Have you read the book, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie? It’s an awesome book for all ages! If you give a mouse a cookie, the mouse will want milk; then the mouse will want a straw, then a napkin, and so on and so on. The story depicts the power of chain reactions […]
Dr. Nancy Sulla Webinar on How to Foster Empowered, Efficacious Students
Over the past few years, there has been a push in education to move past compliance and increase student engagement. However, should engagement be our end goal? Dr. Nancy Sulla posits that engagement is a stepping stone to reach empowerment and efficacy. Join Dr. Sulla as she outlines how to foster empowered, efficacious students through […]
Deliberate and Purposeful Rubric Transitions
I first wrote my book Students Taking Charge in 2011. Now I’m finishing second editions with both a K–5 version and 6–12 version (due out summer 2018). By focusing each book on specific grade levels, I have room to go into more detail on topics! I thought I’d share some of the insights on how […]
In Search of the Perfect Problem
At IDE Corp., our “why” for the professional development services and consulting we provide is to assist schools in positioning students to change the world. To build student efficacy and leadership, schools must move beyond a compliance model to an engagement → empowerment → efficacy model of instruction. The Learner-Active, Technology-Infused Classroom model drives learning […]
Rethinking Success: Engagement, Empowerment, & Efficacy
Like it or not, to most schools, achievement means strong performance on state tests. Some claim to value life preparation and social-emotional growth over test scores, but that never plays well in the annual newspaper articles. What if you could have it all? What if you could rethink success and have happy, healthy, excited students […]