Owners of their Learning: Students Proud to Share ePortfolios
This is a cross-post from Students Proud to Share ePortfolios on Innovate 2015 at Graded School. During Innovate 2015 showcase time, a group of …
We Learn More When We Share: Conference Tips
Graded School‘s Innovate 2015 Conference was hosted in our campus last week. Innovate is just about that: “innovating” and re-imagining” the school. …
CSI Visible Thinking Routine for PHE
In 6th Grade PHE, Ms Arcenas‘ students were asked to use the CSI (Color, Symbol, Image) Visible Thinking Routine to show their …
Differentiated Assessment
In our January 2015 Pre-Service days at Graded School, teachers had the opportunity to choose two out of three workshop options. Mark …
Adapting to Real Life in PBL
When we started a cohort group in our school on Project-Based Learning, many questions started to arise about real life difficulties: finding …
Quality Voice Feedback with Kaizena
ASCD’s article, Quality Feedback , describes the characteristics of quality feedback. Some highlights of those characteristics are indicated in the graphic below: When you …
Soft Start to Khan Academy in your Classroom
Khan Academy has grown so much and it has so many entry points and options that a teacher starting to use it …
Communication, Dialogue and Coaching
In this last post from the series on Jim Knight‘s workshop on Instructional Coaching, you will see a sketchnote about tips to …
Stages in a Coaching Cycle by Jim Knight
Following my first post on the workshop I attended on “Instructional Coaching” by Jim Knight (@jimknight99), see the sketchnotes below that describe the stages …
Working with Adults in a Coaching Cycle
Last week I attended the “Instructional Coach” workshop from Jim Knight, The Instructional Coaching Group, University of Kansas. It is a worthwhile …