I was looking forward to NCAIS's conference on Women in Independent School Leadership last week, and it didn't disappoint. This was the second year for the conference and this year's speakers/facilitators were Theo Coonrod, the outgoing head of St. Mary's school in Raleigh, Susan Feibelman, a PhD candidate at UPenn who will begin working at … Continue reading Women in Independent School Leadership
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Role Reversal
On Monday, I'm doing one of the Ignite-style (20 slides in 5 minutes) presentations for the NCAIS 21st Century Teacher Academy. I thought about doing the presentation on Socratic Seminars I've used before, but I decided to put together a new presentation based on some of the things I talked about at the New Literacies … Continue reading Role Reversal
Hope Realized
As a teacher, you have aspirations, values, and ideas. You try to infuse your teaching with these things, but I sometimes wonder, Do they see it? Are they getting it? Not just the content. Truth is I care about other things much more than that. I want them to love learning. I want them to … Continue reading Hope Realized
Presentation for NCAIS Innovate
Below is the slide deck for the presentation my Upper School students are giving about our blended learning US History class at NCAIS Innovate today