Here is the problem with student portfolios: Most of the time, students and teachers hate them. Teacher pretend like they don’t, but they fake it very badly, the whole process gets rushed, then executed at the last minute, leading students to hate it equally, because it is obvious the process is ridiculous and inauthentic and […]
In the spirit of this growth mindset focus in Grade 7, my core team and I shifted around how we approached the Fall learning conferences. The students would generally come to these conferences and they would share their insights and highlights from the last two months of school, but this time things really felt different. […]