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How to Structure Your Class Time to Engage Your Learners

How to Structure Your Class Time to Engage Your Learners

by Jessica Madenford | Aug 18, 2021 | The Journey to Learner Autonomy

Reimagining education to appeal to the individual needs of your learners can be a huge undertaking. When exploring a learner-centered approach, there is so much research and planning that it can seem overwhelming.  One question lingering in your mind may be: What...
Crafting Your Elevator Speech

Crafting Your Elevator Speech

by Jessica Madenford | Aug 9, 2021 | The Journey to Learner Autonomy

This is the year. The time has come. You are ready to roll out your new program.  You have dabbled in a choice-based approach to classroom practices and sensed the excitement from your students. Maybe you have aligned your instruction and assessment with Howard...
Start Before You Are Ready

Start Before You Are Ready

by Jessica Madenford | Jul 27, 2021 | The Journey to Learner Autonomy

Planning to incorporate more learner-centered instruction can create a sense of overwhelm if you have only ever manned the controls yourself. To fully prepare could require you to invest hours of research, work, or possibly taking a course. With a growing to-do list,...
Get Out of Your Own Way and Reframe Your Thoughts

Get Out of Your Own Way and Reframe Your Thoughts

by Jessica Madenford | Jul 20, 2021 | The Journey to Learner Autonomy

Several years ago, my district adopted the Danielson Group’s Framework for Teaching Evaluation. We all shuffled into our respective schools for our faculty meetings to learn about how the evaluation method would differ from years’ past, view the structure...
Validation Sets the World on Fire

Validation Sets the World on Fire

by Jessica Madenford | Jul 13, 2021 | The Journey to Learner Autonomy

I arrived to school earlier than usual to shake the nerves and calm my mind. My end of the year evaluation was minutes away with my new-to-me principal. To say that I was nervous would be an understatement. As usual, to prepare for my evaluation, I submitted evidence...
Your Interpretation is not my Interpretation

Your Interpretation is not my Interpretation

by Jessica Madenford | Jul 6, 2021 | The Journey to Learner Autonomy

It was the end of the school day, and I was wrapping up in my classroom studio before packing up my things to head home. One of the long-term subs stormed into my room, greeting me with artwork in her hands. I recognized the painting from passing it back to the artist...
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