Reshaping Learning with SchoolDay

District Managers for Restorative Process, Deanna Goodrich and Yeruwelle de Rouen share trauma-informed and Restorative Process Practices to help shift school climate and create safe, nurturing spaces to accelerate learning.   Resources: Connect to Class Composer Deanna & Yeruwelle's EdCuration conference session Contact Deanna Contact Yeruwelle Intersectional Innovations Consulting Denver Public...

Veteran Gifted and Talented teacher Susan Holcomb, shares how the national WordMasters Challenge competition keeps vocabulary alive through analogy and competition. She credits the program with developing autonomous learners who consistently end up as merit scholars. Each year, over 125,000 students from some of the best public and private schools throughout the United States participate.   Resour...

Cultural Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Leader at St Andrew's Episcopal School, Baltimore Maryland, Dr. Kenneth Waters shares research, his own experiences, best practices and tips for supporting and improving outcomes for Black boys.    Resources: Connect to Mini Money Management Connect to Dr. Waters Dr. Waters' EdCuration Conference session: Educating Black Boys in Today's Social Climate

Joel Rose, Co-­Founder and CEO of New Classrooms, shares a whole new model for structuring learning that not only accelerates achievement and closes learning gaps in middle school math, but also improves classroom culture and increases student engagement.   Resources:  Connect to Snappet - individualized math learning for elementary students New Classrooms Teach to One Read about The Iceberg Probl...

Educator, certified coach & trainer, and sought after speaker Lana Hailemariam shares stories and strategies for how to empower students' voices, facilitate tough conversations, and talk to kids about race.   Resources: Connect with SPEAK Lana's EdCuration Conference session: How to Talk About Race With Youth Lana's website contact StandUP Celeste Headlee's TED talk - How to Have a Better Conversa...

Veronica Fiedler, Specific Learning Disability Specialist for the state of Colorado, discusses how to best support diverse learners and their teachers, and helps us better understand the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).   Resources: Connect to IDL Solutions CDE SLD Webpage: https://www.cde.state.co.us/cdesped/sd-sld   How to join the CDE SLD Listserv:  To subscribe to the CO-SLD...

Christine Danhoff, technology integration specialist at the Genoa School District, shares the Unruly Splats which have allowed her and her teachers to integrate STEM, movement and coding into pretty much any content area. I'm not even kidding. And it's FUN!   Resources: Find Unruly Splats at EdCuration.com

In Read Write Code, Jeremy Keeshin demystifies the world of computers, starting at the beginning to explain the basic building blocks of today’s tech: programming, the internet, data, apps, the cloud, cybersecurity, algorithms, artificial intelligence, and more. As CEO and Co-founder of CodeHS, Keeshin has helped teach coding to millions of students over the last decade. This book is a must-read f...

Dr. Aaron Griffen , Vice President of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Denver Schools of Science and Technology, discusses his new role, his new book (Challenges to Integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs in Organizations) and building DEI capacity in the midst of the current challenges.   Resources:  The Axiom Dashboard Dr Griffen's EdCuration Conference session: All The World's B...

Michael Spencer, 8-year music teaching veteran, shares about the impact of cultural music on cross-content learning, community building and school climate.   Resources:  Find Michael at  michael_spencer@dpsk12.net   Find QuaverEd Michael Spencer's EdCuration conference session: The Critical Impact of Cultural Music in Public Education

Diedre Spicer, teacher and founder at of Orange County School of the Arts in Santa Ana, California, shares how Actively Learn helps learners with all learning styles to engage, and find multiple points of access into texts of all kinds and levels. And it's so easy to use.   Resources: Connect to Actively Learn

Keena Day,  Senior Manager of Humanities at Denver Schools of Science and Technology enlightens us on best practices in culturally responsive literacy and encouraging critical thinking.    Resources: This episode was sponsored by Reading Plus Find Keena at thesavvyurbaneducator.com Find Keena's Day's EdCUration Conference Session: Critical Thinking in an Antiracist Environment

Anthony Chiles, Student Support Coordinator at Burke County School District, discusses practical strategies for building positive relationships with students.    Resources: Building-Relationships-Toolkit.pdf MVPSpaces.com See Anthony's session from the Committing to Antiracist Curriculum and Instruction conference here Connect to Carousel , for high quality & easy to implement social emotional lea...

Andrew Roberts, veteran math teacher, instructional coach, teacher trainer and data guy says that there is just no arguing with results when it comes to inquiry-based vs direct instruction.   Resources:  Connect with Figure Math Angela Duckworth's book - Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance Angela Duckworth's TED Talk on Grit Carol Dweck's book - Mindset: The New Psychology of Success Carol...

Middle school teacher Becca Fenton from John E. Flynn A Marzano Academy in Westminster Colorado has found an integrated, easy-to-implement, and highly effective system of classroom management that also teaches authentic life skills and financial literacy.   Resources: You can learn more about Mini Money Management and connect to creator Lorne Jenkins at EdCuration .

Heather Eskridge, elementary school counselor in Franklin Tennessee, says that in her 23 years as a counselor she's never found a program more comprehensive, engaging and flexible than Quaver Social Emotional Learning.   Resources:  You can learn more and connect with Quaver SEL at EdCuration.com

Angela Mangum, a 26 year veteran of both elementary and secondary music, share the ways Quaver music has increased student engagement, made advanced skills and concepts accessible, and increased the fun and joy in her classroom and life.     Resources: Connect with  Quaver Music  

School counselor, Kelly Crowe, shares how the Axiom dashboard allows her to easily track and communicate personally with students and their families in their language of choice--addressing questions, needs and concerns. It's a system that leaves no student behind.   Resources: Connect to the Axiom Dashboard

Students Lerato and Eliza, from Boulder Colorado share their experience learning with SPEAK's Vocal Empowerment Curriculum. SPEAK supports students to empower their voices for self-advocacy and civic participation.    Resources: Connect with SPEAK

Mary Bonnety shares how her students are able to build their own 3D, interactive digital spaces, integrate them with different academic content areas, collaborate, and share their spaces during both in-person and remote learning.  

Veteran teacher Cindi Krebs explains how BoomWriter allows students to collaborate on a story which can then be published into a softcover book.  Students also love group writing activities, skills lessons and journal activities.

Benjamin Dancer, a teacher at the Jefferson County Open School (JCOS) and a 24 year veteran, shares his huge passion for fostering curiosity and connection through authentic relationship and experience. JCOS is a life changing alternative to conventional schooling.   Resources: Connect to Jefferson County Open School

Grey Nakayama has been a High School math teacher, working with advanced levels of Math, for 26 years. She is an enthusiastic cheerleader for ClassCalc, saying that it has made both her and her students lives easier and learning better.   Resources: Connect to ClassCalc

Elizabeth Yarnell devotes her passion for story, movie-making and engaging the most reluctant learners to a tool that can bring life and excitement into pretty much any content area and topic.    Resources: Connect to Digistars Make a Movie Workshop See Digital Storytelling as a Tool for Inclusion

Tamara Speidel, principal of Buffalo Trail Elementary School in Cherry Creek Schools uses Class Composer to guarantee that every student has other students like them in their class each year.  She loves Class Composer for its ability to help guarantee demographic equity, as well as save her faculty and herself HOURS of work in balancing class lists for the upcoming academic year.   Resources: Conn...