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For the past 35 years, Steve Barkley has served as an education consultant to school districts, teacher organizations, state departments of education, and colleges and universities nationally and internationally, facilitating the changes necessary for them to reach students and successfully prepare them for the 21st century. A prolific published author, his weekly blog has evolved into a go-to resource for teachers and administrators all over the world. Visit BarkleyPD.com to learn more.
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Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
All of us can learn from reflection. A too often problem is that we neglect setting aside the time to do it. The end of a school year is a great time to encourage your children’s reflections on the past school year, regardless of their age. A set of possible starter questions are included in the podcast.
Read Open University's "What is Reflection?"
Watch Lulu Chan's video on Reflection.
Read Stringer & McFadden's Article, "Children as Reflective Thinkers."
Read Dr. Joanne Foster's "Reflective Habits of Mind."
Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Past National Principal of the Year, Mark Wilson, identifies the value of gathering student thoughts, feelings, and insights to promote student reflection and provide data that can focus educator reflection. Mark shares several great questions and strategies to guide a process. Use the link to his website to find more sample questions.
Visit Mark's website.
View the 20 Questions For Students at The End of The Year.
Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!
Tuesday May 31, 2022
Tuesday May 31, 2022
Teacher, author, and child development expert, Deborah Farmer Kris, examines the need for considering balance and purpose for our students. Teens are reporting as running on empty. Striving but not thriving. She discusses supporting students to build optimism, curiosity, and integrity.
Visit the Parenthood365 website.
Read Deborah's article, "Striving or Thriving? Steps to Help Kids Find Balance and Purpose."
Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Wednesday May 25, 2022
Why might, "what’s your hypothesis?”be a better question to ask than, "what’s your goal?"
A business article suggested that hypotheses create more organizational learning.
Several schools have been experimenting with building teachers’ professional growth plans (PGPs) around a hypothesis that the teacher wants to explore. In this conversation, you will hear from a director of teaching and learning who shares her experiences at the end of her school’s first year’s implementation of hypothesis focused PGPs.
E-mail Marina: mmacdonald@acst.net
Visit the American Cooperative School of Tunis website.
Read the article, "Why Hypotheses Beat Goals" here.
Thursday May 19, 2022
Thursday May 19, 2022
The practice of giving glows and grows, like the feedback sandwich, seldom generates growth and change. Frequently, some similar structure is used to give feedback to teachers following walkthroughs. Self-reflection is the key to our decision to commit to a change behavior. Without conversations, these notes rarely generate true reflection. When we generate our own "glows" and "grows," we are on a growth trajectory.
"Why Bosses Rarely Give Negative Feedback, Backed By Science"
"Why Emotionally Intelligent Leaders Avoid the 'Feedback Sandwich"
"Glows and Grows: A Positive Framing for Self-Reflection"
Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!
Tuesday May 17, 2022
Tuesday May 17, 2022
Acceleration and equity require teachers to provide ALL students with engagement in on grade-level or above, complex learning tasks. Too little or too much scaffolding prevents students from gaining the needed learning opportunities. Consider when you might be rescuing students rather than scaffolding. Consider why just-in-time scaffolding is important.
Read the article, "Just-in-Time vs Just-in-Case Scaffolding: How to Foster Productive Perseverance" here.
Read the article, "Are you Scaffolding or Rescuing" here.
Listen to the podcast "Rough Draft Math" here.
Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!
Thursday May 12, 2022
Thursday May 12, 2022
"Strengthening organizations one connection at a time," is the recommendation from The Connection Coach, Tara Brown. Connecting to emotions and being valued is critical among leaders and staff if we want to have it present in classrooms for students.
Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!
Tuesday May 10, 2022
Tuesday May 10, 2022
All children are naturally curious and our adult role is to provide an environment where children feel they can ask questions and get support for their explorations. Too often youngsters’ curiosity appears to not be valued as we get more focused on correct answers to questions raised by someone else. How do we model the value and experiences of curiosity for our learners?
Watch Hal Gregersen’s You Tube Video here.
Visit Hal Gregersen’s website.
Read Fast Company's article, "8 habits of Curious People" here.
Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!
Thursday May 05, 2022
Thursday May 05, 2022
How does a coach respond when teachers suggest they don’t have an idea how a coaching observation could support them? Why does everyone deserve a coach’s support for reflection?
Reflection on surprises, failures, and frustrations are opportunities for insights and growth. Sample coaching questions are shared.
View Atul Gawande's video, "Want to Get Great at Something? Get a Coach" here.
Read the article,"Don’t Underestimate the Power of Self Reflection" here.
Subscribe to the Steve Barkley Ponders Out Loud podcast on iTunes or visit BarkleyPD.com to find new episodes!
Tuesday May 03, 2022
Tuesday May 03, 2022
Most elementary teachers have dealt with parent questions and concerns about math instruction. Some teachers have been the parent raising those concerns with their child’s teacher. Hilary Kreisberg, the Director at the Center for Mathematics Achievement at Lesley University, and the author of, "Partnering with Parents in Elementary Math," shares findings from interviews with parents and provides actions teachers can take to support parents in feeling helpful, intelligent, confident, and familiar around their child’s math learning.
Find Hilary on Twitter: @Dr_Kreisberg
Visit the Center for Mathematics Achievement website.
Find Hilary's Book, "Partnering with Parents in Elementary Math" here.