A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Her Instructional Theory into Practice (ITIP) model helped me identify the strategies I would use on a daily basis to help my students learn. At the time, this model was both a practical and effective means for planning direct instruction and was readily embraced as this was the primary strategy used in classrooms.

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JANUARY 11, 2022

2021 will no doubt be remembered as a challenging year, not uniquely, but especially in the field of education. This past December, I found myself at home watching Dick Clark’s New Years Rockin’ Eve on ABC.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

Education Elements provides support for schools and districts as they transform their school models to personalize learning. He founded Education Elements to meet that need. What They Do Anthony Kim likes to describe the Education Elements team as the “sherpas” of personalized learning. Stay tuned!

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JUNE 20, 2023

There are a variety of ways to earn victory points, which means that winning the game is a matter of both luck and strategy. The last time I played Catan , I started the game “lucky” by rolling the highest number and getting to place my settlements first.

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Education Elements

JULY 15, 2020

The first time I tried to cook a meal in my own place was a disaster. Within 10 minutes, my kitchen was a disaster. Within an hour, my house smelled charred, and I had abandoned all efforts to cook myself dinner. I called my mom frustrated: what went wrong?

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Education Elements

JULY 3, 2022

Addressing the staffing shortage in public schools may seem like running a marathon barefoot, uphill, and in the sweltering sun. When faced with an ever-expanding school and district improvement checklist, it’s human nature to pick the seemingly more manageable task first.

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Education Elements

JANUARY 20, 2021

But educators must recognize that a return to “normal” will only reinforce the widening opportunity gap and systems that support institutionalized racism. Learning loss is the baby elephant in the room. It’s an issue that is currently small enough to briefly acknowledge, deprioritize, or ignore completely.

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Education Elements

MAY 1, 2023

School and district leaders can use the strategies below as a starting point to plan meaningful ways to recognize all that they do, every day.

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Education Elements

AUGUST 16, 2021

Your favorite apps that seem to make managing life easier, social media sites that connect you to stories that resonate, shopping at your favorite store, your go-to streaming service when you need to de-stress - sometimes it feels like these things were built in a way that just ‘gets you.’. This didn’t happen by accident; this happened by design.

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Education Elements

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

After an inspirational tour of personalized learning hotspots in Music City, your friends at Education Elements have put together the ultimate PL day-trip. We hope the guide below helps you to decide where to go to see the variety of strategies and approaches schools are taking on the journey toward personalized learning.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Parents are asking for evidence that these new strategies are improving their child’s education. The Education Elements team hears these questions a lot, so we shared our thoughts in the blog post, “ Charting Your Personalized Learning Course.” How do you respond? If you haven’t read it yet, go ahead.

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JULY 3, 2023

Sometimes we need to pause and create new strategies when the ones we have in place are not working. This applies to school districts today who are facing very challenging circumstances with a record number of educators leaving the profession, math and reading levels at a twenty-year low, and public trust in education eroding.

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Education Elements

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Educators who are well-supported can focus on what they do best – inspiring and guiding students. By fostering healthy and supportive environments in schools by prioritizing the implementation of practical strategies for self-care and stress management, you can achieve transformational positive impacts for educators and students.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Maybe this scenario also sounds familiar: You are a district leader, and you are in a strategy meeting to discuss the implementation of a new curriculum, yet you don’t have all of the key players in the room or a clear timeline to make decisions yet you continue to meet and get nothing accomplished.

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Education Elements

AUGUST 21, 2020

Planning Amidst Change. Aim small, shoot small,” is an old saying that many of us who occasionally enjoy a round of target practice embrace. But in our case, planning small for how to serve kids during this pandemic, simply was not going to work long-term.

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JANUARY 30, 2024

They had a week to plan their strategy with almost unlimited creativity. In 2009, Professor Tina Seelig looked over her class of Stanford business students and assigned a simple challenge. Working in groups, the students were given $5 and 2 hours to make the highest possible return on their money.

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Education Elements

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of education, implementing initiatives can make all the difference between thriving and merely surviving. The art of implementing initiatives well is a skill that requires a combination of strategy, systems, and responsive leadership.

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Education Elements

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

While some district-level decisions are guided by state policy and timelines, there are five components that we have found that will help to shape any district’s academic strategy, regardless of where it is during an adoption window. These components include:

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OCTOBER 26, 2023

During the edLeader Panel “ The Art of Implementing Well ,” Anthony Kim, Chief Learning Officer at Education Elements, a Scholarus Learning Company, talked with two superintendents about how to successfully implement strategic plans. From the beginning, Kim made it clear why implementing well is so important.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2023

This is exactly why our models and strategies have such solid results. At PLC Associates, we offer a robust research base on “what works in schools” and practitioners with pragmatic experience who deeply know the work.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

Follow education technology-reform projects, and you’ll find mixed academic outcomes and expensive consultants. Turning to Consultants to Parse-Out Personalized Learning The concept of using technology to personalize the learning experience has been gaining appeal among educators seeking solutions in struggling schools. Probably not.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2021

To support the planning of opening a virtual school, leaders can be overwhelmed with the volume of questions to consider — logistics, strategy, and purpose to name a few. To guide the planning process, we offer the following table with phases of implementation with related questions.

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MAY 4, 2020

While the author of the quote isn’t certain (many attribute it to acclaimed management consultant Peter Drucker), the saying “culture eats strategy for breakfast” is commonplace in organizational management circles. It seems like strategy is the one bellying up to the breakfast buffet.

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MARCH 21, 2022

In retrospect, we had a clear strategy: take turns in order to share a limited resource while achieving our goal - to get the highest score possible.

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

So when school district leaders ask me if their data should drive their strategy, or if they should define their strategy (goals, priorities, actions) and then make decisions about data based on their strategy, my favorite answer is “Yes.” Or would interviews be better? Because honestly, it’s both. Here’s what I mean.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2020

While classic communication strategy suggests that “less is more,” in this moment in time, over-communicating proved to be a much better strategy. Communications Planning for Innovation in Education (Education Elements/TLA). “(Do Other Resources.

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Education Elements

MARCH 18, 2020

On the one hand, it’s important to share strategies at a time like this. On the other hand, I haven’t found a ton of equity strategies to share. I’ve written several blog posts and admittedly, this has been one of the harder ones. I struggled with this dilemma and even considered shelving the post entirely.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2017

Take the time to come up with a strategy before you dive into tactics - you will be much more effective. Too many communications strategies focus on what a district is going to tell its stakeholders. For many, seeing is believing and your strategy needs to include ways to bring this work to life. Listen, don’t just talk.

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JANUARY 9, 2023

It was a small round table discussion, including higher education leaders, researchers, politicians, policymakers, and district administrators. Recently I attended an event called, “Synergy in the Sciences to Support Literacy Instruction” hosted by Lexia Learning.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Everyone loves a checklist, but for a virtual school leader, there aren’t many to be found. So here is a short one: Know (and empathize with) who you are serving. Identify your critical team members. Develop your instructional model and school processes. Calculate your costs.

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Education Elements

OCTOBER 16, 2019

If you are a leader facing a similar situation, here are four key strategies for moving forward. Three years into their personalized learning journey, there are still at least a few teachers in their building who are resistant to the instructional shifts necessary to make learning personalized for each child.

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Education Elements

JULY 17, 2019

One Principal even stated, “providing a vision, and working alongside Principals to develop strategies and tactics to support implementation has made me feel like a better instructional leader than at any other time in my career.”.

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Education Elements

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Close your eyes and imagine yourself in an all-purpose room with uncomfortable chairs and a trainer lecturing to a whole-group about the latest small-group teaching strategies. We’ve all been there, right? Stuck in PD sessions with facilitators who don’t practice what they preach.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Separate from its Playbook that helps define a vision, Education Elements , a consulting firm, helps schools and districts design next-generation teaching and learning models. The Ed Elements consultants help craft plans that work with their users’ needs and budgets. Tool: Education Elements Puts It All in One Place.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Secondly, we had to identify and implement professional development strategies that focus on the utilization of digital resources as an integral component of content delivery.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2017

At the beginning of the year, we sat down with our respective standards to discuss strategy. By having two teachers and combining two classes, the students’ needs are much more easily met therefore improving upon methods and strategies used in the past. They both worked with Education Elements to make smath a reality. .

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Education Elements

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

The philosophies and strategies of the Coca-Cola Company played a large role in our upbringing and now shape our work as leaders of personalized learning. -- is “Oh, I bet someone in your family worked for Coca-Cola!” Interestingly enough, for both of us, that’s actually true.

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