1. All IE Team members are asked to attend the district wide PLC on Tuesday, May 17th from 4:00-5:30pm. Please register in Keep Certified.
2. All K-6 Instructional Coaches & Interventions are asked to attend the Words Their Way workshop in Friday, May 20th from 8:00am-4:00pm. Please register in Keep Certified.
Please share the Foundational Skills newsletter with your staff via Smore.
You'll find the directions for accessing this newsletter here.
Thanks Julie & Ashley for putting this together!
This Edutopia article around Shifting Mental Models highlights the importance of coaching around mental models with teachers.
When an instructional coach also addresses and explores a teacher's mental models about a range of topics including students with learning disabilities, children in poverty, immigrants, English learners, and so on, then there's a greater likelihood of transformational change and equity for students.
Thanks Nicole Urbatch for passing this along!
This blog post talks about the difference between Engagement and Empowerment for learners.
If we want to think about our impact long-term with students, engagement just seems to be a lower bar than what we should be trying to achieve. A student does not have to feel empowered if they are engaged, but if they are empowered, engagement will also be evident and more likely to create a deeper sense of “flow”. The learning that goes along with empowerment will be so much deeper and longer lasting.