How Community Support Drives Classroom Innovation
I’m excited to share this Guest Post Written by Jason Vest, an 8th grade Civics teacher at Hungary Creek Middle School in Henrico County, VA (a suburb of Richmond, VA). He has taught U.S. History, World History, been a Head … Continued
#FutureReady – Authentic Use of a MakerSpace
In my last post related to our #FutureReady Community Partnerships, I shared one of our opportunities for collaboration with Kutztown University. As an extension of our previous #FutureReady Use of Space and Time series of posts (culminating in Final Form: A … Continued
#FutureReady Community Partnerships
A commitment to professional learning is important, not because teaching is of poor quality and must be ‘fixed’, but rather because teaching is so hard that we can always improve it. No matter how good a lesson is, we can … Continued
Giving the Gift of ‘Time’ Through Authentic and Purposeful Innovation
I’m honored and excited to share this guest post written by Dr. Marc Bertrando, Superintendent of Schools for the Garnet Valley School District. Dr. Bertrando is entering his 27th year in public education. He began his career teaching 7th … Continued
Final Form- A Future Ready Library
Revisiting the Areas & Their Function So, as promised…a final look at our last main space in the district that we have designed, our Garnet Valley HS Library. For the complete WHY, HOW and WHAT Elementary & Middle spaces, as … Continued
Broken Crayons Still Color
Our 5 year olds are obsessed with Legos. We are not sure what really started it…and to pin point when I would just have to look back at when our bank account balance started dropping on a bi-weekly basis :-). … Continued
Building Bridges Across ‘Lines’
This past week I had the opportunity to attend and present at the 2017 Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) Leadership Conference, Organize for Our Future, in Gettysburg, PA. Earlier in the year I was able to be a part of … Continued
From Demolition to Creation- Learning Space Update 2
As I mentioned in my first 2 posts related to our library redesign, When Form Matches Function: Redesigning Our Learning Spaces, & Updates on our Learning Space Redesign, I promised to provide updates as we go through the process of redesigning our high … Continued
How to Host Your First Twitter Chat
So a teacher from China, a Principal from Spain, a Headmaster from Praug, and an educational consultant from Texas walk into a bar…not quite sure what happened at the bar…however the 1 meeting that is more likely to happen than … Continued
Updates on our Learning Space Redesign!
As I mentioned in my first post related to our library redesign, When Form Matches Function: Redesigning Our Learning Spaces, I promised to provide updates as we go through the process of redesigning our high school library. During the last week … Continued