Executive Function: A Powerful Light Switch Imagine if you could flip a switch for students and have them experience academic success, emotional wellness, strong social interactions, and solid behavioral habits. Sounds like an educator’s dream come true! Well, it’s not that far-fetched. Let’s deconstruct it! Executive Function and Its Role in Life Success Academic The […]
Whether your students spend the day with you in an elementary classroom, rotate through periods, or move through 80-minute blocks, the question is the same: Is every minute actually working for learning? “Bell to bell.” You’ve heard it. Maybe you’ve said it. The idea is that every minute of class time should count: no dead […]
PBL Is Right for the Brain, Gen Z, the Alpha Generation, and You! How will you engage today’s students? Problem-, project-, place-, phenomena-, profession-, and pursuit-based learning . . . you pick one of the 6 Ps of PBL; your students will thank you. Solving real-world, authentic problems is engaging and lends itself to individualized […]
When classrooms emphasize questioning at these levels, students don’t just finish lessons; they own the learning. And that ownership is what shows up on assessments. For a more in-depth look, visit MyQPortal and access the free content on five levels of facilitation questions; listen to my 9-minute podcast on this. With a focus on standardized […]
For many school leaders, faculty meetings have become a necessary frustration. Information must be shared. Updates must be delivered. Time is short. The result is often a meeting built around dissemination: slides, announcements, reminders, and a lingering sense that nothing really changed once everyone left the room. In Students Taking Charge Implementation Guide for Leaders […]