Monday Musings from The Kravis Center December 9, 2019 Focus: Change of perspective
Dear Colleagues,
As daunting as it can be to plan class coverage when heading to a conference, I appreciate being challenged by and engaged in conversations with colleagues who might share an alternative, unique, or enlightening perspective. It's definitely worth finding class coverage! In the spirit of enlightening conversations, The Kravis Center will host a session this Thursday at 8:00 on how to best serve our more introverted students. I attended an outstanding session on the needs of introverts, how educators often expect and try to teach our most quiet students to be extroverts, and how we become dismayed when a student doesn't talk in class. Do we assess participation? Does an assessment of participation disadvantage the introverted student? Bring your questions and let's chat on Thursday!
PD opportunities abound! On another note, in 2018-19, The Kravis Center offered one BLT (Small Teaching). This year, we are offering three BLTs (Small Teaching, Grading for Equity, and Is Everyone Really Equal?), tripling the number of faculty involved in a Professional Learning Community (PLC). We are looking to further increase that number next year. A couple of you have already approached me about creating your own PLC for 2020-21. If you have an idea for a PLC (does not have to be a BLT), that you would like to pursue, please let Rachel or me know.
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Some amazing resources from Dr. Richard Weissbourg's keynote address at TABS
Looking for a good read for the holidays?
In Search of Deeper Learning by Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine is one that has generated a lot of discussion and just won the 2020 Grawemeyer Award in Education.
"How can American high schools move away from rote learning and testing and help students become critical thinkers ready to take on the challenges of modern life? Professor Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine, Ed.M.'13, Ed.D.'17, who spent six years researching the issue at 30 U.S. high schools, have co-won the 2020 Grawemeyer Award in Education for ideas set forth in their book, In Search of Deeper Learning: The Quest to Remake the American High School." _________________________________________________________
Resources to bookmark
Leadership and Design's monthly newsletter is a great window into current conversations in independent schools _________________________________________________________
External PD Options:
It's never too early to think about the Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning (The CTTL) at St. Andre'w in Potomac, MD. Sara Deveaux, Lena Sadowitz, and Rachel Nisselson have all attended over the past two years. Read their comments in the external PD opportunities document (linked below).
Reminder! The link to the external PD opportunities is always available. Once in the document, click on the bookmark to find conferences that may interest you. Let Sara know if you would like to add a omment or provide feedback next to a conference that you attended. Please excuse the "expired" dates. Most conferences do not update dates until January.
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