An Inside Peek at a Public School Shifting to the PBE Model Part One: Collaboration
Editor's Note: This is the first post in a three-part series. Please look for Part II, Reassessment and Redesign, in the coming weeks. I...
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Thoughts and updates from our staff and community.
Courtney Smith
- Jan 8, 2018
- 3 min
Philosophy, Practice, and Proficiency - Part 2
Editor's note: This is part two in a multi-part series. In my first post, I introduced ideas I’ve been turning over in my head lately,...
Sara Needleman
- Dec 5, 2017
- 3 min
Looking at the Ingredients, Not at the Label
(Part I in a multipart series) Last spring and summer I read a handful of local and national newspaper articles illuminating the friction...
Courtney Smith
- Nov 6, 2017
- 3 min
Philosophy, Practice, and Proficiency
Editor's note: This is part one in a multi-part series. This past summer, I took a course that challenged me to examine my personal...
Hope McLaughlin and Sara Needleman
- Oct 23, 2017
- 2 min
New Partnerships for JumpRope - Kinvolved
Editor's Note: This is part 4 in a series of 4 introducing JumpRope's new partnerships. Find part 1 here, part 2 here and part 3 here....
Sara Needleman
- Oct 3, 2017
- 3 min
New Partnerships for JumpRope - Education Modified
Editor's Note: This is part 3 in a series of 4 introducing some of JumpRope's new partnerships. Find part 1 here, part 2 here and part 4...
Sara Needleman
- Sep 12, 2017
- 2 min
New Partnerships for JumpRope
As we step into the 2017-2018 school year, we’d like to announce two very exciting partnerships we’re involved with. Our hope is that the...
Sara Needleman
- Jun 12, 2017
- 2 min
Good Reads Summer 2017
Summer reading. For some of us, that phrase invokes an image of sitting on the beach with the novels we don’t have time to read during...
Sara Needleman
- May 3, 2017
- 4 min
Scoring the "Re-Do"
School used to be a place where, among other things, teachers taught lessons, administered assessments and entered grades into the...
Sally Allen
- Apr 4, 2017
- 3 min
Is it Special Education or Proficiency Based Education? Yes
Proficiency Based Learning or Proficiency Based Education (PBE) are new-ish names for what teachers in Special Education have been doing...
Abby Shink
- Mar 20, 2017
- 4 min
Planning Smarter, Not Harder
Collaborative planning has been key to improving teaching and learning in our school buildings. My position has me split between two...
Sara Needleman
- Mar 3, 2017
- 6 min
Motivation in a Proficiency Model: How do Teachers Approach Multiple Attempts and Retakes?
I’ve recently thought a lot about Ron Berger’s assertions in Leaders of Their Own Learning. As suggested by the title, we should strive...
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