Educator Competencies: Video Examples of ‘Growth Mindset’
By mastering the 12 foundational competencies, educators can build a solid foundation for continued growth. The competencies are a subset of those outlined in the Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-Centered Environments, created to empower a growing number of teachers to implement and scale up a transformation of their classrooms into places of personalized, student-centered learning.… Read More ›
Educator Competencies: Video Example of ‘Growth Mindset’
By mastering the twelve foundational competencies, educators can build a solid foundation for continued growth. The competencies are a subset of those outlined in the Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-Centered Environments, created to empower a growing number of teachers to implement and scale up a transformation of their classrooms into places of personalized, student-centered learning. While… Read More ›
Educator Competencies: Video Examples of ‘Lifelong Learning and Growth’
By mastering the 12 foundational competencies, educators can build a solid foundation for continued growth. The competencies are a subset of those outlined in the Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-Centered Environments, created to empower a growing number of teachers to implement and scale up a transformation of their classrooms into places of personalized, student-centered learning.… Read More ›
Educator Competencies: Video Examples of ‘Vision for Teaching and Learning’
By mastering the 12 foundational competencies, educators can build a solid foundation for continued growth. The competencies are a subset of those outlined in the Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-Centered Environments, created to empower a growing number of teachers to implement and scale up a transformation of their classrooms into places of personalized, student-centered learning.… Read More ›
Educator Competencies: Video Examples of ‘Dedication to All Learners’
By mastering the 12 foundational competencies, educators can build a solid foundation for continued growth. The competencies are a subset of those outlined in the Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-Centered Environments, created to empower a growing number of teachers to implement and scale up a transformation of their classrooms into places of personalized, student-centered learning.… Read More ›
Reflection Tool for Prioritized Competencies: A Video Walkthrough
Are you engaging with the revised edition of the Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-Centered Environments and ready to build your understanding of how your practices align to the indicators for each competency? The Reflection Tool for Prioritized Competencies provides a guided approach with thoughtful questions designed to assist you in determining where you are in your… Read More ›
Prioritized Competencies and Assessment Tool: A Video Walkthrough
When we were creating tools to support the use of the revised edition of the Educator Competencies for Personalized, Learner-Centered Environments, we knew we needed to prioritize competencies that focused on the implementation of personalized, learner-centered environments and the professional development of practices that nourish them. The video below offers a walkthrough of the prioritized… Read More ›
Resource Round-Up: Honoring Student Voice with Authentic Products
Engagement can be an ongoing struggle in remote and traditional classroom settings, but there are technologies and strategies available that can open the door to many authentic student projects. Blogs, podcasts, digital storytelling, and a variety of non-traditional genres of writing can feel closer to the kind of communication students do out of school. Below… Read More ›
A Personalized Professional Development Tool: The Teacher-Learner Profile
When Berkeley County School District in South Carolina decided to introduce the use of learner profiles as a tool to help students develop ownership of their learning, instructional coaches decided to try the process out with adult learners first through the creation of Teacher-Learner Profiles. “We asked teachers to complete one as an exercise in… Read More ›
Five Strategies to Support Student-Teacher Relationships for Greater Personalization
We know relationships are the foundation of good teaching and learning. When educators know their students, they are able to personalize their approaches and draw out students’ passions, interests and engagement in their learning. But, in order for meaningful relationship-building to take place, there needs to be time, space and structures for educators and students… Read More ›
Resource Round-Up: Teaching the Civil Rights Movement
Suffering decades of lynching after the Civil War, a movement had long been in the works. However, it wasn’t until the 1950s after the murder of Emmet Till that the movement became organized. In schools, we often learn to associate the civil right movement primarily with the actions of Martin Luther King, Jr. but of… Read More ›
Highlighting the Importance of Relationships During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Associate Principal Darius Green sat down to reflect and describe what student-centered learning has been like for his school community during COVID-19. For him, building relationships is the cornerstone of a thriving school community. Leaders and educators must be honest in how they address social injustices to give each student what they need to be… Read More ›