
Four Ways to Bring Your Authentic Self to School
By Bena Kallick and Giselle O. Martin-Kniep We educators keep hoping for certainty and stability. Many of us have assumed that we could create a
By Bena Kallick and Giselle O. Martin-Kniep We educators keep hoping for certainty and stability. Many of us have assumed that we could create a
The 2020/2021 school year was difficult for everyone, but for many the lessons learned during that time have served as impetus to take a hard
The Habits of Mind and the Four Attributes of Personalized Learning (Voice, Co-Creation, Social Construction and Self Discovery) were vital for weathering the disruption of
As we settle into our “new normal,” returning to in-person instruction, there is some lingering anxiety over what it will take to recover from the
One way Carlos Nascimento Jr., coordinator of grades 4-9 at the Concept School in Brazil, got through the challenging 2020-21 school year was by leveraging
Since the spring of 2020 due to COVID, many of our school meetings are virtual so it is even more important to pay attention to
In this stressful school year due to COVID, worries about student achievement, and general health of school families, how can we collectively identify the most
When seeking new ideas or learning how others are dealing with a complex situation such as the one we have been coping with for the
Over the scope of this pandemic, we have been put in an environment where we have to learn new skills, knowledge, and performances as we
In the previous post, we outlined the three selfies — self-managing, self-monitoring, and self-modifying — to develop requisite behaviors for self-directed learning. Let’s now take a look
COVID-19 has created unprecedented and unique challenges for teaching and learning. We recognize the urgent need for students to become more self-directed and we can
Many teachers are desperate to see the active sense-making when students feel more ownership and responsibility for their learning. How might we move students from