If you’ve been a reader of my blog, you know that we do an annual conference in the Upper School at Woodward Academy each year. It’s one of my favorite things to plan and host with our Innovation Team. There is nothing more powerful, in my opinion, than personalized professional learning options led by theContinue reading “2022’s Annual Upper School Mini-Conference”
Category Archives: engagement
Alex’s Top 5 Tools To Keep In A Post-Pandemic World
If there is one thing that has come to light since the pandemic first began, it’s the need to engage learners in new ways. Some schools have students learning both in person and at home, while others are all virtual. Regardless of where you find yourself and your own classroom, the need to find creativeContinue reading “Alex’s Top 5 Tools To Keep In A Post-Pandemic World”
Engaging Students From The Start
Buzz words and fads in education come and go through the years. There are few that remain constant overtime and one of those is engagement. It’s the focus of numerous books, articles, workshops, and initiatives in our ever demanding quest for real-world learning opportunities in schools. *I’ll go ahead and put a disclaimer out here for thisContinue reading “Engaging Students From The Start”
Innovation Team + Design Thinking
Each school at Woodward Academy has an Innovation Team, and I’m excited to lead the Upper School’s team this year. Last year, the team led the design and implementation of a conference among the Upper School faculty during a late start school day. Various faculty members presented on topics of expertise, and you chose whichContinue reading “Innovation Team + Design Thinking”
Student-Driven Learning Stations
There is no doubt that instructional design is at the forefront of research and discussion concerning student achievement. Much of the research I studied in my graduate program at Columbia University continuously pointed to the quality of the teacher as being the single most important factor affecting student achievement. The quality of the teacher is a specific focus point, yetContinue reading “Student-Driven Learning Stations”
Alex C. Bragg 