Teachers observing and supporting one another can be a powerful tool for professional growth.  The way feedback is framed during these activities can make a big difference.  Peer feedback is most effective when it fosters collaboration and shared learning rather than judgment or evaluation. In a previous blog, I explored the difference between peer coaching […]

How can a focus on teacher agency, strategic planning, and professional growth transform a school into a thriving ecosystem where leaders, teachers, parents, and students create dynamic, inclusive, and purpose-driven learning communities? School leader and the author of The Co-Constructed School, Ann Lautrette, shares her experiences, research, and case studies that demonstrate the processes and […]

          Simon Sinek shared the statement, “Leaders have the ability to see those around them rise” in this short video clip. It struck me as a great reflection opportunity for school leaders, instructional coaches, and teachers. Sinek identifies his own important learning about leadership with two key statements: Remind myself –“I […]

Ann Lautrette, the author of “The Co-constructed Classroom,” previously joined me in a podcast describing co-constructed classrooms where decisions about aspects of learning, planning, doing and assessing are made in a shared way between the teacher and students.  Following her blogs, I read her thoughts about co-construction with teachers in designing PD opportunities. Ann agreed […]

Author and international educator, Ann Lautrette, describes a co-constructed classroom as a space where students are valued and empowered, where teachers and students work together to plan learning, to do learning, and to assess learning. How can coaches and school leaders create a space for teachers to stop doing some good things to make room […]

“Why is the classroom still largely ‘constructed’ by the teacher?” That is the question posed early in the book, The Co-constructed Classroom by Ann Lautrette. I read The Co-constructed Classroom and recorded a podcast with Ann Lautrette shortly after I had a podcast conversation with Dr. Luvelle Brown, the current Superintendent of the Ithaca City […]