Sentence Starters for More Inclusive Meetings
This resource from Deans For Impact shares sentence stems to help meeting facilitators and participants engage in courageous conversations.
November 19, 2024
Tag: Professional Development & Learning
Too Hot To Handle?: How to Manage Workplace Relationship Conflict
This resource from the California Management Review provides coaching strategies for managers to grapple with conflict management in the professional setting.
November 19, 2024
How to Define an Organization
This resource from NOBL provides an “Organizational Charter” tool that helps staff members better understand an organization or system, as well as its values and ambitions.
November 19, 2024
How to Create a Culture Book
This article from Archbee explores the benefits behind creating an organization or system-wide culture handbook and provides ideas for elements to include in a culture book.
November 19, 2024
From Recruitment to Retention: How to run an equitable, inclusive remote job search
This deck covers facets of recruitment, hiring, and onboarding in a remote learning environment, which can be applied to education leaders hiring teachers for virtual learning environments.
November 15, 2024
Artifact: East Boston High School’s Understanding by Design Template- Stage 3
East Boston High School employs the Understanding by Design (UbD) framework to create engaging and effective learning experiences. Teachers collaboratively develop units, focusing on clear learning outcomes and essential questions. By working backward from desired results, across three different stages of implementation, educators design instruction and assessments that align seamlessly. This resource shares the Stage 1 template; view Stage 1 and Stage 2 template.
September 17, 2024
Artifact: East Boston High School’s Understanding by Design Template- Stage 2
East Boston High School employs the Understanding by Design (UbD) framework to create engaging and effective learning experiences. Teachers collaboratively develop units, focusing on clear learning outcomes and essential questions. By working backward from desired results, across three different stages of implementation, educators design instruction and assessments that align seamlessly. This resource shares the Stage 1 template; view Stage 1 and Stage 3 template.
September 17, 2024
Artifact: East Boston High School’s Understanding by Design Template- Stage 1
East Boston High School employs the Understanding by Design (UbD) framework to create engaging and effective learning experiences. Teachers collaboratively develop units, focusing on clear learning outcomes and essential questions. By working backward from desired results, across three different stages of implementation, educators design instruction and assessments that align seamlessly. This resource shares the Stage 1 template; view Stage 2 and Stage 3 template.
August 13, 2024
Artifact: East Boston High School’s Instructional Rounds
A key strategy for East Boston was implementing instructional rounds that allowed teachers to learn from and support each other. Here, teachers weren’t just teaching in silos, but observing each other’s classrooms, offering feedback, and sharing best practices. Imagine a seasoned math teacher observing a new colleague, and then offering pointers on fostering deeper student engagement with geometry problems. These rounds fostered a spirit of learning and growth among the entire faculty.
August 13, 2024
Artifact: East Boston High School’s PLC Action Cycles
Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) are used to support adult learning and drive meaningful collaboration around a common problem of practice. The cycle highlights key touchpoints of instruction leaders, the PLC design team, and participants.
August 13, 2024