Chapter 3: Designing the Culture for Learning and Innovation
In the 2013–2014 school year, I was on Washington Middle School’s campus regularly. I was supervising teacher candidates at a local university, and as the newest member of the team, I ended up being placed at Washington—the most challenging of schools. I vividly remember walking down the halls marked with yellow caution lines to indicate on which side the kids were expected to walk.
Aligning Around a Common Vision for Learning
If we want to change how students learn, we must change how educators learn. A system that prioritizes learning and continuous growth through personalized, competency-based professional learning is needed for leadership teams and teachers just as it is needed for students.
6 Questions to Consider When Planning for Learning in Summer School and Beyond
We know that students are all at different places and have varying strengths and challenges which is why there is a need more than ever to create more personalized, learner-centered classrooms where each child gets what they need to move forward, not just more pressure to do more work and to catch up.
6 Ideas for Creating a Remote Community of Learners
As we move to remote learning much attention has been paid to teachers connecting with students, which is extremely valuable and important. In addition to teacher and student connection, peer collaboration is important for learning and social-emotional well-being.
4 Ways to Increase Engagement in Virtual Learning (and In Person)
Agency is about moving students from passively responding to acting with purpose to reach a desired goal or outcome. When students have an authentic purpose and audience beyond their teacher to share what they are learning, they are more motivated to learn and often go above and beyond.
Learning Is a Process, Not an Event
If our vision for students is learner-centered, then our teacher development must be learner-centered, too. Katie Martin shares the key tenets of professional learning at Altitude Learning. See how our approach focuses on relevant and meaningful professional development that paves the way for a culture of learning that spans from adults to the youngest learners in a community.
Enabling Learner-Centered Education: Teachers, Technology, and the 4 Cs
In this tale of two classrooms, VP of Professional Learning Katie Martin shares examples that highlight the evolving role of the educator, how technology can support powerful learning, and why we must empower students to drive their own learning.