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Tonika Dunn

Design Thinking in Action!: Action Plan

Design Thinking in Action: Building a Sustainable Executive Functioning Framework My question:  How Might We Design a Sustainable, Structured Approach to Teaching Executive Functioning Skills That Creates Shared Understanding from the Start of the Year? The Challenge As educators, we know that executive functioning skills—organization, planning, self-regulation, metacognition—are foundational to student success. Yet too often, […]

Tonika Dunn
Last modified on 29/11/2025

From Matrix to Movement: My Commitment to Student Belonging

The Eisenhower Matrix taught me something I didn’t expect: time isn’t really the enemy—attention is. When I sorted through my daily tasks, dividing them into urgent versus important, I discovered something profound about how I’ve been spending my energy. What struck me most was the fluidity of it all. Tasks don’t live in fixed boxes. […]

Tonika Dunn
Published on 04/10/2025

Urgent vs Important – Reflections on the return to school

Welcome to your first post!: Following each Cohort 21 Face to Face session, we will provide you with several questions to reflect on. By making your thinking visible and publishing your thoughts to this blog, you will be able to engage our powerful support and feedback system and accelerate your professional growth. Please follow the […]

Tonika Dunn
Last modified on 02/10/2025