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Transform the Student Experience Through Listening: Reflect on How Your Students are Being Heard

This activity is designed to reflect on how you are engaging students to share their experiences, and to garner what they need from school. This is an…

Inflexion February 15, 2021

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Asian-presenting male teen standing next to bearded white man in a workshop with a teen female working in the background.

Create Internship Programs With Local Businesses to Provide Students Opportunities & Experience

Create internship programs with local businesses or organizations, such as Chamber of Commerce. Work with business partners to embed on-the-job projec…

Inflexion January 30, 2021

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Know Your Why: Discover Your WHY, So Your WHAT Makes an Impact

In education, our purpose often begins with a story. Maybe it was a meaningful interaction, a personal turning point, or a moment that sparked somethi…

Matt Coleman January 13, 2021

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6 Tips To Manage Schools Through A Disaster

School administrators are coping with fires, storms, and floods on top of the deep disruption from COVID-19. Here are advice and resources from educat…

Rachel Phillips November 16, 2020

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Marzano’s Strategies & Contextualizing Approaches to Learning in Shared Language for Student Outcomes

This chart lists high-yield instructional strategies, what the research says about them, and how to implement them in classrooms. The information has …

Michelle Liebhardt June 30, 2020

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Three Strategies to Empower Students

What’s the secret to empowering students? How can we unleash their hidden potential? While I’m not sure I’m qualified to answer this question fu…

Curt Sell March 26, 2018

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Your School’s Identity is More Important Than You Think

Like it or not, the cultural identity of your school drives everything else you do. Who you truly are and what you believe about yourself at the core …

Rachel Phillips March 16, 2018

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The Future of Jobs: What Jobs Will Be Automated?

Occupations with higher hourly wages face a substantially lower likelihood of being automated. We need to help students develop strong skills through …

Inflexion March 2, 2018

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Painful Reflections After Tragedy

Our conversations at Inflexion this past week have been dominated by the familiar sadness, anger, and empathy we have every time there is another mass…

Matt Coleman February 23, 2018

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Intentionally Pausing to Build Structures

Over the past several years working with Inflexion, we’ve observed the immense value to school leadership teams of simply taking a pause, and having…

Michelle Liebhardt February 16, 2018

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