Best Practices in Education

We all enter our classrooms with biases: teachers and students alike. Listen as high school math teacher Grant Yost explores different mental biases, specific strategies to bring metacognition into any classroom, and the benefits of shining light on some specific ways bias can hinder and reflection can bolster student learning in mathematics. Check out the presentation below. https://docs.google.c...

Middle School teacher Jenny Einzig is passionate about social justice. In this episode, we hear about her approach to teaching about immigration, navigating political issues in the classroom, and ultimately focusing on cultivating empathy and understanding through language arts. For a look at Jenny's presentation, with more information and notes, take a peek here . Support the show

In the current educational landscape, teachers sometimes struggle to name and address different experiential modes of being as pathways for learning. Intermediate teacher Kalyan Volpe talks about the role spirituality plays in holistic education, sharing specifics about what his students' exploration looks like in the classroom. For more information, go to the presentation below. https://docs...

Magical thinking is an important part of healthy development in young children. Mary Virginia Bunker does a deep dive into what defines magical thinking, how it manifests in the kindergarten classroom and beyond, and why it's so valuable for our students growth. For more information, check out the presentation below. https://drive.google.com/file/d/10XSxHkOLZhL_4smiLJutUakauoCNIb_o/view?usp=s...

By creating a classroom economy, students can learn about production, marketing, business, and economics through personal experience. Robin Skeen describes how she organizes her "Community Time" market in her third and fourth grade classroom, including what works and what doesn't. Support the show

Executive Director Cory Adams explains a little about the Integral Model, how it's applied at Odyssey School, and the training she uses to help teachers implement the model in their classrooms. Ken Wilber's "theory of everything" can be tough to understand. Focused, productive activities with faculty are a good way to teach how to implement higher level thinking activities in t...

An Executive Director talks about the system for professional development at Odyssey School. Teachers meet weekly to share a "Best Practice." They explore, experiment, and document successes and failures in the classroom together. Support the show