Insights & Resources
A running series on what it means to understand children, support the adults who teach them, partner with families, and build schools that organize around these priorities.
The Most Impactful Investment a School Can Make is Intentional Family Education
One of the things I have learned across nineteen years of working with schools is that families are almost always more receptive than we expect. What looks like resistance is usually a family that does not yet have the context to understand what they are being asked to consider, which is something a school can build intentionally before the hard conversation starts.
Teachers Are Also Learners
I know what it feels like to be the teacher in the room, to have worked twelve hour days and still feel behind, to be observed and not know what the observer will comment, and to care deeply about children you cannot quite reach.
Developmental Classroom Observations
Admissions Is the Beginning of Understanding
Admissions is an important piece for any private school, and the lens that is used can have a major impact on finding the right match for a school and child.
This is the first post in a series that runs through the end of this school-year and into the next that captures my philosophy on what a school can be.
Phonics is Not the (Only) Answer
Learning Support Models in Schools
Webinar Recording: How to Engage a Child in Remote Learning
Help! My child has terrible handwriting! What workbook do you recommend?
Strategies for Working with Students with Speech and Language Impairments
Image Libraries for Digital Citizenship Lessons
What It Takes to Be A Teacher
Reflection on Self-care
Self-care
Differentiating with Technology
The Teaching Myths
Math Project
The Power of Relationships
Red and Green Moments: Behavior Management
Hosting a Bank Street College of Education Class
