Learning Unleashed

• More of This, Less of That (Fill out this deceptively simple doc, post it somewhere you’ll see regularly, and periodically check in and calibrate your actions)
  
• 💭Hopes and Dreams HyperDoc
• Embracing the New Year: Five Approaches to Goal-Setting and Growth in the Classroom
• 2024 New Year Goals Tracker
  
• Working Proactively With an Instructional Coach

Our district, school, and classroom communities thrive when we are connected to one another. Consider how you will foster joy, relationships, and connection in 2024!

• How to Nurture Your Joy in Teaching

• Building Relationships With Students on Positive Words and High Expectations

• Nurturing Positive School Relationships
  

• Building a Sense of Safety and Connection (staff-to-staff)
  

Are you looking to amplify the stamina that you built with students in the fall? 4 Strategies for Building Momentum in the Spring suggests capitalizing on the recharge from winter break with intentional planning for movement.

The daylight is short, skies are grey, and weather may dip into some dulling cold temperatures so avoid mental inertia with a daily relevant, kid-friendly focus and meaningful feedback. “Whether celebrating success in conversation or in writing, making space for targeted feedback about the positive aspects of student work is key to maintaining momentum throughout the school year.”

Also consider breaking the winter classroom blues with this take on blended learning in Co-teaching With Myself. Magnify your own teaching gains by using instructional videos to be in two places at once.

Are you wanting to implement an instructional practice like cooperative structures or small group instruction, but need to see it in action to further you learning? Did you know you can collaborate with and visit the classrooms of Learning Leaders from across the district? They have opened their classrooms up for others to observe student learning in action! Check out the Learning Leader Observation Classroom process. For more info, visit the Learning Leaders website

There’s still time to sign up for the spring cohort of the Continuous Improvement Institute! Learn tools for student and teacher empowerment and have guided support working through a problem of practice. Consider joining this foundational Leander ISD learning experience that kicks off next week! (Info & registration link)

Check out past editions of Learning Unleashed.

For more opportunities for professional learning provided by Leander ISD, check out Eduphoria Strive.

Email: professional.development@leanderisd.org
Website: https://sites.google.com/leanderisd.org/professional-learning/home
Phone: 512.570.0209
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