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Pat Klos taught middle school foreign languages and served as an arts integration specialist in MD. She shares how to connect literacy and the arts through visual thinking strategies.
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Banish Boredom with these Creative Exercises
In this week's episode, Susan shares creative exercises like "warm-up constraints" and "Lit Smashes" to shake up your curriculum.
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Can You Really Change Your Brain?
Crack the code on habits, learning, and upgrading your brain with Jon Finn.
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The 4 Branches of Creativity
Explore the 4 branches of creativity, learn how to tap your own potential, and bring innovation to life, one branch at a time.
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The Transformative Power of Appreciation
How does long-term appreciation, peer observation, and relationship-building revolutionize school leadership?
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Can You Imagine? 2 Exercises to Strengthen Your Creative Practice
In a world where 100 years of progress is now happening in 4 years or less, is what we're teaching in schools even effective anymore?
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Arts Integration Lesson Audits
Lesson audit alert! We're putting 2 online lessons to the test using the Arts Integration Look-For Checklist to help find the differences.
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The Power of the Enneagram
In this episode, Susan explores the Enneagram's 9 personality types and how to use them to build stronger relationships.
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Beyond the Blame Game: Why We Need to Support Our Teachers
Go beyond the blame game as Jen Schwanke shares insights on supporting teachers, 3 Ps framework, teacher leadership, and conflict management.
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Tearing Down the Walls: Why One Size Doesn’t Fit All in Education (Part II)
Carol Tomlinson is back to debunk differentiation misconceptions and offer strategies for teachers to create inclusive class nvironments.
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Tearing Down the Walls: Why One Size Doesn’t Fit All in Education (Part I)
Join Carol Tomlinson as she shares her 3 pillars for differentiation, creating a classroom where every child's dignity is honored and valued.
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