What would it take for schools to become more collaborative places? What practices distinguish highly collaborative organizations? And if we believe that collaboration enhances learning among students, how can we help teachers learn in more collaborative ways as well? Our team at the Folio Collaborative believes that finding more effective ways to support and enhance …
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Join a conversation with John Bracker at Polytechnic School, about how Poly’s commitment to Folio helped the school come together and maintain its focus on professional growth and strategic priorities, even amidst the challenges of the pandemic . [0:29] What is your school’s Folio success story? John talks about how using myFolio to unify …
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How do people grow? Research suggests that about 40% of our day each day is spent acting out habits, rather than making decisions. Even the ways we think tend to be habitual, our thoughts becoming self-reinforcing due to confirmation bias. Growth, therefore, is almost always a question of habit change – people grow as they …
Using Habits and the Domino Effect to Achieve Lasting Professional Growth Read More »
Join a conversation with Jon Cassie, Director of Curriculum and Innovation at TVT Community Day School (CA), about how TVT supports teachers through peer growth partnerships, making peer-to-peer collaboration the cornerstone of professional growth. [0:30] What is your school’s Folio success story? Jon talks about the way TVT structures its myFolio system around peer growth triads. …
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This year, faculty and staff need more support, and different support. Goal-directed growth remains the centerpiece for faculty/staff support at many schools, for good reasons, although it needs to be complemented by other tactics. And at schools where goal-setting wasn’t possible in the fall, those other supports are still crucial (although mid-year is also a …
Thinking Beyond Goals: 4 Key Actions to Support Teachers Right Now Read More »
With glimmers of hope on the horizon in the form of vaccine development, we’ve begun to hear more from school leaders whose thoughts center around questions like, “How can I help my school emerge stronger post-pandemic?” At some schools, emerging from COVID stronger than before in 2021-2022 might come in the form of a professional …
Reinvent and Redesign Your Growth System in 2021 Read More »
While faculty and staff at many Folio schools traditionally set goals in August and September, that’s not the only time of year when goal-setting can be done. (In fact, some Folio member schools set goals mid-year every year!). If the circumstances of 2020 have left your school considering mid-year goal-setting (or goal revision), the good …
Meredith Monk Ford Folio Executive Director Like you, I had hoped that by this point in the school year, we would know what to expect from week to week. Seven months into the pandemic and over a month since students returned, I assumed – like you – that we would have a plan for …
By Natika Stewart Don’t let the unusual start of the school year deter professional growth. This school year is like nothing you’ve experienced before. Understandably, the priority for school leaders, faculty, and staff has been to prepare for and implement in-person, hybrid, and remote teaching and learning. You’ve been busy. And understandably, many Folio member …
by Meredith Monk Ford Folio Executive Director It’s lonely at the top. Even if you had an inkling six months ago that you’d still be wrestling with pandemic challenges in the Fall, it doesn’t make today any easier. Leading faculty and staff at the start of a pandemic school year is much different than March’s …