How Might We Help Students See Growth as the True Measure of Success? When I first encountered the question “How might we help students see growth as the true measure of success?” at the beginning of Cohort 21, I felt something shift. It wasn’t a question about pedagogy or curriculum design—it was a question about…
Author: Michael Black
How Might We…
From Grades to Growth: Redefining Success in the Classroom A Design Thinking Journey Today, I tackled a question that’s been sitting with me for a while: How might we help students see ‘growth’ as the true measure of success rather than perfection? It’s a question born from frustration—watching brilliant learners dismiss their progress because they…
Where I’m at on our final day.
So where am I at? I tend to write my blog posts the night before the next session. I think it helps me get excited about the upcoming day and more than likely also has to do with having a full plate these days. Part of my own wellbeing journey includes trying my best to…
Season 13 – Where I am at…
Question 1: During the first face to face we used the language of Urgent vs Important to help frame our thinking around our use of TIME. Reflect on why you joined Cohort 21 and your professional goals for this year. Now that the year has begun and you have met your students what IMPORTANT goal might you like to address and…
Building a Student-Centric Well-being Resource Collection
What question guided your inquiry and action plan? (HMW?) How Might we… move towards building a collection of resources for students to reflect upon and self-regulate their well-being as needed depending on their age and stage? 2. What did you do and what impact did it have? It might sound simple, but I…
How might we…
How Might we… move towards building a collection of resources for students to reflect upon and self-regulate their well-being as needed depending on their age and stage? I’ve enjoyed the extra coaching sessions featured this year in Cohort. One of the activities that I connected to was an activity that Garth shared where we mapped…
Isn’t it all urgent? Still working on the ability to say no!
I cannot believe that October is next week! Where did September go? I feel this is a common educator lament, “Where did the time go?” Before sitting down to write this post on where I am at with what is urgent and what is important in my classroom right now, I went back through some…
Final Face to Face Sharing My Learning
Here is the slide deck for my sharing session today. I plan to add the video response after our final session. Stay tuned! Here we go! Cohort 21 – Season 11 Final Session
How might we…
How might we use feedback and assessments to best meet the needs of the learner?