How Might We . . . by Christie https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx en-us 2017-01-23 22:52:20 UTC 2017-01-24 01:52:30 UTC hello@padlet.com How might we engage all students in learning that is joyful and meaningful. christie_powell https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148892313 2017-01-23 22:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148892313 HMW create time for authentic discussions surrounding meaning collaboration https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148903925 2017-01-24 01:39:31 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148903925 HMW create time for authentic discussions surrounding meaningful collaboration https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148903949 2017-01-24 01:39:52 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148903949 HMW introduce more incursions/excursions https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904019 2017-01-24 01:40:52 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904019 https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904052 HMW create thematic grade-level units that could open up the space and ability for interdisciplinary units? ]]> 2017-01-24 01:41:21 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904052 HMW create a Thematic Curriculum based on Design Thinking. If we base the Curriculum on Design thinking we might be able to create an atmosphere where making mistakes is part of the learning process. https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904074 2017-01-24 01:41:35 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904074 HMW find & develop 'real world' applications of the curriculum https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904087 2017-01-24 01:41:49 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904087 HMW give time to create & implement more student choice & access points https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904122 2017-01-24 01:42:22 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904122 https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904144 How might we... have one parent group that represents all parents (who they go to as a spokesperson) who will come to meetings/liaison with the school instead of many individual parents complaining.]]> 2017-01-24 01:42:49 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904144 HMW focus data & assessments more towards growth of skills https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904148 2017-01-24 01:42:51 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904148 How might we have students become the "drivers" of their learning and teachers expand on the students interests? https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904164 2017-01-24 01:43:00 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904164 How might we challenge and teach/engage students every step of the way? https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904172 2017-01-24 01:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904172 HMW ensure that school-wide goals are compatible with divisional &/or dept goals https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904173 2017-01-24 01:43:14 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904173 https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904174 How might we help parents learn about, access, and use appropriate technology/apps for children that promote literacy .]]> 2017-01-24 01:43:14 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904174 HMW facilitate learning that is fun, creative, and inspiring? https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904188 2017-01-24 01:43:31 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904188 Find more natural topics and methods for children to explore writing using interdisciplinary topics Kg2nrit https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904197 2017-01-24 01:43:35 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904197 How might we have IB courses offered for PD (instead of a market place for every PD) Years ago we were offered PYP courses, and the teachers signed up for them. This was the most effective PD the school has had. https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904198 2017-01-24 01:43:36 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904198 HMW enable students to make real word connections? E.g you need these skills to enable you to .... https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904199 2017-01-24 01:43:36 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904199 Transdiscliplinary planning times with clear processes in place for who does what and so forth... https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904237 2017-01-24 01:43:45 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904237 https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904241 How might we make connection to the mother tongue and our literacy programme to help our language learners make better connection , and have a better understanding of the different cultures in order to become more effective problems solvers.]]> 2017-01-24 01:43:48 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904241 https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904244 HMW create a highly rigorous curriculum in which students of various levels can access the learning?

]]> 2017-01-24 01:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904244 HMW put kids in charge of their own learnign? https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904246 2017-01-24 01:43:51 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904246 HMW provide learning that is high-interest and relevant? https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904279 2017-01-24 01:44:13 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904279 HMW give time for depts to authentically work on alignment of curriculum https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904281 2017-01-24 01:44:13 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904281 HMW support EAL students within our lessons without this being detrimental to other learners https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904293 2017-01-24 01:44:24 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904293 HMW make sure that our teachers know where the kids are, where they need to go, and how to get them there? https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904298 2017-01-24 01:44:29 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904298 More teacher and staff training on who our students are and how they learn languages. https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904304 2017-01-24 01:44:37 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904304 Hire teachers to work in admissions/screen the children for Stamford. There needs to be an entry test for elementary/middle and high school. We need to heighten the expectation of entry, otherwise this will turn into a school with 90% EAL students. https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904311 2017-01-24 01:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904311 How might we rely less on formal assessments based on standards that seem to hinder rather than expand growth https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904317 2017-01-24 01:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904317 HMW foster an environment that thirsts for knowledge? https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904338 2017-01-24 01:44:57 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904338 HMW utilize backward design within lessons, units, and ensure that our curriculum is effectively aligned while ensuring that teachers understand the alignment? https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904344 2017-01-24 01:45:02 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904344 HMW leverage the linguistic and cultural diversity of our community to support learning? christie_powell https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904351 2017-01-24 01:45:08 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904351 Look at additive classes that would help differentiate for what students truly need ie; LLI groups for struggling readers. https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904371 2017-01-24 01:45:24 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904371 HMW expand access to experiential learning beyond Field Studies. https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904374 2017-01-24 01:45:26 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904374 give students topic/method/style choices with writing Kg2nrit https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904379 2017-01-24 01:45:29 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904379 HMW break away from the teacher (leader) student (follower) assumption of teaching styles. HMW create an environment that all teachers and students learn together. Possibly a Thematic curriculum that the teacher is not an expert on? https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904405 2017-01-24 01:45:50 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904405 differentiation for skill readiness Kg2nrit https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904408 2017-01-24 01:45:55 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904408 How might we have students participate more in their own assessment https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904409 2017-01-24 01:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904409 HMW offer more of a skills-based approach to our classroom teaching practices? https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904414 2017-01-24 01:46:09 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904414 How might we make it mandatory for specialist/EAL teachers to meet with the grade level team at least once a month. In order to connect transdisciplinary themes- we must meet and collaborate. https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904415 2017-01-24 01:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904415 HMW create writing workshops and a culture of writing that spans disciplines. https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904419 2017-01-24 01:46:14 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904419 HMW improve tracking and assessments through the use of common assessments https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904424 2017-01-24 01:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904424 How might we allow for the differentiation of the great variety of learners and learning styles we have so that they are able to succeed in their "own ways." https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904432 2017-01-24 01:46:36 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904432 HMW provide remediation for students? https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904436 2017-01-24 01:46:39 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904436 HMW utilize UOI's in secondary? https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904444 2017-01-24 01:46:47 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904444 More understanding of the Student Support Department and how they can help all teachers differentiate for all students not only LS students. Coulselors to be more involved with the social and emotional aspects of our struggling readers and writers https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904449 2017-01-24 01:46:52 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904449 How might we design a program that is language arts as a whole, where reading, writing and spelling/grammar are connected. Compared to three separate programs, WTW, Reader's Workshop, Writer's Workshop. There is no time to teach all these subjects (or plan for them!) They must be integrated. https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904461 2017-01-24 01:47:03 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904461 HMW reach EAL students in mainstream classrooms? https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904463 2017-01-24 01:47:05 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904463 resource students with a large variety of books and topics to peak interest and encourage natural exploration Kg2nrit https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904468 2017-01-24 01:47:07 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904468 HMW find a way to make the classrooms more accessible and fair for student learning, i.e. students on a 1st grade reading level not in 10th grade English. https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904474 2017-01-24 01:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904474 HMW make classrooms more engaging for ALL students ALL the time? https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904479 2017-01-24 01:47:19 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904479 https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904489 How might we design a more international literacy programme with is more globally connected and there fore more relevant and significant for our international student body ( use of literature that from the present and from different cultures)]]> 2017-01-24 01:47:34 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904489 HMW spend less time putting data that's useless (or not used in a way to help us grow) into a system. Spend more time on reflecting on what's working in classrooms where children are achieving/demonstrating great amounts of growth. https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904502 2017-01-24 01:47:51 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904502 HMW change the school timings to suit the teenagers body clock? https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904513 2017-01-24 01:48:01 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904513 HMW encourage student led explorations while meeting standards Kg2nrit https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904529 2017-01-24 01:48:18 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904529 Many of our students spend significant time with the helper. HMW provide support, training for helpers that educate/increase their awareness of literacy and ways to interact with the children in their care that promote literacy https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904532 2017-01-24 01:48:20 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904532 HMW create an atmosphere of collaboration amongst staff which will trickle down to students? https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904544 2017-01-24 01:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904544 HMW keep good teachers. There needs to be teacher signing bonuses in order to keep these professionals! We shouldn't feel like we can be easily replaced. Signing bonuses are a must. https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904604 2017-01-24 01:49:19 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904604 HMW move away from grades and standardized testing? https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904621 2017-01-24 01:49:41 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904621 HMW allow students to learn in their mother tongue? https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904649 2017-01-24 01:50:14 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904649 HMW involve more hands on experiences, visits from 'experts'? https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904678 2017-01-24 01:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904678 HMW help our English Language Learners reach proficiency in the mainstream classroom? https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904692 2017-01-24 01:51:09 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904692 HMW take responsibility for all students not only our classes and students in our grade level/division/departments https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904700 2017-01-24 01:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904700 HMW redesign the learning environment ? https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904724 2017-01-24 01:51:35 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904724 https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904737 How might we  design a programme that is not assessment based ]]> 2017-01-24 01:51:50 UTC https://padlet.com/christie_powell/pogzig9fbvrx/wish/148904737