The New Meaning of “Meeting Them Where They’re At”
When I first started teaching “meet them where they’re at” was becoming more and more of a common phrase as workshops and differentiation...
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- Dec 10, 2019
- 3 min
Reignite the Flames: Defining Educator Engagement and Disengagement
Listen to the Make Learning Magical Podcast by Tisha Richmond discussing this topic here. As I gear up to complete the follow-up book to...
- Mar 10, 2019
- 3 min
The Importance of Communication in Climate and Culture
When I work with districts on the ideas in #DivergentEDU, communication is one of the most common areas recited as either supporting the...
- Nov 29, 2018
- 3 min
What Can Divergent Thinking Do For You (The Teacher)?
I was reading through this guide by the University of Texas at Austin on thinking and teaching divergently and I came across these...
- Sep 15, 2018
- 6 min
Five Characteristics of the Divergent Teacher
The idea of divergence is occasionally envisioned as two paths diverging in the wood, perhaps thanks to our friend Robert Frost. However,...
- Jan 5, 2018
- 4 min
Hierarchy of Needs for Innovation & Divergent Thinking: When the supports are in place
This is the fifth installment of the #hierarchyseries. You can find the first post here. Updated 10/9/2019 The purpose of the Hierarchy...
- Dec 20, 2017
- 5 min
Hierarchy of Needs for Innovation & Divergent Thinking: Professional Development
This is the fifth post in the #hierarchyseries. You can find the first post here. Updated 10/9/2019 In an effort to support professional...
- Dec 9, 2017
- 4 min
Hierarchy of Needs for Innovation & Divergent Thinking: Mindset
This is the fourth post in the #hierarchyseries. The first post can be found here. Updated 10/9/2019 As I’ve mentioned in previous posts,...
- Dec 4, 2017
- 4 min
Hierarchy of Needs for Innovation & Divergent Thinking Series: Effective Leadership
This post is the third in the #HierarchySeries. You can find the first post here. Updated 10/9/2019 The area of effective leadership...
- Nov 29, 2017
- 5 min
Hierarchy of Needs for Innovation & Divergent Thinking: Climate & Culture
The idea of the Hierarchy of Needs for Innovation & Divergent Thinking came to me at a time when I was looking for a more concrete way to...
- Nov 26, 2017
- 3 min
Hierarchy of Needs for Innovation & Divergent Thinking
Awhile back, I began trying to delineate what needed to be in place for a teacher to really have the best chance of being innovative in...
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