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Inclusion and Co-Teaching in the Personalized Classroom

A Principal's Reflections

During a recent coaching visit as part of ongoing work with Quest Academy Junior High School, I witnessed a co-taught experience that was implemented exceptionally well. Change typically only occurs with effective leadership.

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Unlocking the Spectrum of Learning: The Multi-Faceted Magic of Personalization

A Principal's Reflections

The above paragraph sets Quest Junior High School apart from many other, if not all, schools across the country and the world. It starts at the top with leadership. Principal Nicki Slaugh has engaged with her staff to create a shared vision and works tirelessly to provide support through feedback and professional learning.

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When Growth is the Only Path Forward

A Principal's Reflections

Authentic leadership is being honest and vulnerable about where you are to help others get to where they need and want to be to succeed. A standout example of this is Quest Academy Junior High School in Utah. Whether you lead a district, organization, school, or classroom, you should always strive to get better.

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Better Feedback for Deeper Learning

A Principal's Reflections

While I presented the concept in my book, it wasn’t until recently that I saw an exemplary feedback log during a coaching cycle with Quest Academy Junior High School in Utah. Educational Leadership, 70(1), 82–83 Hattie & Timperley (2007) The Power of Feedback. Goodwin, B. & Miller, K.

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Improvement is a Never-Ending Process

A Principal's Reflections

While you can read specifics by clicking on the hyperlinks above, the one common thread has been a collective belief held by all educators that improvement was and always will be a natural component of teaching, learning, and leadership. My work with Quest Academy Junior High School (UT) validates why change succeeds or fails.

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TAH Multiday Prompts Discussion of Partisanship, Then and Now

Teaching American History

Hes concluded that Reagans optimistic, good-humored leadership style blunted partisan fights. Cade Lohrding teaches social studies for all three grades at Kiowa County Junior High School in Greensburg, Kansas. There are 60 kids in the junior high, and I teach every one of them, watching them mature, he says.

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The overlooked power of Zuckerberg-backed learning program lies offline

The Hechinger Report

Students at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona, spend a portion of their school day working on laptops. I just don’t like doing work on an online platform,” said Logan, an eighth grader at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona. Logan Dubin, eighth grader at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona. MESA, Ariz.