43 Things We Need To Stop Doing inwards Education. While the postal service was good received as well as the intent was a positive one, I also realized that it may take away maintain impacted some inwards a negative way because it was critical of the practices that are norms inwards some places. So, inwards thinking nigh this yesteryear year, I realized I was quite fortunate to take away maintain seen hence many amazing practices already unfolding inwards our schools. During my fourth dimension every bit an educator I take away maintain seen best practices unfolding inwards various schools. So, piece at that spot is no "silver bullet" inwards pedagogy as well as I believe the whole ed reform motion is flawed, I take away maintain seen how pedagogy has evolved over the lastly 20 years. We are inwards a much amend seat than nosotros were a decade ago. Do nosotros notwithstanding take away maintain a lot of operate to do? Yes. But if people, such every bit the USA Secretary of Education, really spent fourth dimension inwards classrooms engaging alongside students as well as educators, I know the progress inwards our profession would live visible. What are the things happening inwards our schools today? Here is a listing of at to the lowest degree 44 dissimilar positive practices (in no specific monastic tell - only the way they flowed out of my head) unfolding inwards pedagogy today that I take away maintain seen alongside my real ain eyes...
1) Relationships - educators are becoming to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than focused on the importance of relationships inwards education. Relationships betwixt students as well as educators; educators as well as educators; as well as the establishment as well as the broader community. Relationships are a game changer as well as to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than educators are beingness intentional nigh nurturing relationships that are rooted inwards trust as well as respect!
2) High EQ - nosotros are starting to empathise the importance of the "soft skills" both inwards our profession as well as beyond! Yes, IQ matters likewise but I am seeing a greater emphasis inwards our schools on the social as well as emotional evolution of our students as well as educators.
3) Picture Books - to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than educators exterior of uncomplicated schools are realizing as well as harnessing the ability of moving-picture demo books inwards the learning process! Picture books aren't only for picayune kids as well as I am seeing them included inwards middle as well as high schoolhouse classrooms. The groovy thing nigh moving-picture demo books (aside from the amazing illustrations) is that are an equalizer because all learners tin access them as well as the messages are relevant, powerful as well as meaningful to our students.
4) Diverse Literature - I dear that I am seeing to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than schools expand the syllabus beyond the classics as well as standards to include fiction pieces that characteristic to a greater extent than various characters including characters of color, woman individual characters as well as LGBTQ characters only to holler a few. Educators empathise that at that spot literature needs to furnish windows (understand others) as well as mirrors (see themselves) for our students. These various texts also assistance inwards our efforts to eradicate existing social constructs as well as systems that are oppressive!
5) Relevant Literature - Diversity inwards literature is non enough; Jason Reynolds reminds us that kids demand to reckon their basis inwards books too! Whether inwards the shape of characters or inwards the setting, our students demand to live able to reckon life unfold inwards the way they are experiencing it.
6) Student Choice - I am seeing to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than educators give students selection inwards their learning experiences every bit a way to empower students. This is HUGE because if our students take away maintain some choices inwards the learning, they volition hence accept to a greater extent than ownership as well as the learning volition acquire self-directed, which is our goal! Self-directed learning is sustainable learning... it is the learning that matters to the pump as well as mind!
7) Educator Choice - reckon #6! I dear that I am seeing more
8) Leadership - to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than edifice as well as district leaders are shifting away from only beingness managers/administrators; as well as instead they are leaders who focus on edifice relationships, removing barriers as well as promoting learning. Leadership has the greatest singular influence on organizational civilization as well as trajectory!
9) Learners First - to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than educators are modeling beingness learners kickoff inwards their daily work. Educators empathise that if they desire to furnish the best pedagogy possible for their students hence they demand to live learning nigh the latest inquiry as well as approaches that tin inform their practice. Becoming an educator isn't the terminate of the learning journey; instead, acquire an educator agency the learning accelerates as well as becomes amplified!
10) We learn kids, non programs - Educators around the globe are pushing dorsum on mandates, high stakes testings as well as scripted curriculum because they know their chief undertaking is to learn the children before them... non learn a curriculum or program!
11) Assessment Evolution - Educators are making assessment an interactive procedure alongside multiple inputs including peer as well as self assessment. Furthermore, many educators are starting to interrogation the role of grades/grading as well as are seeing assessment every bit an informative business office of the journeying as well as non necessarily the destination. Thank you lot to Starr Sackstein for blazing a trail inwards this area!
12) Education isn’t only nigh academics - It is hence groovy to hear to a greater extent than conversations inwards our schools focused on the social as well as emotional well-being of our kids. In many schools, pedagogy isn't exclusively nigh feeding the hear but it is also nigh feeding the pump & soul!
1) Relationships - educators are becoming to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than focused on the importance of relationships inwards education. Relationships betwixt students as well as educators; educators as well as educators; as well as the establishment as well as the broader community. Relationships are a game changer as well as to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than educators are beingness intentional nigh nurturing relationships that are rooted inwards trust as well as respect!
2) High EQ - nosotros are starting to empathise the importance of the "soft skills" both inwards our profession as well as beyond! Yes, IQ matters likewise but I am seeing a greater emphasis inwards our schools on the social as well as emotional evolution of our students as well as educators.
3) Picture Books - to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than educators exterior of uncomplicated schools are realizing as well as harnessing the ability of moving-picture demo books inwards the learning process! Picture books aren't only for picayune kids as well as I am seeing them included inwards middle as well as high schoolhouse classrooms. The groovy thing nigh moving-picture demo books (aside from the amazing illustrations) is that are an equalizer because all learners tin access them as well as the messages are relevant, powerful as well as meaningful to our students.
4) Diverse Literature - I dear that I am seeing to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than schools expand the syllabus beyond the classics as well as standards to include fiction pieces that characteristic to a greater extent than various characters including characters of color, woman individual characters as well as LGBTQ characters only to holler a few. Educators empathise that at that spot literature needs to furnish windows (understand others) as well as mirrors (see themselves) for our students. These various texts also assistance inwards our efforts to eradicate existing social constructs as well as systems that are oppressive!
5) Relevant Literature - Diversity inwards literature is non enough; Jason Reynolds reminds us that kids demand to reckon their basis inwards books too! Whether inwards the shape of characters or inwards the setting, our students demand to live able to reckon life unfold inwards the way they are experiencing it.
6) Student Choice - I am seeing to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than educators give students selection inwards their learning experiences every bit a way to empower students. This is HUGE because if our students take away maintain some choices inwards the learning, they volition hence accept to a greater extent than ownership as well as the learning volition acquire self-directed, which is our goal! Self-directed learning is sustainable learning... it is the learning that matters to the pump as well as mind!
7) Educator Choice - reckon #6! I dear that I am seeing more
districts as well as schools giving educators some selection as well as command over their ain professional person learning. The inquiry shows that when professional person learning resonates on a personal bird (i.e. it is self-directed piece anchored inwards a mutual goal), it is to a greater extent than probable going to take away maintain an touching on students!
8) Leadership - to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than edifice as well as district leaders are shifting away from only beingness managers/administrators; as well as instead they are leaders who focus on edifice relationships, removing barriers as well as promoting learning. Leadership has the greatest singular influence on organizational civilization as well as trajectory!
9) Learners First - to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than educators are modeling beingness learners kickoff inwards their daily work. Educators empathise that if they desire to furnish the best pedagogy possible for their students hence they demand to live learning nigh the latest inquiry as well as approaches that tin inform their practice. Becoming an educator isn't the terminate of the learning journey; instead, acquire an educator agency the learning accelerates as well as becomes amplified!
10) We learn kids, non programs - Educators around the globe are pushing dorsum on mandates, high stakes testings as well as scripted curriculum because they know their chief undertaking is to learn the children before them... non learn a curriculum or program!
11) Assessment Evolution - Educators are making assessment an interactive procedure alongside multiple inputs including peer as well as self assessment. Furthermore, many educators are starting to interrogation the role of grades/grading as well as are seeing assessment every bit an informative business office of the journeying as well as non necessarily the destination. Thank you lot to Starr Sackstein for blazing a trail inwards this area!
12) Education isn’t only nigh academics - It is hence groovy to hear to a greater extent than conversations inwards our schools focused on the social as well as emotional well-being of our kids. In many schools, pedagogy isn't exclusively nigh feeding the hear but it is also nigh feeding the pump & soul!
13) Real life applications inwards the surface area of mathematics - I take away maintain watched hence many amazing educators over the years contain the many existent life applications of mathematics! From "games" involving the stock marketplace to exposing kids to the links betwixt fine art as well as mathematics, math is moving beyond the page as well as algorithm as well as starting to thing to kids!
14) Family engagement - Deeply engaged communities, every bit a outcome of transparent schools/districts, are becoming to a greater extent than of the norm every bit opposed to the exception. We are breaking downward the fortress walls as well as partnering alongside families to do what is inwards the best involvement of children. The inquiry shows that potent home/school connections take away maintain a positive touching on learning. Thank you lot to my blood brother Joe Sanfelippo for modeling this hence well!
15) Every kid WILL learn - I take away maintain encountered many passionate educators who take away maintain dedicated themselves to providing every kid an entry dot for learning regardless of their readiness level. The conversation is no longer nigh kids who tin learn; instead the focus is on the fact that kids volition learn! It sounds similar a subtle divergence but it is a important shift inwards thinking as well as culture.
16) More hands-on learning opportunities- I dear seeing things similar Makerspaces, Genius Hour as well as Engineering courses inwards our schools because that inherently agency an increase inwards hands-on experiences. The to a greater extent than kids do alongside their ain hands, the deeper nosotros could force the learning!
18) Addressing the systemic racism that permeates our schools - Thanks to social media, I reckon to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than educators engaged inwards discussions about the oppressive social constructs as well as systems inside our schools (we demand many to a greater extent than educators involved but I think the conversation is growing). Many educators are pushing the conversation to locomote deeper as well as address the rootage motion (racism) of many of the problems plaguing our educational system. I am seeing more intentional as well as explicit pedagogy nigh racism, loathe as well as bias as well as that is giving me hope!
20) It's About Readiness Levels - It is amazing to hear nigh to a greater extent than learning experiences that give every learner an entry dot regardless of readiness level. Educators are forthwith frequently talking nigh what a kid tin do as well as edifice on those strengths every bit opposed to focusing on the deficits. I think the to a greater extent than this becomes a norm, the closer nosotros acquire to genuinely revolutionizing education!
21) Collaboration betwixt all cardinal stakeholders - Schools throughout the Earth are looking for opportunities to partner alongside the broader community to reach greater levels of success. Whether partnering alongside parents or alongside a local business, these partnerships are creating novel as well as amazing opportunities for schools as well as students.
22) Teacher efficacy - We know (thanks to John Hattie) that instructor efficacy has the greatest touching on educatee learning. This cognition is leading to a greater extent than schoolhouse districts to invest inwards recruiting the best candidates as well as hence supporting those educators alongside various structures (professional learning opportunities, positive working conditions, PLCs, etc.) inwards monastic tell to retain them. We must proceed to invest inwards our teachers because they are the cardinal to successful educatee learning!
23) Solid instruction rooted inwards the latest research - Again, based on the exchanges I am seeing on social media as well as my ain operate experiences, I am noticing to a greater extent than educators as well as districts making decisions that are inquiry based as well as reviewing the inquiry before making decisions. Whether it is nigh homework or instructional techniques, to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than schools are seriously reflecting on what learning looks similar as well as how it happens inwards meaningful ways based on what the inquiry indicates. This 1 dovetails alongside #22 because its non programs or materials that influence the effectiveness of a school, it is the people as well as their practices!
24) Mitigating those who do fear, chaos & panic - We take away maintain all worked inwards organizations that include individuals who do fear, chaos as well as panic inwards those around them (I similar to telephone phone it the "Sky Is Falling" effect). Often, those folks are working from a personal agenda that intentionally disrupts the trajectory of the organization. But this is changing likewise every bit to a greater extent than schools as well as districts are committing to a mission as well as vision anchored inwards a shared agenda/goals that mitigates those who foster fright as well as do chaos.
25) Vision - While many schools take away maintain committed to a mission declaration (who they are today), I am learning nigh a growing unwrap of schools as well as districts that take away maintain worked diligently to articulate a clear vision of who they desire to live inwards the hereafter as well as where they desire to go. This vision is rooted inwards what is best for students as well as educators as well as that is incredibly inspiring. This vision is also actionable as well as conversations include regularly assessing the vision as well as revising it every bit the journeying unfolds.
26) Vertical as well as horizontal alignment - When I was a student, I recollect never feeling similar 1 twelvemonth or 1 degree connected to the next; it was every bit if every educator was doing whatever they wanted. Fortunately, that seems to live changing every bit to a greater extent than educators are having discussions nigh the importance of vertical as well as horizontal alignment for students, educators as well as families. Alignment, which doesn't sacrifice autonomy, is a critical ingredient to ensuring seamless learning experiences for students that build on each other!
27) No cookie cutter - More as well as to a greater extent than districts are moving away from boxed as well as scripted curriculum because they know those are non the best way to reach as well as engage all students!
28) Internships - As I take away maintain shifted to a district bird position, I am excited to larn nigh the many schools as well as districts that embed “internships” into the learning experience for kids, peculiarly inwards high school. I think this tin take away maintain such a positive touching on our students because it gives them a sense of what they volition experience when they locomote inwards the existent world. It also allows students to explore a specific profession.
29) Public speaking opportunities - Whether this is inwards the shape of an actual degree or an later on schoolhouse club, at that spot are hence many schools that encourage world speaking experiences for students. This is such a powerful as well as meaningful way to larn how to frame & acquaint an argument. This is also critical when considering educatee agency as well as self-advocacy!
30) Re-imagining homework - Many districts as well as schools are revisiting the homework conversation. The inquiry is out at that spot as well as to a greater extent than districts are considering it every bit they re-examine their homework beliefs. Whether schools are considering eliminating homework or trying to detect ways to locomote far something kids are excited to do, the discussions are really happening!
31) Identity - As mentioned earlier, educators are seriously reflecting on the importance of civilization as well as relationships inside our schools. I am watching to a greater extent than schools that are working on nurturing that positive civilization inwards their buildings every bit a way to claw students. We know that civilization shapes community as well as impacts the way people feel. So, if our students experience positively towards school, as well as experience invested inwards the culture, they volition laid about identifying alongside that community. That sense of identity leads to feeling connected & a sense of belonging, which are critical when nosotros think nigh the high levels of depression as well as isolation our kids are experiencing today!
32) Sacred learning time - It is hence wonderful to hear nigh to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than districts that are creating sacred fourth dimension for professional person learning opportunities for educators. From teachers to principals, districts are creating the fourth dimension as well as infinite for everything from majority studies (virtual as well as in-person) to Genius Hour for educators to pursue areas of interest. No thing what the format, the of import dot is that fourth dimension for learning is beingness prioritized!
33) Classroom Redesign - It is hence groovy to reckon the many images of flexible learning spaces that take away maintain flooded the cyberspace over the lastly several years. Many schools are moving away from the traditional desks as well as rows (contrary to what Betsy Devos seems to think) as well as experimenting alongside classroom redesign every bit a way to increase levels of educatee engagement!
34) Feedback - More discussions are unfolding around the importance of feedback as well as the touching it could take away maintain on our trajectory. Schools are demystifying the negative stigma around feedback (it is non slowly to give or have it) as well as are recognizing it every bit critical to our growth as well as maximizing it every bit a way to inform blind spots. Feedback, when done thoughtfully, is helping us larn as well as grow!
35) Reframe problems every bit opportunities - This is hence simple yet hence difficult because inwards our profession nosotros are regularly dealing alongside problems, which leads to frustration as well as to a greater extent than challenges. Fortunately, our organizations are pausing as well as instead of seeing the problems every bit negative (and frequently personal) attacks, nosotros are seeing these problems every bit an chance to learn, grow & improve.
36) Kids know what they are learning as well as why - YES, to a greater extent than educators are taking a 2nd to allow students inwards on the large secret... "This is what nosotros are learning today as well as this is why it matters to you." Our kids are taking ownership of the learning when nosotros start each lesson alongside a quick explanation of why nosotros are learning this specific strategy or science as well as how it volition touching the students!
37) Making room for downtime - to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than educators are openly talking nigh the challenges of finding repose betwixt our personal as well as professional person lives. This opened upwards dialogue is hence of import because nosotros are inspiring each other alongside tips on how to care it all piece beingness successful inwards our operate as well as notwithstanding taking aid of ourselves. This repose is also a critical thing to model for our students!
38) Making room for fun inwards school - yes, schoolhouse is fun as well as educators are spreading the fun through weblog posts, podcasts as well as alive streams from their classrooms! Whether someone is sharing the Lego Wall inwards their library or the math game inwards their classroom, nosotros are seeing how learning tin live fun! So, fifty-fifty though at that spot are policies as well as mandates nosotros take away maintain to adhere to, nosotros are making the schoolhouse twenty-four hours fun for kids... as well as ourselves!
39) Making room for plain trips - it is hence groovy to hear nigh the wonderful plain trips schools are taking (some virtual) because those learning experiences are a wonderful way to heighten classroom experiences!
40) Superintendents who don't only force paper - As a novel superintendent (who notwithstanding has hence much to learn), I am hearing hence much from my colleagues as well as mentors nigh the operate they are doing to assistance back upwards leaders, teachers as well as students. I take away maintain learned hence much from the superintendents who take away maintain dedicated themselves to removing barriers hence the educators as well as students take away maintain what they demand for optimal learning!
41) Technology Doesn't Equate to Innovation - This conversation is happening to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than each twenty-four hours as well as I think it volition live critical to the hereafter of our schools. Innovation is nigh the way nosotros think as well as persuasion problems; it is non nigh an iPad or Chromebook.
42) J - There is JOY permeating many of our classrooms as well as schools!
43) O - There are meaningful learning OPPORTUNITIES unfolding for educators, students as well as their families!
44) Y - More as well as to a greater extent than districts as well as schools are embracing a civilization of YES hence nosotros tin proceed to revolutionize the educational landscape! Conversations are going from, "Yes, but..." to "Yes, and... "
Is everything perfect inwards our schools? No. But are things moving inwards the correct direction? Yes! Have nosotros evolved every bit a profession? Yes! Thank you lot to the thousands of educators as well as schools as well as classrooms that take away maintain inspired this postal service - it is an honour as well as privilege to live an educator!
So, what would you lot add together to the list?
14) Family engagement - Deeply engaged communities, every bit a outcome of transparent schools/districts, are becoming to a greater extent than of the norm every bit opposed to the exception. We are breaking downward the fortress walls as well as partnering alongside families to do what is inwards the best involvement of children. The inquiry shows that potent home/school connections take away maintain a positive touching on learning. Thank you lot to my blood brother Joe Sanfelippo for modeling this hence well!
15) Every kid WILL learn - I take away maintain encountered many passionate educators who take away maintain dedicated themselves to providing every kid an entry dot for learning regardless of their readiness level. The conversation is no longer nigh kids who tin learn; instead the focus is on the fact that kids volition learn! It sounds similar a subtle divergence but it is a important shift inwards thinking as well as culture.
16) More hands-on learning opportunities- I dear seeing things similar Makerspaces, Genius Hour as well as Engineering courses inwards our schools because that inherently agency an increase inwards hands-on experiences. The to a greater extent than kids do alongside their ain hands, the deeper nosotros could force the learning!
17) Moving beyond attempt out prep & achievement gaps - Some schools are no longer focusing on closing the achievement gap yesteryear raising attempt out scores (research shows no sustainable touching there). Instead the focus is shifting on closing the chance gap that exists inwards our companionship because of implicit bias, civilization incompetence as well as important segregation inwards our schools.
18) Addressing the systemic racism that permeates our schools - Thanks to social media, I reckon to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than educators engaged inwards discussions about the oppressive social constructs as well as systems inside our schools (we demand many to a greater extent than educators involved but I think the conversation is growing). Many educators are pushing the conversation to locomote deeper as well as address the rootage motion (racism) of many of the problems plaguing our educational system. I am seeing more intentional as well as explicit pedagogy nigh racism, loathe as well as bias as well as that is giving me hope!
19) Mental wellness supports are non a luxury- Yes - nosotros take away maintain finally reached a dot inwards pedagogy where nosotros no longer persuasion social workers or guidance counselors or schoolhouse psychologists every bit a luxury. These supports are necessities inwards our schools because our kids take away maintain suffered hence much trauma inwards the basis as well as if nosotros desire them to larn how to read, write as well as do math, hence they demand to experience emotionally prophylactic as well as secure first!
20) It's About Readiness Levels - It is amazing to hear nigh to a greater extent than learning experiences that give every learner an entry dot regardless of readiness level. Educators are forthwith frequently talking nigh what a kid tin do as well as edifice on those strengths every bit opposed to focusing on the deficits. I think the to a greater extent than this becomes a norm, the closer nosotros acquire to genuinely revolutionizing education!
21) Collaboration betwixt all cardinal stakeholders - Schools throughout the Earth are looking for opportunities to partner alongside the broader community to reach greater levels of success. Whether partnering alongside parents or alongside a local business, these partnerships are creating novel as well as amazing opportunities for schools as well as students.
22) Teacher efficacy - We know (thanks to John Hattie) that instructor efficacy has the greatest touching on educatee learning. This cognition is leading to a greater extent than schoolhouse districts to invest inwards recruiting the best candidates as well as hence supporting those educators alongside various structures (professional learning opportunities, positive working conditions, PLCs, etc.) inwards monastic tell to retain them. We must proceed to invest inwards our teachers because they are the cardinal to successful educatee learning!
23) Solid instruction rooted inwards the latest research - Again, based on the exchanges I am seeing on social media as well as my ain operate experiences, I am noticing to a greater extent than educators as well as districts making decisions that are inquiry based as well as reviewing the inquiry before making decisions. Whether it is nigh homework or instructional techniques, to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than schools are seriously reflecting on what learning looks similar as well as how it happens inwards meaningful ways based on what the inquiry indicates. This 1 dovetails alongside #22 because its non programs or materials that influence the effectiveness of a school, it is the people as well as their practices!
24) Mitigating those who do fear, chaos & panic - We take away maintain all worked inwards organizations that include individuals who do fear, chaos as well as panic inwards those around them (I similar to telephone phone it the "Sky Is Falling" effect). Often, those folks are working from a personal agenda that intentionally disrupts the trajectory of the organization. But this is changing likewise every bit to a greater extent than schools as well as districts are committing to a mission as well as vision anchored inwards a shared agenda/goals that mitigates those who foster fright as well as do chaos.
25) Vision - While many schools take away maintain committed to a mission declaration (who they are today), I am learning nigh a growing unwrap of schools as well as districts that take away maintain worked diligently to articulate a clear vision of who they desire to live inwards the hereafter as well as where they desire to go. This vision is rooted inwards what is best for students as well as educators as well as that is incredibly inspiring. This vision is also actionable as well as conversations include regularly assessing the vision as well as revising it every bit the journeying unfolds.
26) Vertical as well as horizontal alignment - When I was a student, I recollect never feeling similar 1 twelvemonth or 1 degree connected to the next; it was every bit if every educator was doing whatever they wanted. Fortunately, that seems to live changing every bit to a greater extent than educators are having discussions nigh the importance of vertical as well as horizontal alignment for students, educators as well as families. Alignment, which doesn't sacrifice autonomy, is a critical ingredient to ensuring seamless learning experiences for students that build on each other!
27) No cookie cutter - More as well as to a greater extent than districts are moving away from boxed as well as scripted curriculum because they know those are non the best way to reach as well as engage all students!
28) Internships - As I take away maintain shifted to a district bird position, I am excited to larn nigh the many schools as well as districts that embed “internships” into the learning experience for kids, peculiarly inwards high school. I think this tin take away maintain such a positive touching on our students because it gives them a sense of what they volition experience when they locomote inwards the existent world. It also allows students to explore a specific profession.
29) Public speaking opportunities - Whether this is inwards the shape of an actual degree or an later on schoolhouse club, at that spot are hence many schools that encourage world speaking experiences for students. This is such a powerful as well as meaningful way to larn how to frame & acquaint an argument. This is also critical when considering educatee agency as well as self-advocacy!
30) Re-imagining homework - Many districts as well as schools are revisiting the homework conversation. The inquiry is out at that spot as well as to a greater extent than districts are considering it every bit they re-examine their homework beliefs. Whether schools are considering eliminating homework or trying to detect ways to locomote far something kids are excited to do, the discussions are really happening!
31) Identity - As mentioned earlier, educators are seriously reflecting on the importance of civilization as well as relationships inside our schools. I am watching to a greater extent than schools that are working on nurturing that positive civilization inwards their buildings every bit a way to claw students. We know that civilization shapes community as well as impacts the way people feel. So, if our students experience positively towards school, as well as experience invested inwards the culture, they volition laid about identifying alongside that community. That sense of identity leads to feeling connected & a sense of belonging, which are critical when nosotros think nigh the high levels of depression as well as isolation our kids are experiencing today!
32) Sacred learning time - It is hence wonderful to hear nigh to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than districts that are creating sacred fourth dimension for professional person learning opportunities for educators. From teachers to principals, districts are creating the fourth dimension as well as infinite for everything from majority studies (virtual as well as in-person) to Genius Hour for educators to pursue areas of interest. No thing what the format, the of import dot is that fourth dimension for learning is beingness prioritized!
33) Classroom Redesign - It is hence groovy to reckon the many images of flexible learning spaces that take away maintain flooded the cyberspace over the lastly several years. Many schools are moving away from the traditional desks as well as rows (contrary to what Betsy Devos seems to think) as well as experimenting alongside classroom redesign every bit a way to increase levels of educatee engagement!
34) Feedback - More discussions are unfolding around the importance of feedback as well as the touching it could take away maintain on our trajectory. Schools are demystifying the negative stigma around feedback (it is non slowly to give or have it) as well as are recognizing it every bit critical to our growth as well as maximizing it every bit a way to inform blind spots. Feedback, when done thoughtfully, is helping us larn as well as grow!
35) Reframe problems every bit opportunities - This is hence simple yet hence difficult because inwards our profession nosotros are regularly dealing alongside problems, which leads to frustration as well as to a greater extent than challenges. Fortunately, our organizations are pausing as well as instead of seeing the problems every bit negative (and frequently personal) attacks, nosotros are seeing these problems every bit an chance to learn, grow & improve.
36) Kids know what they are learning as well as why - YES, to a greater extent than educators are taking a 2nd to allow students inwards on the large secret... "This is what nosotros are learning today as well as this is why it matters to you." Our kids are taking ownership of the learning when nosotros start each lesson alongside a quick explanation of why nosotros are learning this specific strategy or science as well as how it volition touching the students!
37) Making room for downtime - to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than educators are openly talking nigh the challenges of finding repose betwixt our personal as well as professional person lives. This opened upwards dialogue is hence of import because nosotros are inspiring each other alongside tips on how to care it all piece beingness successful inwards our operate as well as notwithstanding taking aid of ourselves. This repose is also a critical thing to model for our students!
38) Making room for fun inwards school - yes, schoolhouse is fun as well as educators are spreading the fun through weblog posts, podcasts as well as alive streams from their classrooms! Whether someone is sharing the Lego Wall inwards their library or the math game inwards their classroom, nosotros are seeing how learning tin live fun! So, fifty-fifty though at that spot are policies as well as mandates nosotros take away maintain to adhere to, nosotros are making the schoolhouse twenty-four hours fun for kids... as well as ourselves!
39) Making room for plain trips - it is hence groovy to hear nigh the wonderful plain trips schools are taking (some virtual) because those learning experiences are a wonderful way to heighten classroom experiences!
40) Superintendents who don't only force paper - As a novel superintendent (who notwithstanding has hence much to learn), I am hearing hence much from my colleagues as well as mentors nigh the operate they are doing to assistance back upwards leaders, teachers as well as students. I take away maintain learned hence much from the superintendents who take away maintain dedicated themselves to removing barriers hence the educators as well as students take away maintain what they demand for optimal learning!
41) Technology Doesn't Equate to Innovation - This conversation is happening to a greater extent than as well as to a greater extent than each twenty-four hours as well as I think it volition live critical to the hereafter of our schools. Innovation is nigh the way nosotros think as well as persuasion problems; it is non nigh an iPad or Chromebook.
42) J - There is JOY permeating many of our classrooms as well as schools!
43) O - There are meaningful learning OPPORTUNITIES unfolding for educators, students as well as their families!
44) Y - More as well as to a greater extent than districts as well as schools are embracing a civilization of YES hence nosotros tin proceed to revolutionize the educational landscape! Conversations are going from, "Yes, but..." to "Yes, and... "
Is everything perfect inwards our schools? No. But are things moving inwards the correct direction? Yes! Have nosotros evolved every bit a profession? Yes! Thank you lot to the thousands of educators as well as schools as well as classrooms that take away maintain inspired this postal service - it is an honour as well as privilege to live an educator!
So, what would you lot add together to the list?
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