Parents realize that technology has presented children with tons of opportunities. It has also introduced risks to kids’ safety. This podcast explores how parents weigh the risk-taking necessary for their learners to develop digital citizenship. Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes! PODCAST TRANSCRIPTSteve […]

Risk-taking is an important element of learning. Risking and succeeding and risking and failing can both produce new learning and confidence. How do caregivers balance between free-range and helicopter parenting? Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes! PODCAST TRANSCRIPTSteve [Intro]: 00:00 Hello, and welcome […]

Coaching conversations, where the teacher’s agenda emerges and develops over time, increase understanding, build trust, and promote vulnerability and risk-taking. The teacher’s agenda includes the beliefs, values, and thinking behind the teacher’s decision-making. A general guideline, I recommend, is that a coach wants to know what the teacher is thinking before sharing what the coach […]

Over the last several weeks I have been engaged in several conversations regarding  goal setting, innovation and change. In several instances I was struck by a hesitancy to think and act in a different way…… a hesitancy to be vulnerable and take a risk. Leaders in administration and teaching are those who implement a behavior […]