Today we are speaking with Tom Hoerr who wrote the Formative Five: Fostering Grit, Empathy, and other Success Skills Every Student Needs. Thomas R. Hoerr retired after leading the New City School in St. Louis, Missouri, for 34 years and is now the Emeritus Head of School. He teaches at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and holds a PhD…Read more

In this episode, we are speaking with Erik Francis, author of Now That’s a Good Question: How to Promote Cognitive Rigor Through Questioning. Erik is the owner and lead professional education specialist for Maverik Education LLC, providing professional development, guidance, and support in teaching and learning for cognitive rigor. He works closely with K–12 schools across the nation developing active and…Read more

In this episode, we are speaking with Marc Prensky, author of Education to Better the World: Unleashing the Power of 21st-Century Kids. Marc, you may remember, coined the term “digital native” in 2001. He is currently the founder and Executive Director of the Global Future Education Foundation and Institute – a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting “Global Empowered Kids” and…Read more

In this episode,  we are talking about the 4Cs. In our last episode, we talked about building a shared understanding of our vision. Onr focus this school year is to build a shared understanding of the 4Cs. In this podcast, we introduce the 4Cs. Critical Thinking Defined Reason Effectively Use Systems Thinking Make Judgments and Decisions Identify, define and solve…Read more

Today we are talking about the process we used during the 15-16 school year to uncover the uncommon dots in Salisbury Township School District. We are going to identify the stakeholders who contributed, review the process we implemented,  and share our outcomes. Our outcomes included a Profile of a Graduate and Learning Beliefs. Join the Conversation Each episode we leave…Read more