A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

The framework above, which I am tentatively calling Purposeful Use of Technology for Learning (PUTL), serves to develop a foundation and inform how technology can be used to support learner-driven experiences and outcomes. Digital tools naturally support and enhance high-agency elements such as voice, choice, path, pace, and place.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 30, 2021

Research shows how students learn best, and it's not by talking at them for extended periods. Extensive research has shown that you have to navigate through unknown territory when visiting a new place and remember landmarks to find your way back. Find ways to include novelty. Focus on active application. & Croizet, J.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 7, 2022

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. Research-Based Waggle leverages research-based techniques to enhance students’ knowledge and accelerate learning. Choose age-appropriate worlds to visit.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 16, 2023

Success using rotational models relies on maximizing available class time, understanding sound pedagogy, and leveraging actionable data. Below are some resources I created to help educators with effective implementation.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 28, 2019

Evolving research on the importance of classroom design and routine movement has begun to uplift the status quo. 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.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 12, 2020

We found great success at my school during our digital transformation by focusing on pedagogy first, technology second if appropriate mindset. For technology to live up to the hype, pedagogy must change, whether learning is face-to-face, remote, or based on a hybrid model to ensure student and staff safety.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 23, 2021

Thus, the move to a more desirable pedagogy such as differentiation, personalized, blended, inquiry-based, cooperative, or any other student-centered strategy might not succeed without a preceding direct instructional component. The Effectiveness of Direct Instruction Curricula: A Meta-Analysis of a Half Century of Research.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

In Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms , I honed in on research-based strategies that have withstood the test of time in addition to emerging strategies such as personalized learning. Too much of a good thing tends to have drawbacks, which tend to increase when not aligned with sound pedagogy.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Innovative Environment and Pedagogy Provision of an effective and supportive learning environment that enables participating at-promise learners to improve their academic performance to attain applicable performance standards and graduate from high school. These main components have been slightly adapted based on the ALPSS program.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 15, 2020

They are a 1:1 district who have really begun to hit their stride and push the envelope when it comes to the purposeful use of technology aligned to research-based pedagogy. The key with a choice board to use as a part of professional learning with adults or classroom learning with students is sound blended pedagogy.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

When it comes to reflection in the classroom, the key is to make the time for it through alignment with routine pedagogy. The good news is that educators do not have to reinvent the wheel.

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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. As I work with schools and districts as a job-embedded coach, one of my main focus areas is to help improve pedagogy both with and without the use of technology. In their research, Rose et al. Simple reflective prompts can also be used.

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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. There’s research that shows that when you ask an adult a really difficult question, 85% of the time they’ll look off and try and think about it. Their brain is literally distracted.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 16, 2023

While projects still require substantive research, relevant synthesis, and audience-oriented approaches, students today can access tools that help them analyze and understand various representations from diverse disciplines and subjects, including texts, data, and photographs, in a world overflowing with information.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 8, 2021

Below is a quick summary of the RTI components: Tier 1 – Teacher provides research-based instruction to the entire class using extensive checks for understanding as a means of formative assessment. This data and that collected through routine benchmarking are utilized to determine what supports are needed in Tier 2.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 26, 2020

Blended Pedagogies – Prior to the pandemic, many schools implemented instructional strategies that incorporated digital but did not fully make the pivot to blended learning. It will also require research-based, evidence-driven professional learning, and provides educators with practical strategies that can be implemented right away.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 13, 2021

In the lead-up to a curation of a vast amount of research, UNESCO stated the following: In today’s world, education systems must constantly evolve in order to effectively respond to the rapidly changing demands of the societies they serve. In this post, I am going to focus on where learning can and should happen.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 9, 2021

It is essential to understand just how critical choice can be when thinking about lesson design and pedagogy. It can be as simple as choosing the right tool for a task, topic to write a research paper about, or how to create a product to demonstrate learning. Research in Organizational Behavior 27 (2006): 41–79. Chua, Roy Y.J.,

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

Through our research we came across a device called the mass driver. Even when faced with perplexing unknowns, the pedagogy employed by Mr. South allowed us to use extensive knowledge and skills we didn’t know we had to create solutions and take action to further develop skills and knowledge.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 21, 2022

Relevance : There is a great deal of research out there on the importance of relevance in the classroom and school, which you can read HERE. Personalized Pedagogy : Moving away from a one-size-fits-all approach to equitable strategies can seamlessly align with RTI/MTSS, which are designed to address behavior proactively.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 23, 2020

Adaptive Technologies Nothing replaces sound instructional design and pedagogy. Tasks and assignments can be completed over a specific time period using strategies addressed in this post as well as more traditional options such as research papers or projects.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 14, 2024

If there is anyone whose voice has been most persistently in my ear about making more space for librarians on Cult of Pedagogy, it’s Barbara’s. ” Research Partnerships When you assign a project to students that requires research, you don’t have to navigate it all on your own. I am the loudest one.'”

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Political Science Now

DECEMBER 9, 2024

APSA Teaching & Learning Symposium: Approaches to Human Rights Pedagogy Date: Thursday, June 19 – Saturday, June 21, 2025 Location: APSA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. The goals of this symposium are three-fold: To present novel techniques in which human rights pedagogy can be advanced. Roper (Florida Atlantic University).

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

Then there is the practicality of being able to work with both administrators and teachers at the ground level to improve pedagogy and, in turn, student outcomes. Not only did Elisabeth Trambley (2017) do a fantastic literature review of these, but she also conducted her own research study to determine the impact of brain breaks on behavior.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 28, 2019

Below is my thinking on the topic that has resulted in the following iteration: As times change, so must the practice of leaders to establish a culture of learning that is relevant, research-based, and rooted in relationships. Based on the feedback I received on the first edition, I also beefed up content related to pedagogy.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

In a past post , I shared how leaders can use AI to provide timely and personalized feedback, create a research-based comment library to use during formal observation or evaluations, and streamline communication. It can also be used to quickly gather peer-reviewed research to help validate major change initiatives or shifts to pedagogy.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 8, 2018

Research on the underlying elements that drive student motivation validates how essential it is to establish relevant contexts. Sara Briggs sums it up nicely: "Research shows that relevant learning means effective learning and that alone should be enough to get us rethinking our lesson plans (and school culture for that matter).

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

We live in exciting times as unprecedented access to knowledge, research, and effective strategies at our fingertips can assist educators in creating meaningful experiences for students that align with both needs and strengths. One thing is for certain: learning is not linear.

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APSA Educate

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The Political Science Education Section seeks applications for three APSA-PSE Area Specialist Pedagogy Fellows.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MARCH 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. Research shows that the best instructional videos are short (under 6 minutes) and focused. The post A System for Meeting Absent Students Needs (and Everyone Elses Too) first appeared on Cult of Pedagogy.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 10, 2020

The purposeful use of technology and sound pedagogy that empowers kids to think through relevant applications should be the drivers. When it comes to professional learning that leads to improved outcomes, the research is pretty clear in that it should be job-embedded and ongoing. Learning going forward should be anything but common.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

In Learning Transformed Tom Murray and I examined research and evidence to conclude that kids want a learning experience that is personal while educators want alignment with the real expectations placed on schools across the world. There is obviously more to consider when embracing and implementing the shifts listed above.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 9, 2019

As technology changes, so must pedagogy, especially assessment and feedback. Research has shown the positive impact that innovative spaces can have on learning outcomes. Professional learning : Research has shown, and continues to show, that job-embedded, ongoing professional learning results in improved learning outcomes.

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Political Science Now

MARCH 4, 2025

The APSA Political Science Education Section seeks applications for its inaugural Pedagogy Fellows initiative. The first cohort of our Pedagogy Fellows will work in collaboration with the PSE Section and APSA to launch a new Certificate in Political Science Pedagogy Program. View the full call for proposals here.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 18, 2024

Urgent and Important: Critical Instructional Issues How effectively are we addressing the most pressing teaching and learning challenges, such as low student achievement in core subjects, significant gaps in student learning, and consistently implementing research-based pedagogies?

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 25, 2015

With any learning activity, with or without technology, effective pedagogy is key. It goes without saying that if lessons are not authentically engaging and there is a lack of monitoring, students will at times go off task.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 3, 2024

Educators can facilitate debates, research projects, or simulations that challenge students to synthesize information and form new understandings. Educators should use the framework as a dynamic tool to scaffold instruction and assessment while moving to more personalized pedagogies.

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