Enough Already! Let's Rethink Middle School We're Tired of This Not Working

Children who do not have a solid foundation in Elementary and are encouraged in Middle School have extremely low turnouts in college so… why hasn’t it changed?

Reform, Blog, Administrative SupportCassandra WilliamsAugust 26, 2021Educational Innvoation 360Middle School, The Middle School Initiative, Change in Behavior, Career Path, K12, Students, IEP, real-world, RedesignComment

Where Are The Teacher Training Programs for Future learning?

Many teachers in the world are taking it upon themselves to train themselves and others in their building in online education.

Reform, elearning, Administrative SupportCassandra WilliamsAugust 13, 2021Educational Innvoation 360future, Learning, Training, Future Learning, Programs, Online learning, Online teacher, effective online teaching practices, Online engagement, Online spaces, Diversity in delivery, Online pedagogyComment

Some Acquired The Value-Added Model (VAM) and many still don't trust it!

The idea of evaluating teachers in the next 10 years seems like a stretch due to the teacher shortage and the Covid19 pandemic but we still have these systems in place, so how are you adapting?

Districts Decide A Design For A Teacher Evaluation System – The Old Way Failed

The older evaluation systems failed at both levels leaving teachers with little or no support on how to improve and did nothing to identify struggling/low-performing teachers. So, what have we done to change it?

The Important Of The Position And Its Effect On A School: Are You An Effective Principal?

Principals tend to spend an average of 12.6 percent of their time on instruction-related activities which is worrisome because classroom walkthroughs only account for 5.4 percent of a principal’s time. (NCES)

School Principal, Blog, Administrative SupportCassandra WilliamsJanuary 21, 2021Educational Innovation 360Principals, principal, school leader, Mentorship, coach, coaching, school leadership, teacher turnover, sustainability, strengths, turnover, role-play, retention

How Successful Principals Make the Most of Their Conversations: Ei360 and The Danielson Framework

The Danielson Framework is a tool for supporting teaching, Ei360 works through conferences between teachers and principals that would lay the foundation for developing strategies for improving student participation.

When a School Changes the way things are done: BrightWorks Arc School

What happens when you allow students the opportunity to explore? At Brightworks, a student might get cut, have bloody knuckles, or get a nasty bruise but students are allowed to be curious and build while using tools and solving real-world problems.

Reform, Administrative SupportEducational Innovation 360January 23, 2020Educational Innovation 360Innovative school, BrightWorks Arc, Elementary School, Middle School, Student Agency, Electrical ToolsComment

Beyond the Screen of a New-Age Classroom

Utilization of technologies has increasingly become common practice within the educational system of Western societies and students will graduate with digital literacy which will assist them in their working lives.