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    Culture at the Core: How North Valley’s Monthly Themes Reinforce Maxims to Unify the School Community

    During a Crowdsource on March 18, 2023, Erik Lathen, Principal of North Valley High School in Grants Pass, Oregon, shared how he's putting their maxi…
    Lydia Henning May 25, 2023
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    Envision the Future of Your School’s Identity: Develop a Shared Understanding of Your School’s Identity

    This activity is designed for the entire school community and will be conducted with staff, leadership teams, families, and students. This is an oppor…
    Inflexion February 11, 2021
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    Career Academies at Valley High School

    During 2015-2016, the Inflexion* team supported Valley’s goal to have all of its students participating in academies by providing technical assistan…
    Carmen Gelman November 30, 2016
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    Santa Ana Unified: Creating Incredible Pathways for Students

    An April 24, 2017 article in Getting Smart, Santa Ana Unified Creating Incredible Pathways for Students K-12, features Santa Ana Unified School Distri…
    Matt Coleman April 28, 2017
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    Introducing the Inflexion Approach

    The Inflexion Approach is rooted in organizational theory and recognizes the critical role identity plays in developing schools and systems that serve…
    Matt Coleman November 7, 2017
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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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    Just Breathe: Teach Your Students Belly Breathing for Self-Regulation and Well-Being

    Managing your feelings requires the ability to respond to strong emotions in an appropriate way. In this belly breathing for kids activity, students w…
    Inflexion May 11, 2023
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    Supporting Your School Community: Culturally Responsive Trauma-Informed Teaching

    While research has shown school-wide trauma-informed practices benefit all students, one-size-fits-all programs don’t work. Mainstream approaches to…
    Inflexion May 17, 2023
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    Trauma-Informed Teaching: 8 Strategies to Fostering a Feeling of Safety

    When teachers are proactive and responsive to the needs of students suffering from traumatic stress and make small changes in the classroom that foste…
    Inflexion May 17, 2023
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    5 Ways to Support Your School Community: Integrating Trauma Responsiveness Into Your MTSS Framework

    During a Crowdsource Coffee on May 10, 2023, Portico coaches and school leaders discussed strategies for rethinking systems with a trauma responsive m…
    Inflexion May 17, 2023
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    Ditch the Clip: PBIS Alternatives to the Clip Chart

    Clip charts have been a common classroom strategy for many years. Once considered an effective tool for displaying behavioral progress and adherence t…
    Inflexion May 17, 2023
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    Dos and Don’ts of PBIS: 10 Ways to Increase Equity and Authentic Positive Reinforcement

    Instead of ditching the entire philosophy and practice of PBIS, we need to be aware of and prevent implicit biases from influencing our systems and pr…
    Inflexion May 17, 2023
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    Implementing PBIS: 6 Challenges and 7 Supports to Consider for Your Schoolwide Program

    Effectively implementing a schoolwide PBIS system that is equitable and meets the needs of all students may feel like a fairy tale. But by understandi…
    Inflexion May 17, 2023
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    Personalize Your Professional Development: Leadership Scope and Sequence Planning

    Portico coach, Jocelyn Bigay, uses this Leadership Scope and Sequence Planning Template within her Copilot sessions to focus goals for the year and id…
    Inflexion May 15, 2023
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    5-Point Intervention Approach: Implementing PBIS with a Racial Equity Mindset

    Many schools are implementing PBIS in efforts to reduce racial disproportionality in school discipline. Research shows that schools implementing PBIS …
    Inflexion May 17, 2023
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    The Brain-Body Connection: Adopt Cross-Curricular Approaches in Elementary by Combining PE and Math

    Teaching physical education is the only content area that educates students in all three of the learning domains – the cognitive, the affective, and…
    Inflexion May 2, 2023
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    The Brain-Body Connection: Adopt Cross-Curricular Approaches in Elementary by Combining PE and Literacy

    Teaching physical education is the only content area that educates students in all three of the learning domains – the cognitive, the affective, and…
    Inflexion May 4, 2023
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    Snapshot of What’s Working: Multi-Tiered System of Support

    Few large-scale policy initiatives speak to the potential of the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) more so than the California Scale-Up Multi-Tiere…
    Inflexion February 15, 2019
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    Beyond Just Reading: Combine Project-Based Learning with Literacy

    PBLWorks put together a resource with innovative and creative ways to weave PBL into Literacy programs. Below are a few ideas.
    Inflexion May 2, 2023
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    Empowering Educators and Students: Adopt the “Leader In Me” Program at Your School

    Leader in Me is based on a theory of change known as the See-Do-Get Cycle. When you change the way you See things, it influences what you Do and …
    Inflexion May 2, 2023
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    Develop Critical Thinking Curriculum: Implement These Examples of Critical Thinking in Your School

    Two Rivers, a Washington D.C. preK-8 Expeditionary Learning (EL) school founded in 2004, embeds critical thinking in the school’s culture—or as Je…
    Inflexion May 2, 2023
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    Learning from Each Other: Use These Tools for Peer Reviews in Teaching

    This peer review activity focuses on specific elements of a classroom (outlined below) and fosters encouragement and strategies for teachers given by …
    Inflexion May 2, 2023
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    Student Cell Phone Policy: Best Practices for Student Success

    As principal of Milwaukie High School, Carmen Gelman (now Director of Professional Development, Coalition of Oregon School Administrators, COSA) worke…
    Inflexion May 4, 2023
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    Foster Instructional Best Practices: Add Learning Walks to Your School’s Evaluation Toolkit

    The Learning Walk routine is a proven and powerful tool for getting smarter about teaching and learning. For almost 25 years this research-backed prac…
    Inflexion May 2, 2023
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    Student Surveys: Evaluate and Elevate Your School’s Tiers of Support

    In this segment, he shares examples of how focused and meaningful student surveys can help keep MTSS efforts, programs, and vision on-track to ensure …
    Inflexion May 4, 2023
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