Asking Questions, Making Connections, and Offering Reflections
JUST FOR EDUCATORS
For those working with THE FUTURE, here is my work-in-progress, hoping it can make an impact.
Offer:Â As a middle school principal, maybe what I have here can help you.
Request:Â I would love for you to do the same.
"Do not go where the path may lead. Instead, go where there is no path and leave a trail"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
RESOURCES
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WHY
Do everything with your purpose.
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HOW
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On the ninth episode of Finding Fred, host Carvell Wallace speaks to Professor Li about the legacy of Fred Rogers, the man who is remembered and the challenging ideas that are too often forgotten.
CONNECTIONS
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Rita Pierson, a teacher for 40 years, once heard a colleague say, "They don't pay me to like the kids." Her response: "Kids don't learn from people they don't like.'" A rousing call to educators to believe in their students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level.
RESOURCES
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UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
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By loading kids with high expectations and micromanaging their lives at every turn, parents aren't actually helping. At least, that's how Julie Lythcott-Haims sees it. With passion and wry humor, the former Dean of Freshmen at Stanford makes the case for parents to stop defining their children's success via grades and test scores. Instead, she says, they should focus on providing the oldest idea of all: unconditional love.
INSTRUCTION
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Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath, author of Stop Talking, Start Influencing:12 Insights from Brain Science to Make Your Message Stick gives us five ways that recent neuroscience research can help us improve our classroom teaching.
TAKING RISKS
Taking a risk can be rewarding.
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RESOURCES
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STEREOTYPE EFFECT
Being mindful of stereotypes can positively affect the classroom.
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ATTENTION
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We often see what we are looking for:Â Â The original, world-famous awareness test from Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris.
RESOURCES
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