I am talking with schools to see how they’re responding in the wake of this global pandemic. I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles, a series of check-ins with educators all over.
Episode 034 is below. Thank you, Nancy Flynn, for sharing how Highland Park Elementary in St. Paul, Minnesota is adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. I especially appreciated hearing about your teachers’ creative efforts to use technology with your students and to also ground that usage in effective digital pedagogies.
I am talking with schools to see how they’re responding in the wake of this global pandemic. I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles, a series of check-ins with educators all over.
Episode 033 is below. Thank you, Kyle Hawkins and Ben Sheridan, for sharing how NIST International School in Bangkok, Thailand is adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. I especially appreciated hearing about your creative scheduling, your efforts to ensure that specialist teachers had a large role in home schooling, and NISTlympics!
I am talking with schools to see how they’re responding in the wake of this global pandemic. I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles, a series of check-ins with educators all over.
Episode 032 is below. Thank you, Scott Elias and Kelly Williams, for sharing how the Futures Lab program in Fort Collins, Colorado is adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. I especially appreciated hearing how your previous investments in student agency and inquiry-based learning paid great dividends during remote instruction.
I am talking with schools to see how they’re responding in the wake of this global pandemic. I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles, a series of check-ins with educators all over.
Episode 031 is below. Thank you, Jon Graft and Marni Durham, for sharing how Butler Tech in Fairfield Township, Ohio is adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. I especially appreciated hearing about Butler Tech’s emphasis on distributed leadership and how your resilience over the past few months was a result of earlier decisions and structures around trust, empowerment, organizational values, and creation of a culture of risk-taking.
I am talking with schools to see how they’re responding in the wake of this global pandemic. I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles, a series of check-ins with educators all over.
Episode 030 is below. Thank you, Jeff Palladino, for sharing how Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School in the Bronx, New York is adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. I especially appreciated hearing about the challenges of implementing robust, student-driven, inquiry-based learning during this time.Your school is a special place.
I am talking with schools to see how they’re responding in the wake of this global pandemic. I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles, a series of check-ins with educators all over.
Episode 029 is below. Thank you, Patrick Larkin and Dennis Villano, for sharing how the Burlington Public Schools in Burlington, Massachusetts are adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. I especially appreciated hearing about the challenges that exist even when you’ve been a nationally-recognized 1:1 school district for years, how you’re highlighting teacher voices in district messaging to students and families, and the emphasis on trauma-informed practices as the system opens up again next year.
I am talking with schools to see how they’re responding in the wake of this global pandemic. I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles, a series of 10- to 15-minute check-ins with educators all over.
Episode 028 is below. Thank you, Shameka Gerald, for sharing how Heritage High School in Newport News, Virginia is adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. I especially appreciated hearing about your organic staff bonding (via ramen conversations!) and your school’s efforts to stay connected to your students.
I am talking with schools to see how they’re responding in the wake of this global pandemic. I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles, a series of 10- to 15-minute check-ins with educators all over.
Episode 027 is below. Thank you, Karen Krisch, for sharing how Marion-Walker Elementary School in Pennsylvania is adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. I especially appreciated hearing about your social-emotional learning efforts and the variety of student choice boards that your teachers are creating.
I am talking with schools to see how they’re responding in the wake of this global pandemic. I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles, a series of 10- to 15-minute check-ins with educators all over.
Episode 026 is below. Thank you, Kristina MacBury, for sharing how Sarah Pyle Academy in Delaware is adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. I especially appreciated our conversation about students with mental health needs and ways to serve them during remote instructional contexts. Kristina also mentioned her new project, Recovery Mode, which is focused on leadership behaviors and support structures during rapid change events like the COVID-19 pandemic. Some links to that work are immediately below.
I am talking with schools to see how they’re responding in the wake of this global pandemic. I invite you to join me for the Coronavirus Chronicles, a series of 10-minute check-ins with educators all over.
Episode 025 is below. Thank you, Shannon Hancock, Rania, and Trinabh, for sharing how the International School of Amsterdam in the Netherlands is adapting to our new challenges and opportunities. This was my first episode with students and of course you were FANTASTIC. I appreciated hearing how ISA has been implementing a full International Baccalaureate program via distance learning, and your Stories That Move project that we discussed is an awesome example of student agency that makes a difference in the world. For those who are interested in learning more about the project, here are some resources from ISA students Rania, Trinabh, Leilani, and Zozi:
