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Winning and Losing
We often look at situations from a lens of winning versus losing. Negotiation experts often teach a win-win strategy instead of win-lose interactions, or even worse, lose-lose situations. …
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Inherent Value
If a student is interested in learning something, there's inherently a value in that. So many times we dismiss what a student wants to learn because we consider it…
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The #4OCF Challenge
Joining the Four O'Clock Faculty means going that extra mile to be sure that you are improving your own learning and the learning of your students. It also means…
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Sleeping & Learning
There is sleeping and there is learning. If you are not doing one, you should be doing the other. Some might include eating as an activity as well,…
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Prove Engagement
In education we need to worry less about proving that our students are learning and worry more about proving that students are DOING personally meaningful, ENGAGING Work. Doing…
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Educator Still
Today, I begin a new journey. Educator still, but a new role as Principal. I know that my past experiences will serve me well. In just a few…
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12 Month Human
As I saw my husband pull up in front of the Union Theological Seminary - I glanced back to the place where I crashed each of the 5 previous…
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Turning Mistakes Into Gold
We have heard a great deal about growth mindset and failing forward in education circles. It is important that we establish a culture of mistakes in our classrooms. Creating…
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Teaching Tasks
If we teach things without a clear why, what we are essentially doing is teaching tasks. For instance, if we believe we are teaching opinion writing to learn…