In this Education Week article, Connecticut educator Christopher Doyle worries that many educators are not taking very good care of themselves – not balancing the intense challenges of work with family, friends, love, sleep, vacations, exercise, good nutrition, emotional health, and civic engagement. “Like American society at large,” says Doyle, “ many of us are overworked, stretched thin financially, and torn between roles as spouses, parents, and employees… Not unlike other professionals devoted to nurture, such as doctors, teachers are measured – and measure themselves – against an idealized image of excellence that involves incessant work.”
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in title, tags, annotations or urlThe Marshall Memo Admin - Issues - 0 views
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Teachers occupy the middle to lower tiers of the American middle class – whose wages have been stagnant for some time.
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Stressed, workaholic educators are not in the best position to help students achieve some kind of balance in their overscheduled lives.
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"Focus on Kids, Not Ourselves": Guiding Principle At Design 39 Campus | The Future of K-12 Education - 3 views
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Mornings are for “Integrated Learning Time”; no rigid boundaries of subject, time, or space. The pod teachers decide when and how the students will move, and the teams focus relentlessly on how students will learn content through big, cross-disciplinary themes. The afternoons are split between “Deep Dives”, physical activity-based “Minds in Motion”, “Exploration” opportunities for students to follow their passions, and some dedicated time for mathematics in the upper grade levels. Within each of these broad areas, the teachers are expected to amplify the process of inquiry and to embed the skills of design thinking.
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How might we further dissolve rigidity by allowing students to re-arrange classroom furniture on a very frequent (more than daily) basis to meet the learning objectives of the moment? How often can we get students up to the writing walls to collaborate on work rather than taking individual notes or keying into their individual devices? How might we constantly defuse the “teacher-centrism” of the room? If the teacher is not using a fixed projector or other device that requires a “front of the room”, why set the podium there, or stand there? How might we empower students to ask the questions that guide discussion? How might we allow students to find the best ways to interact within learning teams, rather than giving them a strict methodology to follow? When have we given them enough instruction on how to learn, and when is it best for them to find this out for themselves and with their peers?
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This article showcases a school that focuses on integrated learning, interdisciplinary studies, collaboration and design thinking...all at the elementary school level.
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Love this article thinking about the UCLA school that mounts the projector to the ceiling projecting onto the floor as an alternative. Students sit around the projection instead of at desks
A Summer Plan for Back-to-School Success: Organization Tips - 0 views
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Week One
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begin the school organizing/clean-out process by decluttering binders, folders, and notebooks
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Week Two
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