Grit, Growth Mindsets, and Technology
We often want students to have grit or a "growth mindset" but we often lack it at the same time we are telling them to have it. Here are 3 ways to show our students what we want.
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September 09, 2016
September 06, 2016
Leadership: It's Much More Than Doing Discipline and Blanket E-mails
Collaborative leadership is about working in partnership with those groups that are a part of the school community, and there are 6 influences based on the research of John Hattie to help get leaders there.
September 01, 2016
Last I Checked, Compliance Isn't a Learning Standard
How many practices have we, as teachers, utilized out of habit without evaluating their effectiveness? How often do our students have to engage in compliant engagement rather than authentic engagement? Last time I checked, compliance wasn't a learning standard.
August 28, 2016
Why Can't Instructional Coaches Reinvent Themselves?
We always tell students to learn from their mistakes but it seems that we don't give the same courtesy to instructional coaches. Why is that? Here are five steps coaches can take to reinvent their program.
August 25, 2016
Observation: Can We Stop The One And Done?
Teacher observation has been a waste of time for many leaders and teachers. Instead of looking at observation as a 1 and done, we need to look at it as a cycle, and this blog helps explain how to do it.
August 23, 2016
3 Collaboration Tools and Tips for Education Leaders
Providing opportunities for teachers to interact with collaborative tools can help them brainstorm ideas for their own instructional goals. So why don't more leaders do it?
August 16, 2016
Learning Strategies, Not Learning Styles
Too often we put students in boxes and label them with learning styles, when we should be teaching them learning strategies to use when we aren't there to help support them. John Hattie has a new research paper out exploring strategies, and getting us to ponder whether our students have the skill, the will and the thrill to get there.
August 14, 2016
Who Are Transnational Students?
Schools are dealing with an increasingly diverse population of students, which include transnational students. Who are they and why should we care?
August 11, 2016
Yes, Differentiation Is Hard. So, Let's Get It Right.
Differentiation is a word that makes some teachers shudder, but we know it's important, so let's get it right.
August 07, 2016
School Leadership: Stop Saying It's 'Going to the Dark Side'
So often leaders hear that they are "Going to the dark side" when they enter into school leadership. We need to stop treating leaders like they're leaving the trenches when they're actually right there in them with teachers.
The opinions expressed in Peter DeWitt's Finding Common Ground are strictly those of the author(s) and do not reflect the opinions or endorsement of Editorial Projects in Education, or any of its publications.
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