Abstract: Aspects of the professional growth process are driven by your school’s strategic priorities, which we call Themes. Once established, Themes serve as the guiding focus for your school’s work in Folio, whether to influence the selection of posts for the Community Feed, the focus of the observation cycle, or the generation of Goals. Schools …
Selecting and Implementing Themes for the Year in Folio Read More »
Student feedback can be an essential tool in creating a positive impact on both teaching and learning. Student survey feedback tracks consistency over time and showcases the student’s experience in the classroom. It can show patterns and support teachers in improving practice and achieving their goals. Student survey feedback can be used to affirm work …
Student Feedback Surveys: A Thoughtful and Purposeful Process Read More »
Join a conversation with Joe Weinstein-Sears at Emery/Weiner School, about how he uses the Roll Call feature to save time and take an intentional approach to making sure teachers get the attention they need from him in their growth . [0:19] What is your school’s Folio success story? Joe talks about how the Roll Call …
Member Spotlight: Creating intentional observation using the myFolio Roll Call feature Read More »
https://vimeo.com/446792318/8e8f3f2a9fThe myFolio experience is now more intentional, more actionable, and easier for your faculty and staff to incorporate into their daily routine so that professional growth and learning is a continual, rewarding process. New! myFolio Folio’s online experience is now called myFolio. The entire experience has a cleaner, fresher look, making myFolio more enjoyable to …
Introducing Your Faculty and Staff to the New Features in myFolio Read More »
Users logging into myFolio this week will see a few changes here and there. These tweaks are not as significant as our summer software development, but they nonetheless might be game-changers for many schools. What are the changes, and how do platform modifications like this come to be? Join us on a behind-the-scenes tour of …
An Update is Born: How this month’s myFolio tweaks came to be 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 …
Natika Stewart, Director of Member Success myFolio is a powerful and effective way to establish school-wide priorities, align teacher and staff goals with those priorities, and support individuals as they pursue their professional growth and learning. Here are easy-to-follow guides for setting up and using the myFolio features that will generate interest and engagement — …
The new features and enhancements in the cloud-based, myFolio online platform are more than a clean, new look. They are an expansion and a demonstration of what Folio Collaborative is all about – and why more than 20,000 faculty and staff at over 150 independent schools grow and learn every day with the support of …
By Meredith Monk Ford Executive Director It’s clear from every conversation I have had in the past few weeks, that school leaders’ plates are uncharacteristically full for mid-July. The number of unknowns everyone is trying to juggle makes it almost impossible to plan for every contingency, especially when so much is out of one’s control. Somewhere on that …
by Meredith Monk Ford Executive Director In our Town Hall earlier this week with Tim Fish, I was especially struck by his statement, “As school leaders, we need to deliver on things that are basic first.” Town Hall participants were sharing stories about parents challenging the value of distance learning and teachers struggling with ambiguous …