Reflections

For the most part, this consisted of attending mandatory district “PD” days, professional learning communities (PLC)’s or approved off-site experiences such as conferences, workshops, or webinars. It was at this time that I began to shift away from PD and instead embrace a culture of professional learning.

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Competencies vs. Skills

A Principal's Reflections

As I was reviewing a talking point for a webinar that I was to facilitate later in the day, I brought up this image and discussed the skills that students needed to be critical thinkers in the 21st Century and beyond.

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Common Misconceptions of Educators Who Fear Technology

A Principal's Reflections

Control : For technology to be not only integrated effectively, but also embraced, a culture needs to be established where teachers and administrators are no longer fearful of giving up a certain amount of control to students. To truly create an innovative culture of learning we must not fear failure either.

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How We Can Honor Indigenous Values in Our Teaching Without Appropriating the Culture

ED Surge

As a writer, my Indigenous culture shows up in my poetry. This past June, I received an email inviting me to participate in a webinar on Gratitude-Based Learning (GBL). In doing so, it makes me wonder, what else have we unknowingly appropriated from Indigenous culture?

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Personalizing Learning for All Students With OpenCourseWare

A Principal's Reflections

It was at this point that the internship became an opportunity to do something that could truly transform the learning culture here at NMHS. To learn more check out this free webinar on IOCS over at at edWeb.net. Individualized Learning New Milford High School OpenCourseWare Personalized Learning student-centered learning'