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Episode 169: Revolution School

…Mike talked about, he is a trans-disciplinary educator, but to fit nicely into the values, we realized, Mike realized, it spells JEDI, so joy, empowerment, diversity and integrated learning. Those values really drive the projects we do throughout the year. We engage in three projects, so students are less in this block, this one-hour block of the class. Frequently the theme drives the courses together and the learning together, and we engage in work, prior to COVID, really out and about in the city. During COVID, it’s thematically integrated into these different themes. GONZALEZ: I want to make sure that…

Why So Many Teachers Are Leaving, and Why Others Stay

…two ways: Taking things off of teachers’ plates that were not absolutely necessary, like meetings, duties, special projects, dress code requirements, lesson plan submissions, and standardized tests, and adjusting the school schedule to build in more planning and collaboration time. “The head principal at our high school blocked every bureaucratic task he could block. Any opportunity he found to remove a burden from staff, he took it. We expect things to return to pre-pandemic norms in the fall, but for the past 2 years it has been huge to not have to sweat through the endless data collection and evaluation…

Tips for Starting a Podcast

…listeners, then cut that crap out. A long episode that’s filled up with a lot of inside jokes and random side trips will just annoy your listeners. Frequency Along with length, you’ll need to decide how often you want to publish new episodes. Some podcasts put out new content every day, while others release new episodes once a week, once every two weeks (like mine), or even once a month. It really doesn’t matter what you choose, as long as it’s a schedule you can maintain consistently. If your audience comes to expect new material at certain intervals, and then…

Episode 55: Your Top 10 Genius Hour Questions Answered

…to go about doing it, kind of a brief schedule of how they’re going to get there. And No. 4: What would be a success in their mind? And that fourth one’s really important, right? Because it’s them choosing what success is going to look like. Positive peer pressure fills the room after you have that going on during the pitch. GONZALEZ: Nice. When you say, “What they’re going to make,” can you give me an example of the kinds of products that they end up with? JULIANI: Sure. So a typical one is you have students all the time,…

Your Top 10 Genius Hour Questions Answered

…this works: “Each student either puts together four slides, and it’s 30 seconds to a minute long, and basically what they tell their peers in the class is (1) What they’re going to make, what they’re going to learn. (2) Why they’re going to learn it. Why they want to learn it. Why they want to make what they’re going to make. (3) How they’re going to go about doing it, kind of a brief schedule of how they’re going to get there. And (4) What would be a success in their mind?” Step 4: Research, Learning, and Documentation Now students…

How Pineapple Charts Revolutionize Professional Development

…and I’m so glad for the reminder in your blog. I’ve already sent our PD coordinator an email asking if I can run with this at my school. 🙂 I’ve been in a few classrooms this year in a role as a part time instructional coach, and have already learned a lot, so I think this will be very valuable if people decide to do it. Jessie Shepherd I am very interested in this idea! I’m looking for some personal guidance on the idea of doing this in a high school with around 100 teachers and students on block (90…

Episode 152: Creating Moments of Genuine Connection Online

…just pull a kid aside. So if your tools don’t have that as an option, there may be other kinds of workarounds that you can do. I’m thinking if I’m using another kind of video conferencing tool, I could always just create two separate rooms and everybody start in one and then we kind of make our own so that you’re having private conversations with a couple of them anyway as they’re coming in. STUART: Yep. You can do micro scheduling during an office hours block that you have every week. I was talking with a teacher who’s planning on…

Distance Learning: A Gently Curated Collection of Resources for Teachers

…other avenues and still can’t get a hold of some families, a regular phone call might be your best option. If you want to keep your number private, you can set up a Google Voice account, which allows you to call, text, or message another phone without sharing your personal number, or use some of these phone settings to block your regular number. If you are reaching out to families that don’t speak your language, try the free TalkingPoints app, which allows you to communicate with them in their language. Use the mail. Although not ideal or cheap, it may…

Episode 231 Transcript

…executive functions has nothing to do with their character, and that in fact, these skills can be and should be taught, not only with students who demonstrate a need for them, but with all students. The challenge with teaching these skills, however, is time. Teachers already have enough to do without adding more to their plate, so a whole separate curriculum on executive functions wouldn’t be realistic. That’s where my guest today comes in. Mitch Weathers has developed a system for embedding executive functions into any teacher’s regular schedule. It doesn’t take a lot of time, it’s not particularly difficult…