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How Could This End in Disaster? (opens the original)
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I designed and facilitated the professional learning experiences that New York State educators committed to the PLAN Pilot received as members of TACs B and C. I learned a great deal as it unfolded, and while some of what I experienced caught me by surprise, much of it didn’t.This isn’t my first rodeo.And perhaps you know exactly what I mean.I began my career as an elementary teacher in the Buffalo Catholic Diocese. I was a high school teacher in a rural school that merged with another shortly a
Growing Into and Through Our Documentation Practices (opens the original)
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I’ve been reading Jeffrey Davis’s Tracking Wonder: Reclaiming a Life of Meaning and Possibility in a World Obsessed with Productivity this fall, and it’s reigniting my enthusiasm for pedagogical documentation in the very best ways. I picked the book up after connecting with Jeffrey right here on Substack, reading mostly for myself. And I love that for me.What it’s inspiring me to do inside of my documentation practice is next level, though. And I love that for everyone
A Simple View of Coaching Postures (opens the original)
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I remember when my friend and colleague Tom Fuke asked if I would be willing to coach him as he made a triumphant return to his middle school classroom after several years working outside of it. If you knew Tom, then you likely understand what I was signing on for. Tom was a bright, bright light…wildly creative…impatient with himself at times, but enchanted by his students and compelled by every lesson they taught him. Tom was deeply sensitive. He was also kind, and not just any sort of kind--Ca
Driven by Data? (opens the original)
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Someone asked me a beautiful question last week. We were sitting with a stack of images and transcripts that were helping us understand how a particular group of sixth graders uses essential evidence from something they read to support a claim they were making about it. And someone—a teacher in the room—asked, “Is this way of assessing children reliable? Is it valid?”And I was really glad that she asked, because I worry when people don’t. The fact is that documenting learning often intensifies i
Designing PD for the Moment We’re In (opens the original)
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A few months back, I explained that I’m not at the front of many rooms anymore.I’m in coffee shops on the regular, though. And I spend quite a few mornings and evenings on Zoom. As a young professional learning facilitator, the bulk of my time was spent building knowledge in workshops and other programs. Now, it’s spent in small groups or 1:1 sessions with people who attended those events and are eager to try things in their own contexts. Most of my time is spent partnering with people as they t
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