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11: What is an Education Consultant (and is it your next right step?)
Is education consulting your next right step? At the Responsive classroom, I’ve started a new section of my business called the EquippED Consultants Collective. You can find us on IG @equipped_consultants_co. The mission of this is simply to help and coach those of you who want to move into being an education consultant to start… Read more
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The #1 Way to Guarantee Growth for 2024-2025
Hey friends! I know this time of year is tough, but I also know that if you are an administrator, you are already looking towards next year. You have to be. So do you want to know the #1 way to guarantee growth for 2024-2025? Reflect on the current year and make a plan proactively… Read more
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The Effective Professional Development Plan – why some PD works and others don’t!
When you research what makes (and breaks) effective professional development, you get several different takes on it. Stand alone professional development, even when delivered well, typically has about a 10% retention rate, meaning that average person, even when paying attention, will take and implement about 10% of the professional development. If you are like me,… Read more
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4 Ways to Use Data to Increase Learning
Data is one of the most powerful tools…that is being used incorrectly, and counter-productively! In fact, in a lot of ways, I think the big push on data has actually had an adverse effect on students. But it shouldn’t. Data should be used as a primary tool to increase learning! So how do we move… Read more
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Creating Vision-Driven Goals for your Campus
As we come to the close of 2023, the talk of goals is in the air. In the education world, it almost seems that the word “goals” has as much of a negative connotation as standard, or assessment, or IEPs – I don’t know know about you, but it feels like a very heavy word.… Read more
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5 Steps to Creating Independent Learners
The name of my first book is Building a Bridge from “I Can’t” to “I DID!”, which encompasses the mindset of an independent learner. However, what does this actually mean? How do we move students to success? How do we actually build that bridge? How do we get them past the productive struggle and to a… Read more