The successful, sustainable middle school
Middle school students are ever-changing, curious, socially and globally aware, and incredibly capable. Their energy and urge to explore can
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Author: Emily Hoyler
From the innovativeEd mailbag: Sustainably Yours
This week, something new for us: a letter from our mailbag. While we aim to help everyone on a regular
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Personalized learning in the spring garden
Signs of spring surround us: snow is melting, the days are lengthening, and the mud has returned. So it must
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The Power of One Person
Right now the problems of the world can feel so very big. And we can feel small. We can
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The Return of the Light
Editorial Note: This post was scheduled for publication prior to the events in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. As
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PLPs, Parenting, and a Pandemic
228 days home with my 3 children. 88 days of remote learning, spanning 2 school years and 5 different grade
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One teacher, one t-shirt
Hello friends, The leaves have already peaked up here on the mountain where I live. And the thermometer reads a
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Pandemic Teaching: Self-Care Edition
For all of us teaching through a pandemic, even the self-care can feel wildly, insurmountably difficult. Let’s do something about
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Project-based learning at home
It all started with a pandemic Dear reader, as you are well aware, back in March a global pandemic struck
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Scaffolding students with Padlet and Flipgrid
Collaboration is not just fun for students, it’s also a crucial skill they will need to be successful in life.
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How GRCSU is responding to remote learning
Just like our colleagues across the state (and world, really), educators in the Greater Rutland County Supervisory Union (GRCSU) have
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Preparing for remote learning
As we consider widespread school closures and how we might adapt, it’s important that our aim isn’t to recreate a
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4 things I learned by being a student again
Being a student again is harder than I expected, and it’s also been quite revealing Recently, I decided to go
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Confronting climate change in the classroom
We’re not talking enough with students about climate change At least, many of us are not. At the Global Youth
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Warm winter greetings, friends
Do you have your own yearly cycle of internal seasons? I think I’m realizing I do: spring is a time
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The Teacher Leaders Hero’s Journey
Teacher Leaders are agents of innovative school change Situated in the heart center of education, teacher leaders are the true
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Reboot, not resolutions
Hello there! Happy New Year! We hope you had a relaxing and restorative break filled with whatever it is that
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What I Learned at the Youth Climate Strike
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On this episode of the 21st Century Classroom: Veronica: My name is Veronica, I’m 13, and I’m in eighth grade.
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Building discussion skills through Socratic Seminar
Engaged, on-topic…and talking over each other? Here’s a scenario: student book groups. Everyone’s read their assigned chapters and prepared for
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Getting started with protocols
Be better at team conversations You know that spirited colleague of yours who dominates, practically filibusters, staff meetings with her
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How to make meetings more effective
Good meetings can be hard to find We’ve all been there: staff meetings that could have been an email or team
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Run the world (Teachers) aka #TeacherDirectedPD
We just held the Best. In-service. Ever. And all it took was a little love & empathy. Some in-service professional
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3 tools for exploring character with middle schoolers
Who am I and who do I want to be in the world? What do I stand for? What is
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Why and how to teach education for sustainability
Teaching to heal the world “How can we improve the systems we’re a part of?” That’s the question my team
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The Importance of Eating Earnest
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What food education looks like in Cornwall VT Integrating food studies into schools leads to thinking about interconnectedness in other
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“Who are we as West Rutland?”
Community exploration builds connection What happens when you ask your students what they want to learn about and how they
Read more4 times to connect students with an authentic audience
How soon is now? Looking for opportunities to make real-world connections or bring an authentic audience to your students? Typically,
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What flexible seating looks like in action
Physical aspects of a student-centered classroom Sometimes what seems like a little change can make a big difference. That’s what
Read moreNew year? Time for a reset
The Developmental Designs remix Ever notice how for some kids Mondays are a lot tougher than Wednesdays? Any time there’s
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Cornwall students think global, build local, share both Last year the most amazing thing happened: my students at the Cornwall
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4 ways students are tackling the UN’s Global Goals in Vermont
The United Nations has kicked off a movement for the future. They’ve identified 17 goals for sustainability world-wide, and they’ve
Read moreHow to cultivate mindfulness in classrooms
The #everydaycourage of doing nothing As we cultivate more self-direction in students, their lives get more complicated. They have a
Read moreThe #everydaycourage of staying curious in the face of negative feedback
Feedback often feels like criticism. But what if we used it as an opportunity to grow? In third grade, I
Read moreCuriosity Projects: A stepping-stone to Personalized Learning
What is curiosity? Is curiosity important? What does it mean to be a curious learner? What am I curious about?
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