Most educators would agree that collaborative teaching is effective. Collaboration is, after all, a vital part of communication. We all want to fit in among our peers. When we're little kids wanting to play together on the playground, when we're teens in middle school anxious for the approval of [...]
Professional Learning Communities (PLCs). Why are PLCs important? Is your school a PLC? If you do, what does this look like? More importantly… Does it function well, or is it "just another staff meeting"? Even if your school in particular doesn't "have PLCs" likely you’ve heard of them. Professional [...]
This post was originally published on the blog at enrichingstudents.com. A flex period, also referred to as a flex block, activity period, WIN time, advisory (and more), is something many schools have added or are thinking about adding to their school schedule. Why? Flex periods allow teachers to give [...]
This post was originally published on the blog at enrichingstudents.com. "...we didn’t set out to become a competency based learning environment. We had actually simply asked the question -- building a vision mission etc. -- “What is it that we want for our learners?” and we started to build [...]