by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Aug 27, 2016 | Aligning Resources with Practices, Aligning Resources with Priorities, Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures, Setting Goals
I was at a family function last weekend when my sister said it. No one had talked about the fact that I was changing roles in September. Now I know why–they had talked about it amongst themselves. She said, “So you went from being the Literacy...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Apr 30, 2016 | Aligning Resources with Practices, Aligning Resources with Priorities, Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures, Setting Goals, Using Data
Are you like me? It seems that no matter what I’m doing, I always seem to connect things back to education. I guess I know that teaching and learning is a vocation for me, not just a job. So I was in Spin class this morning and couldn’t stop thinking...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Jan 20, 2016 | Engaging in Courageous Conversations, Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures, Setting Goals, Uncategorized
Last week I had the privilege of attending an Executive Leadership Summit organized by Jennifer Womble and hosted by Tom Murray and Eric Sheninger, along with George Couros who played an integral role in the learning over the two days. The summit itself is an...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Aug 3, 2015 | Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures, Setting Goals
I have been thinking about this blog post shared by George Couros and the subsequent conversation with Jason Wigmore. In her post, Jessi Hempel talks about the many factors that have influenced her decision to take a sabbatical from social media for the month...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Jul 11, 2015 | Aligning Resources with Practices, Engaging in Courageous Conversations, Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures, Setting Goals
As much as I was impressed by the innovation I saw at ISTE 2015 in Philadelphia, there is a local project that I’d like to highlight in my District that is just as powerful as some of initiatives I saw showcased there. Ingredients for Success 1 highly motivated...
by Jennifer Casa-Todd | Jul 7, 2015 | Aligning Resources with Priorities, Promoting Collaborative Learning Cultures, Setting Goals, Uncategorized
I was fortunate to be able to attend the ISTE conference in Philadelphia. There were over 15,000 educators there, so you can imagine the passion, excitement, and learning that happened! I will share the tools I learned about over the course of the summer, but in...