Steps to Create the Conditions for Deep, Rigorous, Applied Learning
I have heard of "deeper Learning" from learning networks but not investigated this fully. This is my opportunity! Many school...
6 Immediate Strategies For Improving Teacher Morale
Teacher morale isn’t a popular topic, and that makes sense on the surface. Teachers are professionals, like engineers, doctors, farmers...
How to Teach the Standards Without Becoming Standardized
This article was of huge interest to me because it just reiterated what I learnt from last year's action research. Assessment needs to be...
20 Strategies for Motivating Reluctant Learners.
Kathy Perez has decades of experience as a classroom educator, with training in special education and teaching English language learners....
Growing Roses in Concrete
Found the section on SELF ACTUALIZATION very interesting. The foundations need to be set for students - their housing, their health, food...
Research Shows Diverse Classrooms Improve Learning For Everyone
“Stronger Together” is not the name of the latest social-media fitness app. It’s a grant proposed in President Obama’s new budget,...
PLG 1
Inspirational Leadership - Better Drinks Co. How do these ideas relate to leadership in a school? Leadership starts at an early age. For...
Eliota: Sad days at Auckland Grammar
Kia ora Eliota. I understand that you were born in Samoa, that you came to New Zealand as a three-year-old, that your family eventually...
Community Workers not suprised Māori are still worse off
West Auckland community workers are not surprised by the Salvation Army's latest report, saying that Māori are still worse off. The...
10 Ways to Sabotage Your Classroom Management
You know the basics: Establish clear rules and consequences, be consistent, keep students engaged. But even with all that in place, the...
