“choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied.” Barry Schwartz A troubling pattern has emerged in education: educators are being asked to continuously improve, innovate, and adapt their practices with little time to make change while not be given the time or resources to do so effectively. This contradiction has…
Ah, it’s finally here. The school year has wrapped up. Marks are done. The final “i’s” and “t’s” have been dotted and crossed. The necessary plans for next year have been put in place. Yes, it’s summer vacation. As a teacher, I look forward to the few weeks when I can shift away from thinking…
Hybrid Learning – Introduction On Tuesday, February 15, I took part in the #TeamsEduChat monthly tweet meet exploring Hybrid Learning. One of my friends suggested my name as a host for this month’s chat because of my interested in technology and learning. During the chat, I offered up a few different tools and strategies I…
PD isn’t about the sessions I attend, books and articles I read, or the conferences I attend. It’s all about mindset. The approach I take is about Personal Development. Sometimes my focus is on the professional but it’s not my sole purpose for learning and growth.
In my post yesterday, Motivation, I said that I’d report back on making a change of direction we were going to take in the class. It wasn’t a big change, more like a course correction but I am hoping it will lead to a bigger change down the road. Let Them Lead Each morning we…
As an educator, one of my primary goals is to help others grow and develop. I am constantly searching for new ways to support students in their learning journey and help other teachers in the work they are doing. But this wasn’t always the case. When I first began, I was more about the content…
Every day is a PD day!
Hope gives us the energy and desire to go forward, to learn, to reflect, to innovate. Hope is a candle in our darkness – guiding us as we continue forward. Every day is a PD day. #myPDtoday
This is a time to pause as the decisions that are made at this time will have a ripple effect on education, children & families for years to come.
“A1. Watching students make progress is success to me, moving from achieving at one point to another” @andreachalifour
