A few of you asked some version of the same question after the last two posts, so this one’s for you. You liked the visible versus invisible framing, but you wanted more. What does invisible actually look like and feel like day to day? And how do you make a kid more visible when your […]
Can Anyone See Me?
The Room Is Losing Its Best Ideas
There are teachers in every building who don’t speak up in staff meetings. Some used to and stopped somewhere along the way. Others never did, not once, not since their very first meeting in the building. Not the ones who push back on every new initiative out loud. Those teachers get heard whether the room […]
The Kid Who Never Causes Problems Might Be the One You’re Missing
There’s a kid in every room who has decided not to be noticed. Not the one who’s acting out. That kid gets noticed whether he wants to or not. I mean the other one. The kid who does the work, turns it in on time, never causes a problem, and somehow you get to October […]