Applying the Influencer Strategy

It is relatively well known that people do not necessarily like change. Many of us are comfortable in our day to day lives, so when a change occurs we are often resistant to it for fear of losing our consistency. However, change is an important part of growing - as an individual, as a professional,…

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What’s Your Why

 (image retrieved from onelifechurch.org) After viewing Dr. John Kotter’s videos, Heart of Change and Leading Change: Establish a Sense of Urgency, I have realized that it will be important to appeal to the hearts of the stakeholders within my district when implementing and sharing my ePortfolio initiative. To do so, it is necessary that I…

The Head Won’t Go Where the Heart Hasn’t Been

There aren’t many people that I have run into that like change - especially among my students. Change takes time, and work, and more understanding than what we are used to giving on a daily basis. Adults can tend to understand why change is necessary in most situations, mainly because we have more years of…

Creating Significant Learning Environments with Growth Mindset Learners

(image from mollyfletcher.com) Throughout the Creating Significant Environments graduate course, I have rediscovered the importance of doing just that - creating a significant learning environment. As teachers, we often hear that creating the right environment in your classroom will allow your students to feel welcome, comfortable, and safe. After reading about significant learning environments, I…

Developing a Growth Mindset within my ePortfolio Innovation Plan

In a previous course, I had watched Carol Dweck explain the “power of yet” and the growth mindset. I was inspired then to incorporate this way of thinking into my personal life, as well as my professional life as a teacher. This is why I created a growth mindset plan to incorporate these ideas into…

Embracing Change

Students should be asking questions more than teachers are giving answers. Get comfortable with being uncomfortable. After watching the What 60 Schools Can Tell Us About Teaching 21st Century Skills video, those are the most important lessons that I took away. Equally as important, connecting with other schools in order to work together to solve…

My Learning Philosophy

(image from triadcitybeat.com) I believe that a person needs to be a lifelong learner. I understand that this sounds cliche and is often stated by potential teachers partaking in an interview. However, I believe that the statement by itself is not fully understood. When a deeper look into the meaning of the phrase is taken,…