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Portrait of an Educator
As educators, we strive to model what we hope to see in our students: compassion, collaboration, creative problem solving, critical thinking skills, a growth mindset, and more. If those skills and dispositions sound familiar, it’s because they are invariably included on Portraits of a Graduate that savvy schools and districts across the country have generated. The language of the portraits may differ, but the substance is pretty consistent; what school does not want to cultivate engagement, intellectual curiosity, a broad knowledge base, communication skills, confidence, and empathy in its students?
Leading for Deeper Learning, A Series in Four Parts, Part 4: Outcomes and Reflections
There is still a long way to go in the district before the school experience is truly transformed for every student, but we indisputably made progress. This past May, a group of district leaders revisited some of our guiding documents, including The New Normal, the Quality Work Protocol and descriptors, and the Performance Outcomes. We also looked closely at school defense rubrics to see how they compared to the expectations outlined in those original documents. It was refreshing to again focus on the bigger vision for the kind of learning experiences we wanted for our students.
Instructional Rounds, Global Lab Schools, and Searching for the Holy Grail of Educational Transformation
Last week my colleague, Dr. Shamara Graham, and I traveled across the ocean to the UK–ostensibly as learners and operationally as leaders–seeking the essence of a practice called Instructional Rounds.
Permission to Ponder?
Take some time to live in the sit/think world. Not all the time. It only works if you float between the sitting/thinking and doing. Eventually sitting/thinking must influence your behavior.
The Architecture of Transformation
2Rev is currently experimenting with bringing a set of tools together to see how they collectively might promote greater coherence and alignment across the district, thereby making the concepts within these tools actionable. Each of these tools can turn words into behaviors and practice- for learners, educators and leaders. They provide a statement of purpose and a way to deliver on that concretely. All of these should be generated in partnership with stakeholders so that they are owned by those stakeholders.
Transforming Professional Learning: A Conversation with the Field
During the spring of 2019, we held a webinar series exploring the future of educator learning. Our goal was to inspire schools, districts, and organizations to reimagine professional learning and to provide tools and examples to support implementation.
