Lincoln School General Director • NBCT • Author of "The Instructional Leadership Cycle" • Building Student-Centered Classrooms of Joyful Learning
San Isidro, Costa Rica
Joined June 2015
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As a teacher, I used to get a bit overwhelmed when I saw someone else doing something amazing - in their instructional practice or in their assessment design.
Now, I just celebrate it. I'm so excited for the students who have the chance to learn in such inspired classrooms
Thinking this morning about the role of purpose in our day to day interactions with students.
We often think about how to engage the mind, but how do we also engage student hearts and intentions?
So proud to see our team co-presenting with the Dr. Beth Goldstein and the Babson Youth Impact Lab, at this year’s annual Tri-Association conference in Mexico City. #nowherelikelincoln
We assume so much about what students can already do. The classroom is where we teach those behaviors, not just expect them (although we need to do both).
Question:
One of the things our teachers have asked for in our most recent school culture survey, is more focus on teacher well-being. What have you seen done that communicates to teachers that the school is thinking about their well-being?
Daniel Allen retweeted
🏢 Building Leaders: We must find time for #classroom #teachers and special #educators to collaborate on planning instruction. This is the only way we can implement universal design. This investment pays off significantly for every student. #LeadInclusion #UDL #TeacherTwitter
ALT Clock.
Enjoying a student-led acto cívico in the elementary school to celebrate day 2 of semana cívica #nowherelikelincoln #inspiringpeople
Gotta get to class on time! A little help from my friends to kick off our semana cívica #nowherelikelincoln #inspiringpeople
Learning, by definition, is building the capacity to do something you couldn’t before. If it’s easy, it might not be learning.
The most important lesson in educator @KatieP1120's math class?
How to persist in the face of a challenge!
teacher2teacher.education/20…
ALT An anchor chart titled "Productive Struggle." It includes three columns: fixed mindset statements ("I'm stuck" and "Working with partners/group"), descriptions of what that mindset should not look like and descriptions of what that mindset should look like.
Daniel Allen retweeted
Want happier, healthier kids?
Offer them autonomy.
Massive new meta-analysis makes it plain:
In every culture, control leaves children worse off — but autonomy helps them people engage, learn, and grow.
I love a classroom where the learning intentions are explicit and clear for students. #nowherelikelincoln #inspiringpeople
Our Athletics Open House is underway. We are approaching 1000 students participating in our after school athletics programs - and we love welcoming parents on campus to get to strengthen relationships with our coaching teams. #nowherelikelincoln #inspiringpeople
A pair of seniors launching a drone outside our innovation center. They proudly informed me they were making a zombie apocalypse movie for their most recent team project. #nowherelikelincoln #inspiringpeople
Student self-portraits frame the doorway, as students are greeted as they enter the classroom. Everything pointing to students as the center of our learning intentions. #nowherelikelincoln #inspiringpeople
Our art teacher uses student artwork everywhere - including in the borders of his bulletin boards. His classroom is a studio space where everything honors his student artists. #nowherelikelincoln #inspiringpeople
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The learning in the room
The behavior in the room
The engagement in the room
The achievement in the room
ALL are the results of the designs we make before we ever step foot in the room.
Kids deserve great teachers by design.
Teacher deserve great learners by design.
Loved seeing our preschool teams’ floor books - a record of the learning journey in each classroom #nowherelikelincoln #inspiringpeople
