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…I think could ever be helpful. I want this Academy to reflect the community, and I’d like the community to see it as a place where they can be helpful,…
Read more…community. Remind kids as needed about the type of classroom community they dreamed of– and how behaviors can support that vision. 7. Different activities and classes may require different norms…
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…where students share to a whole group of community members and parents. Other invitees can include other students, school staff, members of the community, or specific groups around a topic,…
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…hyper-localized regional information about substance abuse. It’s grounded in an ongoing feedback loop with community members. And by partnering with local community businesses, Refuse to Use tries to address that…
Read more…send email reminders to the community readers. Thank the community readers (repeatedly). In the four-week unit, I assigned four blog posts. Each one asked students to use the recently assigned…
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…are not enough. The voice from our students, families, staff, administration and community must out shine our lack of understanding from the past.” Let’s look at how SBSD, along with…
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…the perspective of the people who have plots in the community garden. This book too, is about a community. It’s about a community of kids who live around the school,…
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…and important! Many community partners want to be available to support students. Creating a community partner contact list is a good first step, either with students, in your teaching team,…
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…teacher, beyond the families, and out into the community. Looking for critical feedback? The online publishing of local papers provides a robust platform for engagement with community members. Lay down…
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…for learners within our larger community. Our community becomes the teacher. Jeanie: For me, this really connects with the idea of providing personally meaningful and relevant learning opportunities. I think…
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…This whole endeavor shows a real commitment to both personal wellness and community wellness. Well children are an indicator of a well community. Want to start your own Lifelong Sports…
Read more…community your classroom With the increasing presence of mobile devices in schools, it’s becoming easier for students to get out into the community and create amazing ways to engage with…
Read more…of history to Jacob.” Community-supported and educator-guided research One impressive element of the event was the evidence of how deeply involved the Richmond community had been in supporting these students….
Read more…planning stages of project-based learning. They’re just as much a part of PBL as the research, rubrics, and community connections. So what can an entry event look like? Take a…
Read more8th grade scientists tackle carbon emissions at a busy traffic circle This past year, Shelburne Community School middle grades students took part in Idle-Free VT‘s ongoing efforts to reduce carbon…
Read more…between community service, project based learning, and service learning here. What is iLead? iLead is a model for service learning where students develop leadership skills, self-efficacy, independence, community, and…
Read more…solid guidelines around proficiencies. The journey began in community living rooms This school has a special relationship with its community. Through the school, students and families can access some level…
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…models of each building, for their ongoing town map. And community members, in return, appreciated the interest these students took in the town’s history. All of which begs the questions:…
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…a good bit in the book about what it means to have a sense of place? And about being responsible in where one lives, and living well in that community?…
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…hear based on their experiences “doing school”. Shelburne Community School teacher Meg O’Donnell reports that COVID has helped her reconsider asking students to create norms in multiple classes, leading to…
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…community, but the broader community. Start to see themselves as people with agency, as opposed to people have to do what they’re told to do. Alex: There was at the…
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…Student agency through negotiated practice by Meg O’Donnell at Shelburne Community School – Meg walks through the negotiated curriculum process that her team uses, based on the work of James…
Read more…Learning and the 1:1 EDU Community. When you find a Community that seems interesting, don’t be shy about joining. Do it! DO EEEET. It won’t trigger a klaxon alarm or…
Read moreSTEM endorsement for students features personalized learning, community partners Last week, Essex High School threw a community launch party to celebrate the start of their STEM Academy‘s second year. But…
Read more…how the community that was affected. More about that last point: we know that in middle school, students are able to make meaningful connections from their learning to their community….
Read more…can be added to their personal online portfolio or shared out with a larger online community to create an authentic impact. DIY maps: get out there and plot, people Google…
Read more…passions through deep independent studies and real-world experiences. It also teaches students how to maintain healthy ownership of their education, while drawing on the community for direction, inspiration, and support.”…
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…community at a public exhibition, pairing their interactive art pieces with TED Talks on the water crisis. The community loved it. We did too. So we set about asking Hendrix…
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…2. “Who We Are” Students worked together to create a documentary that explored the community and they shared it at an open house for the Morrisville community. This project helped…
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Making math real-world relevant Would you tell the school board how to redesign your school? Students at Shelburne Community School, in Shelburne VT, did just that. They were tasked with…
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…create equitable access to recreational resources in our community. Excited to find some community partners to work with! #mansfieldcoop @shelburnefarms A post shared by Mansfield Cooperative School (@mansfieldcooperative) on Sep…
Read more…or problem in the community can be a great catalyst for students to engage in community-based service-learning. At Burke Town School, students invited community partners in as a kickoff event…
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Leland & Gray students take on a school community makeover At Leland & Gray Union Middle High School, students decided to make their school a more inspiring place to learn….
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…authentic, community based forum. And they’ve been a key motivating factor for the project. Generally, they’re in-person events, like school exhibitions, community nights, or guided tours. I think you see…
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…And in a community that is largely a white community. There are few minorities in Clinton County, New York, compared to larger urban areas. What would it feel like to…
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…in the new circle, though.” Yes And: add a new piece of information to the post. “I loved this post about community radio! Did you know: there’s a new community…
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…using the same framework of human needs? Community Building, Reflection and Lots of Student Voice Student voice, reflection, and community building were the essential ingredients of this Radical Reset. Sunshine,…
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…stakeholders co-design a path forward, building something that meets the unique needs of their learning community with the unique assets of that community. This is what makes the Street Data…
Read moreService learning Creating teaching and learning opportunities where students identify, research, propose, and implement solutions to real needs in their school community as part of their curriculum. Ponder these other…
Read more…assessment bring them to life. Student-led conferences Student-led conferences deepen and drive PLP work. Community-Based Learning at Montpelier High School Montpelier’s community-based learning program has been years in the making….
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…the hashtag #vted to connect with each other on twitter. This state educational twitter hashtag allows for local community-building and discussion where we share a common policy context. But this…
Read more…the turf, sharing messages of community and welcome that set an entirely different tone. Christie’s students felt triumphant, and the entire community was lifted by their affirming messages. https://twitter.com/ChristieNold/status/872616724645990401 How…
Read more…share these projects back to the community, and invite local public officials, community members, and local organizations that support diversity and equity to be part of their conversation. But back…
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…with a movie that we watched. We’ve done two of those, we watched ‘In and Out and “Vic to Victoria’ which are both movies about the LGBTQ community and- Julia…
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…Every conversation that you have with a student or a parent or a community member, should be shifting and changing the way that you think. About supporting that community and…
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…interviewed them, and created an art block print portraits. A local coffee shop hosted a gallery of the portraits for the community. Affirming, positive, community-based. Quite a place to launch…
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…you from Winooski, Vermont. I’m a professional development facilitator and educator. I teach community college. And I teach in-service teachers through graduate courses, and I write and I do a…
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…Well, anyway, enter local community organizations and folks with a ton of expertise! Who are also not afraid of Zoom (or fifth and sixth-graders)! When asked, community partners overwhelmingly said…
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…We focus a lot on character development and how kids socialize both with our classroom community and with the larger Londonderry community. We do a fair amount of social-emotional learning…
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…them to my curriculum. Establishing credibility and building trust Building Community in Remote Learning Environments Best Practices for Videoconferencing with Students 14 Socially Distanced Advisory Activities Imagining School Survey Differentiation…
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…… Then take it to our reigniting team with community partners. And then we say to our community and our families: these are the themes that emerged, what are the…
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…name to that. Like, here’s something we can do to make change… right now.” Harnessing the power of community The YAC also gathered with community members to look at this…
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…could look like, these are some things that I sought to do as I was building my community with my kids: Generating community agreements Building community connection Feeling connected to…
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…a few years ago, I did some research around culturally responsive research, like how you might be a researcher, academic who wants to do research in a community, that community…
Read more…real-world learning that oftentimes exceeds standards for learning. Taking it to the streets: PLPs are a community issue At Essex High School, students construct STEM-based PLPs within an advisory,…
Read more…connect more deeply with the community. The problem they identified in their world was a need for this deeper connection. And the method they employed was for each student to…
Read more…students I engage students in personally or community-connected learning (virtually or locally) Students as Partners (module) Developing empathy for your community A community based interdisciplinary unit Service Learning Resources …
Read more…where learning, experiences, and pacing is individualized? Let’s strengthen our relationships with our community and build community partnerships where students can investigate, design, and showcase their learning through meaningful experiences…
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…school and make podcasting such an integral part of the school’s community? This is a story of how school change began with just one person, and just one podcast. Principal…
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…exploring relevant and authentic challenges in their community, state, nation, or world. Sometimes teachers and students have to search hard for a need or an opportunity. But other times it…
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…or “pitch” for their idea, then research, design, and implement a product that showcases their learning and understanding, which they then share in TED-style presentations open to the community at…
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…Lindsey: We really begin the year with doing a lot of work around like what it is to be a community, and developing kind of our own guidelines for how…
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…design an exhibition that empowers students and provides a compelling, informative experience for the community? Cabot High School did it by hosting an evening that combined student TED Talks, interactive…
Read more…A school-wide approach builds community: inside the building and out. Communications with parents and the external community can be streamlined and amped up when the entire school is working on…
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