What if We.... Don't Return to School as Usual by Joyanna Balk https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph Rethinking "School" en-us 2020-05-29 16:33:34 UTC 2020-05-29 18:56:03 UTC hello@padlet.com School as a place of Joy https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601736096 Kids should have experiences that feel good, fun, satisfying and that they are excited to participate in,]]> 2020-05-29 18:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601736096 True design of learning experiences with our focal students at the center. Learning projects become the foundation for learning and they reflect the lives, interests and goals of our students. https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601737037 2020-05-29 18:39:30 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601737037 Single Subjects https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601737400 The single subject class (english, science, history, etc) is a relic of the factory model of education. Let it go. ]]> 2020-05-29 18:39:46 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601737400 Single age groups (especially for older kids) https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601739105 2020-05-29 18:40:45 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601739105 Students feel seen and heard steinerj11 https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601739539 Each and every students knows that they are loved and seen and that they feel part of a community that knows they will be successful ]]> 2020-05-29 18:41:02 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601739539 when/where possible, in-person school. Virtual is not an equal substitute. And we will do our best to humanize it and make it work til then... https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601739845 2020-05-29 18:41:16 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601739845 Each and every student feels a strong, positive connection to a group of peers and adults in their school. Each and every student feels valued, respected and safe in their classroom(s) and across the school. https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601740066 2020-05-29 18:41:24 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601740066 Single age group schools like all Kinder or All third grade to harness the power of many of the minds that best know the work for that group/age afflicks https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601740278 2020-05-29 18:41:33 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601740278 Conflating curriculum with instruction and leaving every teacher to creating their own curriculum https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601740683 This spring our nation conducted 1000s of experiments in remote instruction. Some were great. Some were epic fails. What if every kid was able to participate in the best 100? What if every teacher could choose from (and adapt, of course) coursework that kids have already loved. Maybe 10% of teachers could keep working on this while the rest are working with kids to actually engaging in learning from it.]]> 2020-05-29 18:41:52 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601740683 So much steinerj11 https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601740761 single subject classes, rote work, drill and kill, othering students]]> 2020-05-29 18:41:56 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601740761 SPACE & TIME https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601741060 Institutional spaces and schedules "program" our kids and adults; I want to see a system that operates 365 days/year, adapted to the strengths, preferences, interests, and needs of students that extend beyond buildings and bell schedules, and are flexibly focused on accelerating baseline skills while providing creative, authentic, and rigorous learning opportunities.  THIS CAN BE DONE IN A TRUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL MODEL.

]]> 2020-05-29 18:42:10 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601741060 all constructs we build school around that confine learning and connection (indoor building, schedules, grades, static curriculum, single age learning....and onwards!) https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601741606 2020-05-29 18:42:32 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601741606 That we can truly be an aligned PK-12 grade District and that the notion of alignment does not mean a vertical push up from PK onwards...that we have an opportunity (dare I say obligation) for children at a very early age. https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601741731 2020-05-29 18:42:39 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601741731 Connection and relationships with families- the tremendous amount of outreach and bridge building many sites have done is invaluable afflicks https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601741874 2020-05-29 18:42:46 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601741874 A focus on critical and academic literacies for students to have the tools of all modes of language to communication brilliant ideas https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601742163 2020-05-29 18:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601742163 A move to truly differentiated instruction not just in what is presented to students, but now. For some distance learning has not served them well at all, but for others they are actually doing better. How do we keep what is working and improve on what is not? https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601742526 2020-05-29 18:43:15 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601742526 Counting seat time instead of learning outcomes delrosarioc https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601742704 2020-05-29 18:43:24 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601742704 changm4 https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601743016 In person relationship building


]]> 2020-05-29 18:43:41 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601743016 personal connections that are both humanizing and culturally responsive in the physical space of schooling. ricoc4 https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601743083 2020-05-29 18:43:44 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601743083 Working towards building the conditions to gather input re: student experiences and putting elements of PBL into play when we return https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601743249 2020-05-29 18:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601743249 Social-Emotional Well Being https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601743269 Will we be able to acknowledge, address and affirm the importance of all needing to be well re: social/emotional/mental/spiritual wellness in order to come back differently?]]> 2020-05-29 18:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601743269 Social Guidance https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601743293 Students learn so much about social behaviors when in groups around adults that care about them and understand the social needs of children. ]]> 2020-05-29 18:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601743293 Social Emotional https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601743336 Deepening the ways in which we are making connections to staff, students and families in order to create the conditions necessary for each student to reach their academic potential.]]> 2020-05-29 18:43:56 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601743336 flexibility and combination of synchronous and asynchronous learning time and spaces in order for learning to be more personalized for time and spaces students experience/live. This may look differently for elementary students who may need more routine https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601744168 2020-05-29 18:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601744168 who succeeds https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601744174 2020-05-29 18:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601744174 Pacing of instruction ricoc4 https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601744255 that meets students where they are and makes room for their human condition, whatever that might be.]]> 2020-05-29 18:44:36 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601744255 In person connection to students and teaching staff by being able to discuss learning "live" https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601744672 2020-05-29 18:44:56 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601744672 stronger emphasis on project-based learning and performance assessments --- really emphasizing learning by doing https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601744734 2020-05-29 18:44:59 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601744734 We must interrupt systemic oppression! https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601744735 “Seeing the system doesn’t guarantee we will engage and act differently. The system is designed to keep us busy perpetuating it so that we don’t have time to redesign it.” ]]> 2020-05-29 18:44:59 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601744735 The focal student approach https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601744970 2020-05-29 18:45:08 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601744970 Structures where there are decision-making teams and a separate implementation team delrosarioc https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601744997 2020-05-29 18:45:10 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601744997 School as a place for community devinek4 https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601745143 2020-05-29 18:45:17 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601745143 https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601745236 Backward mapping as we plan our daily lessons for students.  How should a learning day look like for students?]]> 2020-05-29 18:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601745236 This : We know that how students feel about being in school impacts their learning delozam https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601745347 2020-05-29 18:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601745347 Rigor- high expectations for student learning. What do we want students to know and be able to do? How do we know what they've learned? How do they know? capayne1 https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601745383 2020-05-29 18:45:29 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601745383 Learning passports changm4 https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601745810 Give students choice in their learning and don't group them by grade/age.  Have them work with their teacher to devise their passport then do the work to complete them.  

]]> 2020-05-29 18:45:47 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601745810 Assessment hoogendykj https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601745926 ways to asses and affirm what students know and are able to do

]]> 2020-05-29 18:45:53 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601745926 Giving students choices https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601745998 2020-05-29 18:45:57 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601745998 More difficult conversations to be held on a regular basis. https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601746031 2020-05-29 18:45:59 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601746031 Increasing Family Voices https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601746079 Asking family members during this time around what worked and what didn't. ]]> 2020-05-29 18:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601746079 Shifting away from prioritizing seat time and emphasize student learning and allocating our resources to meet the needs of students who are struggling the most to learn https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601746237 2020-05-29 18:46:09 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601746237 Teacher mindset devinek4 https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601746296 It is time teachers saw each and every child as having unlimited potential

]]> 2020-05-29 18:46:11 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601746296 New ways to structure learning https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601746555 2020-05-29 18:46:22 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601746555 Cultivate Transformational Leadership https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601746562 "Strategic equity leaders identify education challenges through an equity lens and engage others in collaborative inquiry to figure out what to do to address the challenges. Strategic equity leaders build the competencies of others to interrupt status quo ways of doing things that perpetuate inequities."]]> 2020-05-29 18:46:23 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601746562 accepting kids where they are and building from there - better sense of acceptance and accommodation farruggiom https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601746633 2020-05-29 18:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601746633 A Focus on Learning https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601747036 Focus on learning for students, teachers and leaders.  Think about how we want to exhibit this learning so that we can align to the collective and not the individual. (Deeper Learning, Performance Based Assessment, PBL for all.

]]> 2020-05-29 18:46:44 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601747036 systems and structures levinl https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601747997 site based systems and structures that support weekly teacher collaboration, professional development, reflection on student progress and instructional practices ]]> 2020-05-29 18:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601747997 let go of programs, designations, places farruggiom https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601748008 2020-05-29 18:47:30 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601748008 PBL - we need to reorganized ourselves in how we support and provide instructional guidance for schools delozam https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601748335 2020-05-29 18:47:41 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601748335 Working in silos of departments devinek4 https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601748437 2020-05-29 18:47:46 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601748437 Instructional coaches levinl https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601750093 site based instructional coaches to support implementation of equity based instructional practices - coaching for all teachers (not just new teachers) ]]> 2020-05-29 18:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601750093 Cycles of data reflection levinl https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601752047 time for teachers to analyze student work and assessment data and plan personalized and small group instruction based on the student work and assessment data]]> 2020-05-29 18:50:26 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601752047 Family and community connections levinl https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601753349 working with families and providing resources and instruction that emphasizes the power and connections of family and community ]]> 2020-05-29 18:51:28 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601753349 Access levinl https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601754689 providing student access to a wide variety of text (both physical and digital) at all grade ranges ]]> 2020-05-29 18:52:31 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601754689 Personalized Learning levinl https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601756762 Incorporating personalized learning and digital resources ]]> 2020-05-29 18:54:08 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601756762 The spirit of community https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601757952 2020-05-29 18:55:06 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601757952 The notion of "where" we learn. Place based learning is a thing - the works of David Sobel, learning outside in the open air... https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601758166 2020-05-29 18:55:17 UTC https://padlet.com/balkj/3illfa94qy60qwph/wish/601758166