Coaching Corner
Volume 2 / Issue 3: Inclusive
The 21st Century Educator
For this Coaching Corner we will be focusing on being Reflective.
It is important that in education and innovation, we sit down and reflect on our process.
Networked
By: George Couros
When you hire anyone for a job, you do not just hire them, you hire their entire network. Networks consist of both “online spaces” and face to face collaboration. Creating diverse networks in and out of education is crucial, understanding we can learn a great deal from the person across the hallway, as we can from the person on the other side of the world. To create the best experiences for students, you need access to the best ideas; this can come from anyone and anywhere. When you are networked, great ideas often find you, not the other way around.
As David Weinberger states, “The smartest person in the room is the room.” If that is true, how big is your room? How do you access this “room” to be better for your students?
What's your purpose again? What's the impact you want to have with your life? What's one thing you can do every day to bring you closer to honoring that purpose? - Anese Cavanaugh
Reflective: Purpose
I recently started waking up 15 minutes earlier so that I could squeeze a small workout in the morning. Taking time and honoring myself has allowed me to be better at being me, so that I can be in service of others.
A lot of scientific evidence suggests that the difference between those who succeed and those who don't is not the brains they were born with, but their approach to life, the messages they receive about their potential, and the opportunities they have to learn. - Jo Boaler
Reflective: Exit Tickets in Math
As we make reflection more apart of our practice, it is important to incorporate this in the classroom as well. Jo Boaler writes about using exit tickets in math in order for students to reflect and really think about math. Check out the video above about the key messages students need to have in order to learn math.
Math Exit Tickets <-----resource
Reflective: ELD
Reflective: Readers and Writers Workshop
Reflective: Makerspace and Design Thinking
Keepin' It Real
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Kristy Andre
Email: kandre@tustin.k12.ca.us
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