compassionate educator
This spring, my main professional goals have been focused around discussion facilitation with students. Before IslandWood, as a 4th grade math teacher, I had a bit of experience facilitating student discussions, but not enough that I felt super comfortable embracing them in the IslandWood context. I decided to center my spring professional growth plan (PGP)… Continue reading Embracing Feedback for Professional Growth
This spring, I've been in a class called Collaborative Projects in Educational Leadership: Nonformal Education. This class has been a unique experience for many reasons, not least of which being the experience of collaborative lesson planning. For the second half of the course, we've been workshopping lessons together as a class. An individual will bring… Continue reading Collaborative Lesson Planning
Peer observing is the part of our AIS class we'd heard about the most before starting the class, so it goes without saying that it is one of the most influential parts of the class as well. In examining this practice to determine what we gain through it, I've more fully bought in to the… Continue reading Peer Observing & Advanced Instructional Strategies
Julia Tandy Harnick 