A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 18, 2020

As educators continue to grapple with these challenges, lessons have materialized that can pave the way for needed change. Education can ill afford to revert back to the way things were done in many districts and schools. Uncertainty and a lack of continuity have had a heavy toll on teachers, administrators, students, and parents.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2023

One way it can be used to transform teaching and learning is by providing students with access to a wealth of information, including multimedia resources, educational apps, and online databases. Technology has the potential to transform teaching and learning in a number of ways.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 24, 2023

When it comes to technology in education, there is a natural tendency to see it as just another thing that somebody must do. The focus must be on how the LEARNER is using it to LEARN in alignment with sound strategies and pedagogy. In other cases, it is viewed as being more work. Let me tackle the second issue first.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 2, 2020

Equity There have always been issues with equity when it comes to education. Pedagogy Let’s begin with engagement. Successful remote learning is dependent on the consistent utilization of effective teaching strategies and pedagogy that empowers all kids to think and apply their thinking in relevant ways.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Educators desperately want and need support. Without a doubt, this will be and has been, more time consuming for educators. There are many strategies that educators were implementing well before the pandemic that hold more value now. One pitfall is trying to teach traditionally under the current circumstances.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 5, 2020

Educators, schools, and districts have earnestly rolled out remote learning plans to support students and fill in gaps as a result of extended closures. The key areas to focus on with any plan are equity, meeting the needs of special education students , sound pedagogy, and consistent communication with families.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 30, 2020

Educators have taken a critical lens as to why they teach the way they do and how it can be done more effectively. While it is excellent that educators now have a variety of options at their disposal, there is a growing concern that has to be addressed if learning is the goal. Be sure to check out my entire #remotelearning series.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 7, 2022

Thus, educators need not only a vision for how to personalize learning effectively but also essential supports that will help to ensure success. Personalized pedagogy sets the stage for the purposeful use of technology to better assist in meeting students' learning needs while providing educators with timely data.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 12, 2020

The COVID19 pandemic unearthed many harsh realities for education across the globe. Inadequate WIFI and the availability of computers at home for kids to use for learning caught many educators off guard. One of the more glaring issues was the vast digital divide that still exists in many places, especially the United States.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 16, 2023

Education is still reeling from the impacts of COVID-19. The rapid shift to virtual learning was a necessity and, like always, educators rose to the occasion like they always do even though training in this area didn’t really exist at scale. Below are some resources I created to help educators with effective implementation.

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Cult of Pedagogy

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. To talk about this on the podcast, I invited Blake Harvard, who you might know from episode 223 Why Students Give You the Blank Stare or from his website, The Effortful Educator. Less is more learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 5, 2022

I shared the following in Uncommon Learning : For many educators, SAMR is the preferred model often associated with technology integration. Thus a focus on pedagogy first, technology second, if appropriate, will help ensure success, something that I emphasize extensively in Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 13, 2020

There was also an emphasis on moving to inquiry and project-based pedagogies. In these times, educators want to mitigate risk while keeping their sanity. Seek out or ask for professional learning support on remote and hybrid pedagogy. After all, I was a science teacher, and the fit was natural. No one is at fault here.

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Cult of Pedagogy

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

When you make a purchase through these links, Cult of Pedagogy gets a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you. Kircher-Morris: So many neurodivergent learners may never qualify for an individualized education plan because the educational criteria for that identification is is very rigid in many ways.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 28, 2019

As spaces change has pedagogy as well? How will pedagogy change in ways that emphasize path, pace, and place? I highly suggest you check out this post , which goes into detail on the pedagogy of blended learning. Educators are now inundated with ideas on how to better design classrooms and schools. Here is the rub.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

The post 6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2025 first appeared on Cult of Pedagogy. Our original team of four (who chose the tools last year ) are still going to be maintaining and updating the guide in the coming years, but Marnie was the main engine behind making the online guide happen this year.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 30, 2021

Take a look at this synopsis from Peter Reuell : For decades, there has been evidence that classroom techniques designed to get students to participate in the learning process produce better educational outcomes at virtually all levels. Hence the need for research-based pedagogies that don't prepare kids for something but anything!

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Long gone are the days that a one-size-fits-all education program could even be considered an effective option to meet the needs of every student. Students who find themselves receiving many detentions, suspensions, expulsions, or even incarcerations still deserve a quality education. So why at-promise?

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 12, 2020

Below are some posts that I have written over the years that might be able to aid educators as they look to facilitate virtual learning. The Pedagogy of Digital Discussion Finding the Right Tools You can also search edshelf for specific tools that are age-level appropriate tools.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Too much of a good thing tends to have drawbacks, which tend to increase when not aligned with sound pedagogy. Educators love choice boards and will spend hours creating them with either six or nine options. Chunked Professional Learning Time is the most precious resource for educators these days. One stumbling block is time.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Throughout the pandemic, educators have embraced new opportunities that have materialized and taken advantage of a clean slate. Support Teachers and administrators need professional learning that aligns with the challenges they currently face and the demands of education in a COVID-19 world. However, this is not all doom and gloom.

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Pedagogy and Formation

MARCH 5, 2025

Formation as the Practice of many Practices I write in my book 'Pedagogy and Education for Life' that: Education is the whole of life of a community, and the experience of its members learning to live this life, from the standpoint of a specific goal. He argues that simply passing on knowledge doesnt change people.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 12, 2020

The actions of teachers, administrators, coaches, technology integrationists, and other support staff have provided us all with a lens to look more deeply at the profession of education and its vital role in the world. Why do educators do what they do? Educators are flying the plane while building it.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Marine I love working with educators. The other day I was working with Davis Schools in Utah on a hybrid learning model where educators would be teaching face-to-face and remote learners at the same time. It is essential to recognize the fact that a hybrid model was never intended for K-12 education.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 27, 2020

From a blogging perspective, I kicked it off with a post on what could be as a means to pump up educators as they continued to move towards embracing innovative strategies and ideas. It is always an honor to share the incredible work of educators in the field. The year began like any other. This happened on March 12, 2020.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Most of this work is focused on digital pedagogy so naturally, I am focused on observing and collecting evidence to get a handle on both the level of instruction and the learning that is taking place. There are no inherent issues with the tools themselves, educators just have to be more mindful of how they are being used.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

A good rule to follow is pedagogy first, technology second when appropriate. Image credit: [link] The main driver of successful, effective teaching originates from educators who are scaffolding learning in relevant and strong ways. Educators provide the backbone of the student’s learning experience.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

I often tell audiences during keynotes and workshops that my role isn’t to tell anyone what to do, but instead to get educators to think critically about what they do. The fact for many in education is that we teach the way we were taught and lead the way we were led. Initially, this can be a tough pill to swallow.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 23, 2021

When it comes to practices in education, one of my favorite idioms is “don’t throw out the baby with the bathwater.” Review of Educational Research: 88(4). These expressions represent a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 19, 2015

We found great success at my school during our digital conversion by focusing on a pedagogy first, technology second if appropriate mindset. As Michael Fullan has stated, pedagogy is the driver and technology the accelerator. Take the time to develop a shared vision and plan for integration that aligns with sound pedagogy.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 16, 2023

The education landscape is undergoing a continuous transformation, something I elaborate on in detail in Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms. By understanding how these tools impact teaching and learning, educators can determine which ones to use and how to implement them effectively.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

The good news is that educators do not have to reinvent the wheel. When it comes to reflection in the classroom, the key is to make the time for it through alignment with routine pedagogy. However, educators can integrate opportunities to reflect throughout a lesson. Journal of Applied Learning in Higher Education, 1(1), 25-48.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Both of my parents were public educators; my father an elementary principal in Hackettstown and my mother an elementary teacher in Flemington. They both touched lives and impacted kids like countless other NJ educators. Educators are, and have been, the cultivators of virtually every other profession.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 26, 2020

How will educators get the professional learning support they so desperately need? The result has been unprecedented stress on anyone associated directly, or indirectly, with education. Every day it seems a curveball is being thrown at educators. HERE you can find some specific teaching tips. Many are crying out for it now.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 10, 2018

The quest to improve pedagogy, and in turn learner outcomes, is a focus of many schools. The key to future-proofing education is to empower students to not only think, but to apply their thinking in relevant ways to demonstrate what has been learned. Reflection in Teacher Education: Towards Definition and Implementation.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 23, 2022

If it’s true that life is a test, then the COVID-19 pandemic represents the most challenging one education and everyone in the field has ever faced. If we burn out teachers our education system will never meet the needs of learners. The impacts are far and wide. This, in turn, will dramatically impact society and not in a good way.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 27, 2015

This framework, based on traditional elements of education yet encouraging movement from acquisition of knowledge to application of knowledge, charts learning along the two dimensions of higher standards and student achievement. Education and digital have become inherently intertwined.

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