3 Little Things: Highlight Your Vision for Readiness in Your School Culture
Purposeful Learning focuses on the alignment between learning approaches and a holistic, shared, vision for readiness. It includes universal approache…
Student Leadership Skills: Play “This is Me” Leadership Game With Your Students
Learning leadership skills from a young age can provide kids with an excellent head start in life. Even if they have personalities that are not automa…
Add Critical Thinking to Your Classroom: Student Self-Monitoring Activities
Fun critical thinking activities to be used for student self monitoring exercises in conjunction with your curriculum. Included activities: Interactiv…
Differentiated Reading Instruction: A Better Practice for Ensuring Student Literacy
Create intentionally unequal reading Instruction to improve grade level proficiency for every student by implementing differentiated reading instructi…
Assess the Four Keys in Action: Find Challenges and Opportunities in the Classroom Using Think, Know, Act, and Go
Observe classrooms to find examples of Think, Know, Act and Go and use your observations to reflect on challenges and opportunities to student readine…
Establish Equitable Grading Practices Throughout Your School: School in Action – Samueli Academy
Equitable grading is one of the most inclusive practices a school can have in place. This Big Play requires time and intentional planning in order to …
Conduct a Student Experience Story Guide With Your Students: Learn What Students Want from Their School Experience
The below activity provides a space for students to share their stories without interruption and preconceived notions of what teachers are "looking fo…
Practice Anti-Bias Education Through Family & Community Engagement: Support Teacher-Family Relationships Built on Respect
Strong communication between school staff and families is important in any school, and has special relevance for schools committed to anti-bias educat…
Conduct Design Camp: Provide a Platform for Student Involvement with School Decisions
The Design Camp project is an effort to look more deeply at the day-to-day experiences of students.
Conduct Empathy Interviews: Elevating Student Voices, So You Can Understand and Support Them
Empathy Interviews provide an opportunity to really understand a student, or group of students, by diving deeper than the surface-level question, "How…