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In this bonus episode, originally recorded for Transformative Principal, Jethro Jones speaks with Eric Sheninger and Nicki Slaugh about their book Personalize: Meeting the Needs of All Learners. Hear about:
- The power of Quest Academy
- Retain teachers, retain students - how to keep kids there.
- Free public school
- Teenagers weren’t engaged.
- PD time every Friday
- Mastery Minutes
- Beginning of day, tracker system.
- Choice, voice, tracker data.
- Curating evidence.
- Culture
- Self-pacing route vs. choice boards.
- Removed points, extra credit, percentages,
- Emerging, developing, mastering, extending
- Prove-its aligned to proficiency scales.
- Big shifts require big moves.
- At Quest, we want you to be proficient
- When you remove the traditional structures, you have to add
- The right way is your way, there is no best practice.
- Performance reviews, students meet with teachers one-on-one.
- Impersonal approaches to focusing on the “who”
- How can we do it effectively, and what does it look like?
- Evidence of effective vs. ineffective practices.
- Practice, practice, practice, prove.
- Maximizing the time we have with our students.
- How to be a transformative principal?
- Eric: Show people the value of what you are doing
- Nicki: Get rid of the energy vampires
Learn more about today's sponsor, Playworks:
We’re proud to be sponsored by Playworks, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with evidence-based practices that help schools improve the health and well-being of children by increasing opportunities for physical activity and safe, meaningful play.
We’re proud to be sponsored by Playworks, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with evidence-based practices that help schools improve the health and well-being of children by increasing opportunities for physical activity and safe, meaningful play.
If you’re a school or district leader struggling with the challenge of chronic absenteeism, as so many are across the U.S., you may not realize that structured recess is a research-backed approach to keep kids in school. In fact, a UC Berkeley study of Title I schools found that those partnering with Playworks had significantly lower chronic absenteeism rates. Further, Mathematica research demonstrated that Playworks schools spent 27% less time transitioning from recess back to learning, saving teachers valuable instructional time.
These results are possible for your students, too. Learn how Playworks can help you improve student-educator relationships, belonging, and attendance by signing up for a quick no-obligation conversation.
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