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This should be a very insightful webinar on learning and teaching.

Light Sensitive? Speaking Opportunities: “Education Estates” (London) October 2024 Hopefully someone will speak about these Problems:- ·     Some students and teachers who are light sensitive do not ‘fit’ within a SEND category e.g.: –     an intellectually gifted student who is fatigued by lighting; –     a teacher who cannot tolerate artificial lighting; –     students with migraines triggered by lighting. –     a student with visual perceptual anomalies exacerbated by lighting and ultra-white paper. ·     Some students included in SEND categories may be light sensitive, but their light sensitivity is unrecognised e.g: –     dyslectic students (approx. 50% may be light sensitive), –     those with ADHD whose light sensitivity is unrecognised.   ·     There is no consensual measure for light sensitivity, so identification is problematic. However, –     teachers could simply ask “How difficult do you find it to read under the lighting? See the questionnaire developed by Cortez et al. "Validation of a Photophobia Symptom." Cephalalgia 39, no. 11 (2019): 1445–54. Why do I write from Australia? Because a fifteen-year-old girl in the UK wrote to me hoping that I could do something. Her words “the words are whirling around and vibrating and bullying the words and numbers out of the way” inspired my book cover designer. If someone knows ‘L G’ would they please tell her that I’m doing something (albeit from a distance and as an Australian citizen).

Is prior learning a part of your institution's culture? #LearningMobility is a learner-centered innovation, where systems, processes, programs, and initiatives must be designed around the needs and best interests of the learner of today and the future at every stage of their journey.

Did you miss our Virtual School Improvement and Redesign event on Wednesday? Watch the recording to learn the data behind proven school improvement strategies, success stories from schools and districts we've worked with, answers to questions that are top of mind for school and district leaders, as well as findings from our newest white paper "School Improvement & Redesign: Built on a Foundation of 'Knowing What Works' ". Gain valuable insights from our PLC experts as they explore research-based strategies that have helped hundreds of schools successfully exit school improvement status. ✅ Full recording and link to download the guide in the comments!

Awesome short (15m) interview about a forthcoming update report to 2019 AACRAO research on #CPL, #PLA, #PLAR #RPL, #VPL (pick your acronym), focused on messy #portfolio approaches. This is just Credit for Prior Learning, which I find a bit narrow, even within an academic context (lots of other purposes for recognition)... ...but there's lots of great stuff and I can't wait for the report. The big TIL for me is Jon Calderwood's suggestion about actually developing and credentialing faculty in their roles as Advisors and Assessors for #RPL. They're far and away the key actors in HE, but currently, over 60% have no formal training. Jon suggests that insitutions could start reporting faculty PD as a KPI for academic quality to accreditors. I suggest that accreditors could start asking for it... 8-> Food for thought for the upcoming #VPLBiennale in Ireland and for us up here in Canada, as #CAPLA, Canada's counterpart to CAEL, prepares for a pan-Canadian scan of PD for #RPL. NB: Andy Brown, Bonnie Kennedy and others on the Credentialing and Certification committee. Finally, kudos to Noah Geisel for his ongoing role as a tireless whisperer for #alternativecredentials #digitalbadges #openbadges. Now with #PLA. Will Jon be at the The Badge Summit @ CU Boulder, I wonder?

There are useful strategies and tools to use to diversity your board and thereby improve its performance. This webcast introduces you to them. From AGB (Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges).

Working on our Trust wide Attendance Strategy - A robust Whole Trust School Improvement Strategy. Here is a little preview. https://lnkd.in/efGG3xPi

Continuing the discussion on an international perspective.

For those that know me, you recognize LEGACY as one of the Seven eLements of Leadership! Below Ryan Manion beautifully summarizes a commencement address that asked that very question. Be it through high school, college or your career, what will your LEGACY be? What will people (friends, team members and your family) remember about YOU?

The April DPS Board of Education progress report is live. See what progress was made in the focus areas of improved student proficiency, district safety, data transparency, and strategic leadership: https://lnkd.in/gbhhFndG