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Agile at King Chavez School
2 Teachers and a Big Idea Room 14 King Chavez Community High School Meet Alicia and Megan, teachers at King Chavez Community High School in San Diego. Alicia teaches Algebra 2 and Megan teaches English Language Arts. They had a bold idea. What if they shared a classroom together with students choosing which subject to…
Read MoreLearning Rhythm Infographic
Agile Classrooms set and achieve their learning goals within a repeatable series of feedback loops called the Learning Rhythm, an enabling structure for empowerment. Once learners complete a cycle it repeats again. The regular rhythm simplifies the self-directed learning process so students can take the steering wheel of their own learning. The Learning Rhythm is inspired…
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In designing a 21st Century Classrooms, empowering self-directed learnings is key. In fact, growing empowerment it is one of the 4 key elements of an Agile Classroom, along with the Visible Classroom, the Learning Rhythym, and Growing Collaboration. This infographic goes deepens our understaning by unpacking the 4 essential components of what make up empowerment*: 1. Access…
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Student Drivers Wanted We all want our students to take the drivers seat of their own learning. And, many of us have tried, only to hear, “Can you just tell me what to do?”. Or when we ask what THEY want to do, you are met with, “I don’t know”. Yet, many of us unknowingly…
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