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#MyAdventLion Challenge
The Advent School is a Reggio Emilia-inspired school where natural and recycled materials are a big part of provocations and projects. To foster community virtually, we invited the community to create the Advent lion logo out of materials found at home. Participants posted their creations to social media with the hashtag #MyAdventLion and #AtHomeWithAdvent. We […]
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“Creek Capsule” Challenge (Build a quarantine Time Capsule)
As Indian Creek School considered the most valuable, equitable, and achievable approach to assessing learning in the Virtual School environment, we decided to focus on student competencies – rather than traditional grades. Competencies are combinations of knowledge, skills and attitudes that students develop and apply for successful learning, living and working. Each session of Indian […]
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Gratitude from the Trustees
Good afternoon all- Last week, my BOT Exec. Committee asked what they could do (beyond gift cards) to offer some additional thanks to our teachers and staff. We brainstormed a bit, and they took on the project of creating their own Trustee Flipgrid, each creating a personalized message of thanks to the teachers. We sent […]
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Now, Next, and Later: A Framework for Crisis Leadership
One of the most challenging aspects of crisis leadership is knowing how to think. We often know what to do, but real leadership lies in framing a crisis and our response to it, for ourselves and for the teams we lead. Leading by framing allows people to make meaning of what is happening to them, […]
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Community Conversations about Teaching & Learning During the Coronavirus
Baker’s podcast, K-8 Collaborative, has been exploring parenting through the coronavirus, trauma and resilience in children related to the current pandemic and teaching and learning in a virtual world.
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BrowningConnect: Online Learning Platform During Extended School Closure
Both students and faculty learn best when we connect with others. In the event of the prolonged school closure, we created a public facing online learning platform that served as an aid for students, parents and faculty to maintain continuity of teaching and learning, while also putting emphasis on social and emotional connections with others. […]
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Remote Classroom Management Tips for Teachers
This document gathers tips for classroom management in remote synchronous classes. These tips and suggestions are based on responses from teachers at Kentucky Country Day School about what they’ve learned about how to manage, structure, and run remote, synchronous classes.
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New Orleans educator creates tool to improve online learning, gets world-wide attention
Google tool to improve online learning.
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Planning a Strategic Response to COVID-19 Fallout
Bill Creeden – Thirty-seven-year career in NAIS schools – 29 years as head of school. Around the country, he has led schools through recessions, natural disasters, and other national, regional, and local crises. Bill has presented in the past at NAIS and CASE annual conferences.
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Saints Innovate
As the consultant, John Littleford often reminds us, in every crisis, there is an opportunity. Saints Innovate represents the collective efforts of St. Andrew’s faculty, students, trustees, alumni, donors, and local entrepreneurs to plan for the future and propose ways in which St. Andrew’s can grow. An outgrowth of our i2: Inspire and Innovate movement […]
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Celebration Chapel
Every Friday, students, faculty and staff gather for Celebration Chapel, a time to celebrate birthdays, awards, and a variety of other celebrations. This special GSL tradition lives on, even as we remotely teach and learn. Providing this consistent experience, albeit virtually, has been a comfort to the entire GSL community.
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Remote Learning Highlights
At McGehee and Little Gate, an ideal learning environment features brick and mortar classrooms, collaboration between students and faculty, as well as encouragement and guidance from teachers and support staff. We have been given the opportunity to consider what a virtual education can look like, and we now know what that looks like for our […]