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Stone Ridge launches a year of professional growth supported by Folio Collaborative and ISM

By Jeremy Goldstein and Barbara Beachley Jimi Purse, Assistant Head of School at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, is a longtime Folio user and administrator who saw an opportunity to use myFolio as the foundation for a new approach to professional growth in the 23-24 school year. As sights were set on the …

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Folio’s Mastermind groups

By Carey Fetting-Smith One thing we know to be true is that leadership can be a lonely endeavor. Folio’s Mastermind groups are here to address that challenge head on by building a community of like-minded school leaders from other member schools. Folio’s Mastermind calls are a fun, low-lift, high-return, way to connect with dynamic school …

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Leveraging Themes in Folio to launch your vision

The Themes feature in myFolio solves a challenge many school leaders face: How might we connect the daily work of educators to larger schoolwide visions, missions, and standards for teaching and learning? And most importantly, are your institutional goals reflected in your themes?  During our 2023 Summer Leadership Series, Patricia Podorsek, Director of Teaching and …

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UMBC Summer Math Program Pilots Folio

By Carey Fetting-Smith The University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) Summer Math Program is using Folio this summer to help cultivate a culture of professional growth and collaboration. This five-week “math camp” takes place at two school sites in Baltimore, Maryland: Lakeland Elementary/Middle School and Cherry Hill Elementary/Middle School. With the participation of over 140 …

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Using “Ecocycle Planning” as a tool for your end of year reflection and supporting your community

By Jeremy Goldstein   I was meeting with one of our members recently and I was reminded of a session I led with faculty and staff just prior to reconvening a school community in person- this was 2021 and it does seem like a lifetime ago. Some of you may recall sessions where you were …

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Member Spotlight: Celebration and collaboration with Spotlights and Informal Observations

  Hear from Curtis Fee, Head of Lower School at Phoenix Country Day, about how Folio has helped foster a culture of collaboration on his team. What is your school’s Folio success story? [0:27] Curtis shares how he creates small moments for reflection and celebration, by dedicating 3 minutes at the beginning of his faculty …

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