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Lindsay Lyons | Instructional Coach: Social Justice Education
Massachusetts now requires civics projects in high school and 8th grade. There's an 80-page document with all the details, but if you want the gist in a 5-minute video...here you go! Plus, there's a free curriculum planner to help you plan your Civics project unit in the video description. Design, High School, Gender, High, Professional, Growth, Student, School, Professional Growth
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Is Political Stuff Off-Limits for a Civics Project?
Massachusetts now requires civics projects in high school and 8th grade. There's an 80-page document with all the details, but if you want the gist in a 5-minute video...here you go! Plus, there's a free curriculum planner to help you plan your Civics project unit in the video description.
“If you’re not going to let us [say the word ‘period’]…We’re going to hang up the posters anyways…at the end of the day, you know whether something is appropriate or not and saying the words ‘period’ and ‘menstruation’ aren’t inappropriate words.” Listen to more student brilliance like this in Episode 107 of the Time for Teachership podcast! You can also get the slide deck I used for this activity in the blog post. (It's free!) Posters, Inspiration, Post, Period, Equity, Independence
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What Do Students Want to Talk About? They tell us in this episode.s.
“If you’re not going to let us [say the word ‘period’]…We’re going to hang up the posters anyways…at the end of the day, you know whether something is appropriate or not and saying the words ‘period’ and ‘menstruation’ aren’t inappropriate words.” Listen to more student brilliance like this in Episode 107 of the Time for Teachership podcast! You can also get the slide deck I used for this activity in the blog post. (It's free!)
What happens when students have 60 minutes to plan and record a podcast segment? Listen to the results in this episode! You can also get the slide deck I used for this activity in the blog post. (It's free!) Episode, Students, 60 Minutes
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What happens when students have 60 minutes to plan and record a podcast segment? Listen to the results in this episode! You can also get the slide deck I used for this activity in the blog post. (It's free!)
“I am the only brown student in my…class…It is uncomfortable because then when you feel when you want to say something you can’t because it’s this fear that everyone’s going to see you as a bad person or you’re sensitive or you can’t take a joke…” Students share what's on their minds in Episode 107 of the Time for Teachership podcast! In the post, I share the slide deck I used to help students design + create a podcast segment in 60 mins. Create, Brown, Culture, Person, Bad
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Student Podcasts for SEL + Academics
“I am the only brown student in my…class…It is uncomfortable because then when you feel when you want to say something you can’t because it’s this fear that everyone’s going to see you as a bad person or you’re sensitive or you can’t take a joke…” Students share what's on their minds in Episode 107 of the Time for Teachership podcast! In the post, I share the slide deck I used to help students design + create a podcast segment in 60 mins.
​We all tend to use a different “filter” when speaking to kids versus adults. Many people want to keep children protected from having to deal with the kind of fear, worry, and loss of innocence that they deal with. Find out how to navigate these difficult conversations using this FREE resource! People, Emotional Regulation, Instructional Strategies, Instructional Resources, Career Readiness, Struggling Students, Student Choice, Autonomic Nervous System
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FREE RESOURCE: Navigating Difficult Topics With Students
​We all tend to use a different “filter” when speaking to kids versus adults. Many people want to keep children protected from having to deal with the kind of fear, worry, and loss of innocence that they deal with. Find out how to navigate these difficult conversations using this FREE resource!
​We all tend to use a different “filter” when speaking to kids versus adults. Many people want to keep children protected from having to deal with the kind of fear, worry, and loss of innocence that they deal with. Find out in this podcast and blog just how much information is okay to share! Change Is Hard, Change Management, Changing Jobs
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How We Can Help Students Navigate Difficult Topics
​We all tend to use a different “filter” when speaking to kids versus adults. Many people want to keep children protected from having to deal with the kind of fear, worry, and loss of innocence that they deal with. Find out in this podcast and blog just how much information is okay to share!
​We all tend to use a different “filter” when speaking to kids versus adults. Many people want to keep children protected from having to deal with the kind of fear, worry, and loss of innocence that they deal with. Find out in this podcast and blog just how much information is okay to share! Leadership, Teacher Leader, Student Motivation
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Do You Tell Your Kids the Whole Truth?
​We all tend to use a different “filter” when speaking to kids versus adults. Many people want to keep children protected from having to deal with the kind of fear, worry, and loss of innocence that they deal with. Find out in this podcast and blog just how much information is okay to share!
Isn’t it a bit odd that traditionally in school, children and young adults are thought of only in relation to their performance or their productivity? In this interview with Dr. Lorea Martinez, find out how SEL gets teachers, admin, and leaders to practice seeing students as well as themselves as a whole human with needs! Emotional Development, Social Emotional Learning, Student Success, Student Learning
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How SEL Considered the Whole Human
Isn’t it a bit odd that traditionally in school, children and young adults are thought of only in relation to their performance or their productivity? In this interview with Dr. Lorea Martinez, find out how SEL gets teachers, admin, and leaders to practice seeing students as well as themselves as a whole human with needs!
Listen to Lindsay Lyons as she interviews her own former students, Eliel Tugutu and Rachel Koudougnon, about how hearing and incorporating student voices when creating a curriculum can improve their education and real world skills with a more personalized learning experience! Student Voice, Student Leadership, Student Government
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Take the Guess Work Out of Educating!
Listen to Lindsay Lyons as she interviews her own former students, Eliel Tugutu and Rachel Koudougnon, about how hearing and incorporating student voices when creating a curriculum can improve their education and real world skills with a more personalized learning experience!
Part of Lindsay Beth Lyon's Leading for Justice Mini Series! Learn how including students, families, staff, teachers, administrators and community members makes a difference in this podcast episode! Leadership Activities, Leadership Skills, Special Education Teacher, School Leader
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Share Leadership with Students and Prepare Them for the Future
Part of Lindsay Beth Lyon's Leading for Justice Mini Series! Learn how including students, families, staff, teachers, administrators and community members makes a difference in this podcast episode!
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Part of Lindsay Beth Lyon's Leading for Justice Mini Series! Learn how including students, families, staff, teachers, administrators and community members makes a difference in this podcast episode! Assistant Principal, At-risk Students
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What Does Shared Leadership in School Look Like?
Part of Lindsay Beth Lyon's Leading for Justice Mini Series! Learn how including students, families, staff, teachers, administrators and community members makes a difference in this podcast episode!
​We all tend to use a different “filter” when speaking to kids versus adults. Many people want to keep children protected from having to deal with the kind of fear, worry, and loss of innocence that they deal with. Find out in this podcast and blog just how much information is okay to share! School Reform
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Why We Shouldn't Keep Students in the Dark
​We all tend to use a different “filter” when speaking to kids versus adults. Many people want to keep children protected from having to deal with the kind of fear, worry, and loss of innocence that they deal with. Find out in this podcast and blog just how much information is okay to share!
Part of Lindsay Beth Lyon's Leading for Justice Mini Series! Learn how including students, families, staff, teachers, administrators and community members makes a difference in this podcast episode!
The Equity Impacts of Shared Leadership
Part of Lindsay Beth Lyon's Leading for Justice Mini Series! Learn how including students, families, staff, teachers, administrators and community members makes a difference in this podcast episode!
A free resource: a research one-pager highlighting the key ideas from Lindsay Beth Lyon's episode on Shared Leadership! Grab the resource here to easily share a short fact sheet with stakeholders! Ideas
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What Research Says About Shared Leadership
A free resource: a research one-pager highlighting the key ideas from Lindsay Beth Lyon's episode on Shared Leadership! Grab the resource here to easily share a short fact sheet with stakeholders!
Isn’t it a bit odd that traditionally in school, children and young adults are thought of only in relation to their performance or their productivity? In this interview with Dr. Lorea Martinez, find out how SEL gets teachers, admin, and leaders to practice seeing students as well as themselves as a whole human with needs! Teachers College Columbia University, Esl Teachers
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SEL is Not the Destination; It’s the Vehicle with Dr. Lorea Martinez
Isn’t it a bit odd that traditionally in school, children and young adults are thought of only in relation to their performance or their productivity? In this interview with Dr. Lorea Martinez, find out how SEL gets teachers, admin, and leaders to practice seeing students as well as themselves as a whole human with needs!
Learn how preservice and in-service teacher training can support good teaching practices and implement SEL in schools and more here for free! Teacher Resources, Project Based Learning, Free Teacher Resources
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Project Based Learning
Free Teacher Resources
FREE Resources: Preparing Teachers for SEL
Learn how preservice and in-service teacher training can support good teaching practices and implement SEL in schools and more here for free!
Listen to Lindsay Lyons as she interviews her own former students, Eliel Tugutu and Rachel Koudougnon, about how hearing and incorporating student voices when creating a curriculum can improve their education and real world skills with a more personalized learning experience!
Create a Personalized Learning Experience for Your Students
Listen to Lindsay Lyons as she interviews her own former students, Eliel Tugutu and Rachel Koudougnon, about how hearing and incorporating student voices when creating a curriculum can improve their education and real world skills with a more personalized learning experience!
Isn’t it a bit odd that traditionally in school, children and young adults are thought of only in relation to their performance or their productivity? In this interview with Dr. Lorea Martinez, find out how SEL gets teachers, admin, and leaders to practice seeing students as well as themselves as a whole human with needs!
SEL: Connecting With Students Through Neuroscience
Isn’t it a bit odd that traditionally in school, children and young adults are thought of only in relation to their performance or their productivity? In this interview with Dr. Lorea Martinez, find out how SEL gets teachers, admin, and leaders to practice seeing students as well as themselves as a whole human with needs!
Dr. Ryan explains that the pandemic basically necessitated a simple approach to science projects. Doing class from home meant that teachers had to really think about what materials everyone had access to in their home. None of it was complex, and that’s a trend she hopes will continue. Performance Tasks, Writing Lesson Plans
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Shifting Curriculum to the "How"'s and "Why"'s
Dr. Ryan explains that the pandemic basically necessitated a simple approach to science projects. Doing class from home meant that teachers had to really think about what materials everyone had access to in their home. None of it was complex, and that’s a trend she hopes will continue.
What’s a driving question? It is one that’s aligned with learning goals, engaging, allows for open ended responses, rooted in a specific context, clear, and centers justice. Use this FREE template to help you create your own engaging and exciting driving questions! Writing Lessons, Class Projects, Curriculum Design
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FREE Template to Creating Questions that Engage Students in Social Justice
What’s a driving question? It is one that’s aligned with learning goals, engaging, allows for open ended responses, rooted in a specific context, clear, and centers justice. Use this FREE template to help you create your own engaging and exciting driving questions!
The research on student-centered learning is revealing. This makes learning personalized to the individual needs and gives them power to be part of the creation of curriculum. Students get to progress to the next level when they’ve nailed down the concepts, not when a teacher says so. Find out what students have shown from the research in this FREE Equity Research download! Student Achievement, Leadership Coaching
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Download the FREE Equity Research One-Pager
The research on student-centered learning is revealing. This makes learning personalized to the individual needs and gives them power to be part of the creation of curriculum. Students get to progress to the next level when they’ve nailed down the concepts, not when a teacher says so. Find out what students have shown from the research in this FREE Equity Research download!
In this blog, we speak with Emma Siesfeld, who walks us through several student supporting strategies from her amazing guide. Student Growth, Strategies, Teacher Help
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Strategies to Make School Setting and Learning More Equitable
In this blog, we speak with Emma Siesfeld, who walks us through several student supporting strategies from her amazing guide.
Usually, minority students are the ones who are affected by strict grading because it doesn’t account for the gap or differences between students coming from advantaged schools and schools with less funding, crowded classrooms, and teachers that didn’t have the tools they needed. Mastery-based grading is all about giving all students a chance to practice the same skills and show progress/mastery in a variety of ways. Competency Based
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How to Change Your Classroom for the Better with Mastery Based Grading
Usually, minority students are the ones who are affected by strict grading because it doesn’t account for the gap or differences between students coming from advantaged schools and schools with less funding, crowded classrooms, and teachers that didn’t have the tools they needed. Mastery-based grading is all about giving all students a chance to practice the same skills and show progress/mastery in a variety of ways.
What’s a driving question? It is one that’s aligned with learning goals, engaging, allows for open ended responses, rooted in a specific context, clear, and centers justice. In this blog, learn how to create your own engaging and exciting driving questions! Essential Questions
Essential Questions
Learn How Students Can Use a Driving Question to Address Social Issues
What’s a driving question? It is one that’s aligned with learning goals, engaging, allows for open ended responses, rooted in a specific context, clear, and centers justice. In this blog, learn how to create your own engaging and exciting driving questions!
In this blog, we speak with Emma Siesfeld, who walks us through several student supporting strategies from her amazing guide. Teaching Methods
Teaching Methods
Learn How to Incorporate Equity Practices into Traditional Teaching Methods
In this blog, we speak with Emma Siesfeld, who walks us through several student supporting strategies from her amazing guide.
Grab the FREE Media Critique Project Rubric and Instructions Sheet here. This fun, impactful project aims to answer the question: Does this piece of media (re)produce or interrupt oppression? Educational Technology, Rubrics For Projects, Project Rubric, Digital Citizenship, Media Literacy
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Rubric and Instruction Sheet for My Media Critique Project
Grab the FREE Media Critique Project Rubric and Instructions Sheet here. This fun, impactful project aims to answer the question: Does this piece of media (re)produce or interrupt oppression?
Free poster download! The 3-2-1 Strategy is one example of many formative assessments. Lesson Plans, Pre K, Teaching Strategies, Teaching Tips, Formative Assessment Strategies, Formative Assessment, Student Teaching, Teaching English
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A Formative Assessment Option
Free poster download! The 3-2-1 Strategy is one example of many formative assessments.
Critical Thinking vs Analytical Thinking vs Creative Thinking Content Marketing, Coaching, Critical Thinking, Critical Thinking Skills, Critical Thinking Activities, Taxonomy, Teaching Critical Thinking, Instructional Design
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Critical Thinking vs Analytical Thinking vs Creative Thinking
Getting students to critically think about whether the things they see, read, and watch are producing or reproducing systems of oppression is an important skill for them to learn in school. Student Encouragement
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Getting students to critically think about whether the things they see, read, and watch are producing or reproducing systems of oppression is an important skill for them to learn in school.