TRANSFORMING LEARNING FROM THE GROUND UP
I grew up in a household where getting dirty, playing baseball, and watching things explode was acceptable. All the neighborhood moms would ask my mother why we even wanted to put our own bikes together or help our father change a tire. Mom would always say, “because my girls are curious.”
Black Excellence: 30 Black Hoosier Profiles is a five-part series where educators will be provided with information about notable Black Hoosiers. Each part will cover six Hoosiers. This knowledge will work for Black History Month, throughout the school year, or for when students have to research a Hoosier.
Black Excellence: 30 Black Hoosier Profiles is a five-part series where educators will be provided with information about notable Black Hoosiers. Each part will cover six Hoosiers. This knowledge will work for Black History Month, throughout the school year, or for when students have to research a Hoosier.
Black Excellence: 30 Black Hoosier Profiles is a five-part series where educators will be provided with information about notable Black Hoosiers. Each part will cover six Hoosiers. This knowledge will work for Black History Month, throughout the school year, or for when students have to research a Hoosier.
In the challenging and unexpected transition to digital learning environments in 2020, some of the most common questions my students asked are “Where do I start?” and “What do I need to do today?”
Educators thrive when the light bulb moments occur, when students spring into action, and when students have their own curiosity bubbling in the classroom. How do we set the tone so that these wonderful classroom moments can occur more often?
It happened in a second grade reading class: One young boy we both knew had struggled for three years with academic and social emotional aspects of school. It was hard for him and hard for his teachers.
Many don’t know that the reason the United States celebrates Martin Luther King Jr Day is because of the work of Coretta Scott King.
Communicating with your peers within your work environment is important; there are so many other professional peers with whom you could be interacting.
A trendy and probably Pinterest-inspired idea is to buy fewer holiday gifts for your children—often using the catchy phrase, “something you want, something you need, something to wear, and something to read.”
Reading is an activity that we as educators can always rely on as a solid back-up plan.
Leaders create culture; culture drives behavior; and that behavior creates an experience for others. As leaders, we must understand this.
