Purposeful, Valuable Learning: Foster Learners With Autonomy and Drive
This activity will assist your team in learning how to foster students with autonomy, drive, and endurance through instructional routines and school r…
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Student Life Connection: Implement Programs to Explore Interests and Aspirations
Implement programs like Roadtrip Nation to give students the opportunity to explore their interests and aspirations while also building ownership of l…
Holistic Well-Being: Teach and Model Self-Care for Students
Teach and model self-care to students to include: time, meditation, yoga, exercise, sleep, creative expression, and more. Adults on campus can openly …
Time to Process: Allow Students Space for Major Life Transitions
Provide students time and space for processing major life transitions including the change from middle school to high school and the change from high …
Capstone Passion Project: Empowering Students to Contribute Their Passions to Their Community
During a Crowdsource Coffee on February 8, 2023, Chris McAdoo, Principal at Santa Fe South Pathways Middle College, shared this high school capstone p…
Starting the New Year Connected: Strategies for Connecting With and Engaging All Students
During this January 11, 2023, Crowdsource Coffee, leaders discussed how to identify students who feel disconnected from their community. We brainstorm…
Exceptional Situations, Exceptional Students: Networks to Support Students in Intensive Circumstances
The academic and behavioral needs of most students are met through a continuum of support within a school. Some students, however, require out-of-syst…
Elevating Diverse Student Voices: Empower Student Engagement and Agency
During a Crowdsource Coffee on December 7, 2023, Portico leaders, coaches, and facilitators shared their experiences and discussed new ideas for how …
Compliment Activity: Create a Caring Campus Community from Day One
This activity was shared by the former principal of Oceanview High School, Courtney Spelber (Huntington Beach Union High School District), in a Crowds…
Celebrate Progress as Excellence: Encouraging Growth Mindsets & Inclusion
This classroom/school activity was inspired by the former principal of Martin Luther King, Jr. Junior High School, Angela Stevens-Stevenson, in a Crow…