Incubate to Innovate is developing support to assist schools and districts in planning and implementing thoughtful responses to student learning loss due to COVID-19. Learning loss is a phenomenon that has occurred thanks to the global pandemic and seeking to return to “normal” may continue to widen opportunity gaps for students and/or inadvertently support inequity in education.
continue readingUtilizing ChangeMaker Mindsets™ to Promote Social Entrepreneurship
A ChangeMaker is anyone who chooses to take creative action to solve a systemic problem for impact. As students embrace and utilize the ChangeMaker Mindsets™ in their learning experiences, they are more readily able to achieve deeper learning and are encouraged to think about social change and widespread impact.
Continue ReadingHow do we Design for Ongoing Professional Learning?
As we plan and strategize to DESIGN schools of resilience for the 2020-2021 school year and beyond, thinking about how we DESIGN for ongoing professional learning and development is a part of that complex journey. Typically, schools designate a certain number of days per school year for professional learning and those sessions are conducted LIVE. There has never been a greater need to #ReimaginePD to make sure it is thoughtful, impactful, relevant, and doable given the complexities we are all facing.
continue readingPersist through Discomfort
We all have the opportunity to reframe the nature of a problem and pivot during the course of a plan, if and when necessary, in order to Persist through Discomfort.
Continue ReadingStart Small, Iterate Fast
When individuals are encouraged to take their own needed risks within a safe, collaborative community, ideation leaps forward.
Continue readingEncourage Risk-Taking
When one allows curiosity to propel themselves forward while reframing fears and roadblocks as opportunities, an invitation for risk-taking emerges.
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