Independent Educator

What does education have in common with a sourdough starter? More than you might have realized in that both take a lot of time, care and maintenance to thrive!

Students receive a great amount of information every day and this feedback when delivered effectively can help them foster a desired growth mindset for learning.

4 lessons from experiences in elementary physical education remain in tool kit for high school social science courses.

Zingers help us celebrate learning and new ideas in the classroom. A simple operant conditioning idea energized my classroom and created an atmosphere where peers reinforced the new expectation for learning.

Learning by doing can be transformative for students and teachers alike. Ideas for implementation as well as wonderful workshops are referenced in this episode.

The discussion regarding standards based grading moves to the student experience in their words and how it changed the process of learning in this course.

In 2018-2019 my classroom transitioned to standards based grading environment for AP Economics and this is how it went.

This segment addresses why I cut out homework from my grade book and why homework completion simply reflects a student’s behavior not their learning.

A look at how sharing college rejection letters set the stage for growth at my high school in Hanover, New Hampshire and how teachers can support the act of finding the silver lining of rejection.

On the first day of class I inform students they can always ask for extensions and I’ll tell you why.