Last year, a school made personalized, student-centered learning a major focus of professional learning. Through workshops, staff meetings, PLCs, and coaching conversations, teachers explored how to: increase student voice and choice tailor instruction to learners’ strengths, needs, and interests create more collaborative and authentic learning experiences support students in setting goals and reflecting […]

Guest Blog from Dr. Tracy Ocasio, Ed.D. — Chief Learning Officer at Neomind Learning and former Chief Academic Officer, Superintendent, 37-year educator Tracy has joined me previously on a podcast where we explored the impact of beliefs around rigorous learning. Following a recent conversation about AI possibilities, I asked her to share her current thinking […]

Sari Factor, the Vice Chair and Chief Strategy Officer at Imagine Learning, explores the intersection of curriculum, technology, and people. These questions are explored: What makes a curriculum high quality? How can technology best support the teaching and learning process? What role might AI play in extending this intersection? How should schools be considering the […]

When a school community commits to creating a Portrait of a Graduate, it is casting a vision of the knowledge, skills, and dispositions students should embody by the time they leave school. It’s a promise—not only to students, but to families, educators, and the broader community. But how does that promise move from words to […]

Co-teaching teams provide benefits to teachers as they collaborate to maximize personalized learning for their students. Dr. Andrea Honigsfeld, experienced co-teacher and researcher, joins Steve to explore the challenges of building from I/My to We/Our. Visit Dr. Honigsfeld’s website here. Email Dr. Honigsfeld: ahonigsfeld@gmail.com Find Dr. Honigsfeld on Twitter: @AndreaHonigsfel PODCAST TRANSCRIPTSteve [Intro]: 00:00 Hello, […]

I was scheduled to facilitate a workshop on coaching and coachability over four days last April for the Near East South Asia Office of Overseas Schools at their conference in Bangkok. As the pandemic built, the conference was cancelled, and I was rescheduled to join their fall conference. Within a few weeks, that conference was […]