Kravis Center for Excellence in Teaching

Highlight to the start of spring term @loomischaffee is the Celebration of Professional Growth. Ten faculty-led poster presentations, six workshops, &much learning through shared expertise. @Kravisteaching is grateful for this outstanding, growth-oriented faculty. @leadanddesign

What a day @KravisTeaching! Started the day at Coffee with Colleagues discussing @EquityMaps, then paired up to map discussions in each other's classes. Ended the day debriefing observations and identifying core values with this incredible group of faculty new to @loomischaffee!

Book chat day @loomischaffee. PHI book = "Futureproof" by @kevinroose. Students were tasked with generating concrete things they could do for each of the 9 rules, plotting them on an Impact vs Feasibility graph, and then committing to do 2 specific ones.

@RobertTalbert Love this icebreaker. Students also have to care about what they are doing; usually what they are "good" at is an activity they like, and where they have found success which thankfully continues the positive cycle. Added question, "Why do I care about doing well?"

Today at Grading For Growth, it's the only icebreaker I like. I share this all the time in talks but I've never written about it till now. Enjoy/steal. gradingforgrowth.com/p/a-growth-foc…

@kravisteaching @loomischaffee is excited to announce another year of Monday Musings! Find the most recent in addition to past blogs at loomischaffee.org/academics/krav…. Written by and for educators. #education #pedagogy

Welcome to @loomischaffee New Faculty Cohort 23-24! Looking forward to learning with & from these energetic, knowledgeable educators. Reflective, curious, and engaged from day 1. Thanks @TheCTTL for thought-provoking and discussion starter Neuromyth card game! #teacher #education

Listen to Genuine Admissions podcast with Sara Deveaux and Dr. Fiona Mills @KravisTeaching as they talk about their work in the Kravis Center, our DEI audit, and all that makes teaching and learning @loomischaffee so exhilarating ! tinyurl.com/4saapbb4 #teachingandlearning

During the month of February, the Kravis Center for Excellence in Teaching worked with faculty to design authentic assessments exploring and celebrating the contributions of Black Americans in various fields and disciplines. Read more: bit.ly/3F71S4m #LoomisChaffee

@KravisTeaching @loomischaffee excited to share new webpage tinyurl.com/4waft5pu. Includes What Teachers are Talking About podcast & Monday Musings blog; hear from members of New Faculty Cohort! Excited to support teachers and student learning! #teacher#professionalgrowth

New Faculty Cohort @loomischaffee focused in last meeting on reducing cognitive load & retrieval practice. Thanks Ian @TheCTTL for the clear strategies in How to Reduce the Cognitive Load on Students During Lessons edutopia.org/article/how-re… All in the interest of #studentlearning!

Proud to have seen another Open Classroom Week - beyond grateful for this inspirational @loomischaffee faculty who embrace vulnerability, seek wisdom and growth everywhere they turn, all in the interest of student learning #professionaldevelopment #studentlearning #vulnerability

What a week! Scenes from Open Classroom Week @loomischaffee Teachers learn from talented colleagues, offer meaningful feedback, and observe students learning in different contexts. #researchinformedpedagogy #internalPD #professionaldevelopment #learningorganization #MBEscience

I particularly enjoyed this post from @davestuartjr: davestuartjr.com/competence-%e2…

Loved learning about evolution and competition for resources in @JenSolomon13's class. Happy Open Classroom Week. @loomischaffee @PearseHub @NAISnetwork @caisct_pbl #HalloweenOCW

10 years ago Barak Rosenshine published one of the most useful reviews of research into effective teaching ever written. It's a slam-dunk hit in the UK, but barely talked about in the USA. If you're a USA educator that has never heard of it, here it is: aft.org/periodical/ame…

"Creating that sense of being “needed,” however, is a challenge."nais.org/learn/independ… Students and faculty need to feel the importance of depending upon one another. Looking forward to @kravisteaching New Faculty Cohort @loomischaffee diving deep into this idea soon!

Thanks to the Alvord Center @loomischaffee @KravisTeaching for #placebasedlearning classroom set up! French scholars explored, collaborated, questioned, drew, and learned outdoors with their classmates. Extending the mind, by changing the space in which we learn @anniemurphypaul

Outstanding opportunity for @loomischaffee faculty to take a deep dive into Mind, Brain, & Education science with @gwhitmancttl. Educators as #brainchangers need to continue to grow our shared understanding of the adolescent brain. #neuroscience #professionalgrowth @TheCTTL

@inducsingh @Milton_Academy @EXPLOElevate @BCLynchAcademy Excited to hear more about your work, Indu! Congrats!

For the 1st time ever, I am not preparing a syllabus in late August. After 8 wonderful years of deaning and teaching @Milton_Academy, I decided to seek out new ways of being an educator. For the 21-22 academic year, I'll be consulting with @EXPLOElevate and @BCLynchAcademy.