100 Posts in 100 Days No significant learning occurs without a significant relationship. James Comer It’s “Newbie Week” at my school, which is orientation for all of our new faculty. As the week goes on, we have a mix of informational, training, and social events. It’s a great time to get to know the new… More #89: Who Do I Know?
100 Posts in 100 Days In yesterday’s reflective post about unlearning, relearning, rethinking, and reimagining I shared that it is my role as communicator and connector that has been on my mind. After writing the post, I recalled talking with my friend and colleague Kristen Moreland for her vlog “On the Balcony” about a… More #48: Stringing Pearls
100 Posts in 100 Days This post will go live on June 15, 2022, the last day of the 2021-2022 school year at Graded. What a ride it has been! At any given moment, it has felt like the longest year ever. Weirdly, it also has felt like yesterday was the first day of the… More #46: Looking Back on ’21-’22
100 Posts in 100 Days After sharing Cognitive CoachingSM as one of my seminal learning experiences, it seems like one logical next step is to share a concrete example of how I use it every day. There are many coaching skills and dispositions I have developed over the years. But there is one that is… More #24: My “Go To” Coaching Skill
100 Posts in 100 Days In yesterday’s post, I shared how my first experience with Cognitive CoachingSM was the blessing of having a trained coach as my mentor teacher during my teaching internship. And, that I didn’t fully recognize it for the gift that it was until I started comparing notes with college classmates who… More #23: Seminal Learning Experiences: Cognitive Coaching, Part 2
“It didn’t matter if we were planning, problem solving, or reflecting, I always felt empowered.”… More #22: Seminal Learning Experiences: Cognitive Coaching, Part 1
What is inspiring me to move from wanting to write to actually writing?… More #3: Inspiration, Part 2
If you haven’t found it yet, Learning at the Heart has a members-only Facebook page and it’s free! You simply need to find the page and request access. Posts to the Facebook page are more frequent than updates to this site. Some of them make it to other social media outlets like Twitter (and soon… More Social Media Round Up Oct. 3
“Simplicity is requisite for reliability.”Edsger Dijkstra, Dutch Scientist This year has started with the honor of working with several beginning coaches in South America and the Caribbean. As these new leaders consider and absorb the many aspects of their new role, they have a wide array of questions. One common refrain is some version of,… More Simple Reliability: A Blank Calendar