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Regular musings from the team at the Center for Teaching & Learning at The Episcopal Academy
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'What Do You Need?’ Wednesday—Multitudes, Monet, and Mentos (opens the original)
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Happy fall, y'all! It's an eclectic week, with a creation of our own (thanks to A LOT of help from EA teachers…and Opus 5.5), a provocative piece on writing and thinking, and a strong new research paper with clear connections to our Portrait of a Graduate work.
'What Do You Need?’ Wednesday—One Size Fits Most (opens the original)
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We hope everyone has started to find some pace and rhythm to the start of the school year. And as we find our footing here in CTL we seek to take a more expansive approach to this week’s newsletter, offering a kind of Goldilocks approach to the included resources and materials. The reality is that writing weekly for a PK-12 audience is challenging. Given the complexity of teaching and learning, there is no one-size-fits-all approach that can meet the needs of teachers across divisions and discip
'What Do You Need?’ Wednesday—One Frame at a Time (opens the original)
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We are less than two weeks into the school year, and as a result almost nothing is visible yet. Students are forming habits you can’t see, and so are we. This week’s three pieces are about the moments where learning often leaves a trace, but only if we intentionally take the time, and the perspective, to do so. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!E2sC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com
'What Do You Need?’ Wednesday—Early Moves for a Long Year (opens the original)
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With Lower School students arriving today, it finally feels like we're in full swing. This week's edition builds on our welcome back edition with resources initially oriented at the opening days, but one’s that can serve you well in the later months too. Onto this week’s edition below. <div class="ima
'What Do You Need?’ Wednesday—A Welcome Back Edition (opens the original)
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*Note—as a reminder, The Beacon is a spinoff of our longstanding internal newsletter. As such, oftentimes we tweak language for this external audience, while holding to the primary message of each weekly share out. With opening faculty meetings here at EA today, this week’s WDYN for Substack holds true to the entirety of our internal share. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eLQ_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubsta
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