Powerful Learning Practice Blog

Is Your Lifeboat Secure?

Is Your Lifeboat Secure?

As schools open, the first few weeks will be like sailing into a stormy sea. You know your destination is ahead, but at times it will be impossible to see over the choppy waters. Some schools and educators will let fear drive their decisions, while others will jump...

Top Five Reasons to Join a Twitter Chat

Top Five Reasons to Join a Twitter Chat

I’ll never forget the first time I realized the power of participating on Twitter.   I was attending a national conference for professional development and had signed up for a session with a fairly well known presenter.  I got to the room early so that I...

Are Coaches Still Relevant?

Are Coaches Still Relevant?

https://vimeo.com/448878456 Powerful Learning Practice created a model of coaching a decade ago that we believe was created for exactly such a time as this. Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach shares the power of Connected Coaching, what it looks like and how educators can benefit...

Adaptive Expertise: Essential Skill for Today’s Learner

Adaptive Expertise: Essential Skill for Today’s Learner

https://vimeo.com/448878139 We all need it to thrive during a global pandemic. Adaptive expertise, teach it, cultivate it, own it. As we live through a pandemic, we're all finding our way through fast paced change. Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach shares how adaptive expertise...

Community- Secret to a Long Life

Community- Secret to a Long Life

https://vimeo.com/448878554 Community is more important than ever as we go through these unprecedented times! Sheryl shares some of the key benefits educators can find in a community that will support them through the 20-21 school year. Looking for a community? Join...

The Message is in the Medium: Inclusive School Cultures

The Message is in the Medium: Inclusive School Cultures

Supporting Anti-Racism and Anti-Discrimination through Your School's Website Anti-racism and anti-discrimination continue to be an important topic in public discussion. Society is faced with a collective call to action to improve inclusion by rethinking interactions...

Win the Day

Win the Day

Win the Day! “I cried today at a team meeting.” “I cried on a Zoom meeting with a parent.’ I’ve heard these things more than once as schools have started to open.  Teachers and administrators are overwhelmed with keeping themselves and their students safe,...

Come Learn with Us!

Come Learn with Us!

Congratulations! You have made it to the end of another week! One that I am sure was full of challenges and equally as full of success!! I hope that you are able to take some time for yourself this weekend to rest and recharge!! I invite you to take at least one hour...

Passion Based Learning: Personalize Your Blended Curriculum

Passion Based Learning: Personalize Your Blended Curriculum

It is time to consider how to leverage the technology you are using with your students in ways that truly deepen and personalize the curriculum. What is the best kind of pedagogy that works in an online space? What can passion and interest based learning look like in...