Rote vs Surface Level Learning You peek into a classroom and see students in groups of three dynamically engaged. Not having fun engaged, but true intellectual engagement. Students animatedly defend their positions and exclaim when they discover a yet to be discussed idea. They are on a mission to uncover the critical attributes of the …
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Reflection On Action
Reflection is critical to growth, we know this, but to be truly meaningful it must lead to action. I reflect on every action/detail, almost to a fault; however, I do it because I want to do the best I can for the schools I support. In an oldie but goodie, “The Reflective Practitioner: How professionals …
My New Blog
I’m a personalized instruction coach and have the opportunity to work with schools on designing what they would like education to look like in their communities. I would love for this blog to be a public journal where feedback is welcome and ideas to push my thinking are encouraged. This will be a catch-all for …