Teaching and Learning Beliefs by Emily Lepkowski https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv Made with fortitude en-us 2019-12-09 18:54:15 UTC 2026-03-15 19:14:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f973.png Dynamic, inspirational to learning experiences, relevant, differentiated to grade band, and pedagogically sound. alexa_beechler https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422205574 2019-12-10 15:19:35 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422205574 makes us better educators and creators; makes our work output stronger and more effective allison_griffin https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422205836 2019-12-10 15:19:54 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422205836 an experience that impacts a change in behavior/mindset in how they teach. Everyone may walk away with something different. The a-ha comes from the teachers rather than from the presenter sometimes. HsuK https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422205970 2019-12-10 15:20:06 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422205970 jarrod_denson https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422205991 Giving energy and creativity. 

Building meaning through sharing context. 

Pushing each other to think more complexly about students, teachers, and users. ]]> 2019-12-10 15:20:08 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422205991 capacity building allison_griffin https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422206143 has prompt and tangible impact on participants' comfort level and knowledge of how to use this tool effectively with students

]]> 2019-12-10 15:20:20 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422206143 A waste of time, another checkbox to mark, an experience like every other PD, irrelevant. alexa_beechler https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422206380 2019-12-10 15:20:40 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422206380 work without sensitivity. ellen_perez https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422206398 In order to give feedback successfully, the time and place needs to be appropriate. Ideally the depth of the feedback should be commensurate with the trust between the parties, although that's not possible every single time. ]]> 2019-12-10 15:20:41 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422206398 something that should be meaningful and aligned to teachers' needs. They should feel empowered at the end of a successful PD sesh https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422206464 2019-12-10 15:20:48 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422206464 Brings minds together! karishma_amin https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422206479 Sometimes it's difficult to work together on something but feedback is a great, easy way to bring ideas together!]]> 2019-12-10 15:20:49 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422206479 An opportunity for teachers to read, to practice, to collaborate, to walk away with something for tomorrow and the future. emily_lepkowski https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422206663 2019-12-10 15:21:06 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422206663 A time for repetitive instruction, a time to veg out, a time to be bored by slides or nonsense materials, a time for ed theory and non-realistic strategies emily_lepkowski https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422207066 2019-12-10 15:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422207066 A team effort! Constructed and achieved by the group. alice_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422207160 2019-12-10 15:21:34 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422207160 jarrod_denson https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422207209 Building skill and inspiring will in teachers by empowering growth in understanding and using relevant content, leveraging meaningful tools, and applying instructional magic. ]]> 2019-12-10 15:21:36 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422207209 Inform us of our blind spots, encourages us to think from a different perspective, inspires us to consider being a better version of our current best. alexa_beechler https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422207307 2019-12-10 15:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422207307 exist as a form of love. ellen_perez https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422207675 When I give people feedback, it is because I know they deserve the opportunity to grow. When I give people feedback, it is because I ask myself: "If someone had this input on my work, would I want to know?" This goes from both the affirming and adjusting perspectives. I most trust the people who will push me to be my best.]]> 2019-12-10 15:22:11 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422207675 Offend us, make us retreat, get ignored. alexa_beechler https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422207871 2019-12-10 15:22:23 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422207871 HsuK https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422208025 Feedback pushes our thinking to a level we didn't realize it can go. It comes from love and trust, an assumption of positive intent. ]]> 2019-12-10 15:22:31 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422208025 Supports the development of strong and stellar resources alice_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422208143 2019-12-10 15:22:40 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422208143 Listening to each other, choosing the positive, uplifting, curious about each other, being kind, and having each other's back when we cannot see our "blind spots" alexa_beechler https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422208176 2019-12-10 15:22:42 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422208176 Pushes you to the next level. Everything from I spelled effect wrong again to if you reorganized this section people would totally get you to where you want to be. emily_lepkowski https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422208360 2019-12-10 15:22:56 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422208360 listening and sharing allison_griffin https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422208368 2019-12-10 15:22:57 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422208368 sit and get. Teachers should have opportunities to interact and build brittany_aponte1 https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422208370 2019-12-10 15:22:57 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422208370 A time for us to deliver and the participants to receive alice_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422208740 2019-12-10 15:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422208740 work in silos allison_griffin https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422208911 2019-12-10 15:23:33 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422208911 Only a training manual. jarrod_denson https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422208952
professional learning is more than just how-tos. Learners are capable of complex and innovative creation, let's let them! ]]> 2019-12-10 15:23:36 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422208952 challenges and pushes thinking in ways that you might not have considered without the feedback brittany_aponte1 https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422208985 2019-12-10 15:23:39 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422208985 A time to grow karishma_amin https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422209031 PL is a time to grow and make yourself better but it's also a time to get excited about growing in your profession. ]]> 2019-12-10 15:23:43 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422209031 ...is not the same for everyone, and everyone is not ready to take action after professional learning at the same time. HsuK https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422209240 2019-12-10 15:23:58 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422209240 Make someone feel less than or makes them feel as if their voice is not valued. emily_lepkowski https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422209328 2019-12-10 15:24:03 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422209328 Ignore someone's needs, fail to take another perspective, choose not to do better when we know better. alexa_beechler https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422209420 2019-12-10 15:24:11 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422209420 feel helpful when problem areas are identified without giving suggestions for improvement brittany_aponte1 https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422209471 2019-12-10 15:24:15 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422209471 feedback should be contextualized: maybe that means a conversation or maybe that means a back and forth correspondence. emily_lepkowski https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422209510 2019-12-10 15:24:17 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422209510 only occur when things need "work" or shifts. alice_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422209609 2019-12-10 15:24:25 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422209609 a one shot, one time experience with no follow up or chance to circle back, discuss, try, fail, succeed, and revisit allison_griffin https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422210031 2019-12-10 15:25:02 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422210031 A time for learning things you already know or don't WANT to learn. karishma_amin https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422210349 2019-12-10 15:25:26 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422210349 exclude people, don't provide context, approach things without empathy of how someone may feel about a decision or change HsuK https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422210456 2019-12-10 15:25:35 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422210456 starting with the things that we loved and appreciate before sharing ideas for growth brittany_aponte1 https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422210461 2019-12-10 15:25:36 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422210461 keeping in touch. ellen_perez https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422210493 So much of our team is remote and we need to keep searching for ways to stay connected! We have such good vibes on the team and we will do well to communicate often.]]> 2019-12-10 15:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422210493 We do not ask for what we need. We talk before we listen. emily_lepkowski https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422210497 2019-12-10 15:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422210497 talk without listening brittany_aponte1 https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422210861 2019-12-10 15:26:09 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422210861 Maybe not by but through Communication. Ask questions, schedule time, offer a new way for us to collaborate. emily_lepkowski https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422210916 2019-12-10 15:26:14 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422210916 Bring us down. karishma_amin https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422211474 Feedback should build us up and be supportive not break us down. ]]> 2019-12-10 15:26:52 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422211474 Call others in rather than out jarrod_denson https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422211711 We should create feedback systems that ensure that all voices are heard, and that rather than isolating or alienating, feedback invites others in to learn more. ]]> 2019-12-10 15:27:08 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422211711 Providing feedback with care, build on each other's ideas and learn from one another (and be willing to teach one another) karishma_amin https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422211801 2019-12-10 15:27:16 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422211801 shouting each other out. ellen_perez https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422212003 Privately in our channel, in DMs to one another, or through the public channel. We need to be here for one another to point our to the rest of the company how awesome our team members are!]]> 2019-12-10 15:27:30 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422212003 following through with our commitments, are honest with one another (from love, course). HsuK https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422212024 Communicating often, including remote people in conversations when possible]]> 2019-12-10 15:27:32 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422212024 Are stuck in our own ways of doing things. karishma_amin https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422212537 2019-12-10 15:28:15 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422212537 focused on teacher and student needs. ellen_perez https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422212614 Perhaps this is opinionated, but I love that we have done this in the past and I want to make sure we continue to do this. ]]> 2019-12-10 15:28:21 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422212614 Come from a place of fear jarrod_denson https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422212924 2019-12-10 15:28:45 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422212924 feature focused. ellen_perez https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422214409 We are helping teachers become better overall through the lens of Newsela, not teaching them how to use Newsela exclusively.]]> 2019-12-10 15:30:26 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422214409 Having shared investment, commitment, and accountability alice_montgomery1 https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422214454 2019-12-10 15:30:29 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422214454 honoring each other's differences, down to earth with one another HsuK https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422214755 2019-12-10 15:30:49 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422214755 talk to others instead of one another. ellen_perez https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422215158 We need to go to one another with concerns and issues on the team before we go outside. ]]> 2019-12-10 15:31:21 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422215158 a time to create something you will actually use. ellen_perez https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422216813 I love being able to give teachers actual planning time.]]> 2019-12-10 15:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422216813 one size fits all. ellen_perez https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422218432 It might look different depending on the group just like in a classroom!]]> 2019-12-10 15:35:32 UTC https://padlet.com/emily_lepkowski/srk3idi43qrv/wish/422218432