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📚 New Blog Alert: Breaking the Myths About Struggling Readers! Did you know that 1 in 3 students in Australian classrooms struggle with reading? This not only impacts their ability to keep up with lessons but also leads to the loss of valuable teaching time—16 days a year, on average! Our latest blog dives deep into the myths surrounding struggling readers and offers insights into how we can better support them. Whether you're an educator feeling the pressure to help every student succeed or just curious about the realities of reading challenges in schools, this is a must-read! 🔗 Read the full blog here and discover the strategies that can make a difference: https://bit.ly/3WRYBhA

Free Summer Story Starters! Download some free journal prompts for your children to use this summer. You will never hear “I don’t know what to write about” again!

Here's a question to have fun exploring with students today. How might this learning help you experience your life differently? The answers may well tweak the way you plan, deliver, and assess.

Should we empathize with our learners? Why or why not? You may watch the complete video here: https://lnkd.in/gUv7xHnE

How do we learn to read? How do we make a connection between letters, sounds and meaning? Watch this very thoughtful yet clear explainer video on how the skill of reading develops in the brain and brain develops through reading.

Dive into our latest blog, "How Parents Can Build Early Reading Skills In Everyday Life," to discover easy and enjoyable ways to boost your child's reading skills from the very start. https://bit.ly/3WxNtYF

Donella Meadows offers what I think is probably one of the best discussions on systems change. She argues that systems are organized around core missions and purposes, and until that core changes, the system doesn’t change. So any new tech introduced, for example, is either assimilated, adapted such that it supports the core mission or purpose, or ejected because it doesn’t. Using this lens, one might begin to ask what we can tell about a system’s core mission or purpose based on what it enfolds, on what it adapts - and how, and what it endeavors to reject (not just tech but any manner of innovation or change).  If you aren’t familiar with it, her book is Thinking in Systems: A Primer. And while technical in nature (she was definitely cut from the MIT engineering cloth), I think it should be essential reading. (And PS I’d love to do an adaptation of it to educational systems. Jill Stefaniak, Ph.D.) https://lnkd.in/g6y7Kwe9 

𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞 :-/ 𝐬𝐨 𝐈'𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐞-𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞. 𝐒𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫! ========== Practice scientific thinking with your kids. A practical, everyday form of scientific thinking -- for navigating uncertain paths -- is one of the most useful things you can teach your children. It equips them for *their* lives. Since we don't know what the future will bring we can't teach them solutions to goals, obstacles, and problems that we haven't even seen yet! However, scientific thinking is not so natural to us. It takes a little practice to develop. And an ideal time for children to start practicing is with you, their parents! At the following temporary file sharing link you can get a short guide that gives you a practice routine you can start doing with your kids right away. https://lnkd.in/dK67Sb9U (Link expires in 6 days) And while you're at it, please share the guide with a teacher too.  ;-)

Are you looking to enhance efficiency in your educational processes? In this clip, Michael Stone shares a specific example of how a small GPT project has transformed teacher evaluations, drastically reducing paperwork time and allowing principals to focus more on meaningful conversations that truly support teacher growth. To learn more, watch the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/e6EUTiKM 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗲: 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗙𝘂𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 https://lnkd.in/gd2-GtqW

This May, embark on a journey of knowledge and growth! 🌱 Dive into our latest book summaries featuring 'Ikigai', guiding you to a life of purpose and joy, 'Problem Solving 101', equipping you with essential problem-solving skills, and 'The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook', offering invaluable strategies for building a learning organization. Enrich your reading list and expand your horizons this month! Check them out