Courtney Elliott’s Bright Spots and Belly Flops
…life skills through this model. This leads us to the bright spots… those days when I feel like a rockstar educator. These moments come from my students and their ability…
Read more…life skills through this model. This leads us to the bright spots… those days when I feel like a rockstar educator. These moments come from my students and their ability…
Read more…I probably spoke for about six minutes total), as well as some Twitter hype from the day. What are the bright spots? The biggest thing I’ve been really happy about…
Read more…similar to IBM, Microsoft, Harvard, Northwestern, NC State, and numerous other businesses. The reaction and agency I was hoping for. What actually happened. Bright spots: I tend to be pretty…
Read moreWithout question a big #highfive goes out to the opening of classroom and school doors through visiting other schools and having other schools visit Crossett Brook and Team Quest. Professional…
Read more…addition. Bright Spots I decided that I was not expecting too much of my students. They are 3rd graders after all and they are capable of so many incredible things….
Read moreBright Spots: They say imitation is the highest form of flattery… I guess I’m flattered. It never ceases to amaze me how humorous middle school students are by accident, and…
Read more…grades 3 and 4 at Proctor Elementary School positively impact student engagement and achievement?” Learning Lab reflections: Courtney’s Bright Spots & Belly Flops Corey’s Bright Spots & Belly Flops …
Read more…network’s success and struggles, what we call our bright spots and our belly flops. Learning Lab VT inspires Vermont educators to work together, pursuing the promise of Act 77 together…
Read more…happening all over Vermont. Join a Learning Lab VT team and explore the bright spots and belly flops of personalized learning in action. How else could you envision students sharing…
Read more…state of Vermont. All of our learners make Bright Spots & Belly Flops blogposts to formatively tell the story of their findings, and all of our learners choose contribute to…
Read more…state Powerful professional development emphasizes collaboration by asking teachers to share their ideas, practices, and results in a way that’s informative and low risk. For instance, Bright Spots and Belly…
Read more…Faculty meeting started as usual. Announcements, Bright Spots and Belly Flops. etc… Shout out to Learning Lab for that one. Full presentation here We started with one simple question. Would…
Read moreAs an instructional coach, I want to push myself on the fact that I rarely take the time to celebrate “bright spots”. I’m definitely the type that can find a…
Read more…in the learn, assess and relearn cycle? There seems to be a chronic desire for me to spoon-feed them information. Bright Spots: Students were forced to confront the fact…
Read more…to the systemic capacity building underway across all our schools and the state of Vermont. All of our learners make Bright Spots & Belly Flops blogposts to formatively tell the…
Read more…3 and 4 at Proctor Elementary School positively impact student engagement and achievement? Presentation Slides Bright Spots & Belly Flops PlatyPodcast Episode 1: What isn’t working in the classroom and…
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…white. But she also stands out because she’s bright and bubbly and loud and she doesn’t conform to gender norms. So it’s painful for her. School is painful for her….
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…I know the teacher’s in here somewhere. And then he finally spots the teacher sitting on the floor in the corner working with one student. It reminds me that, as…
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