If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you know that last year, around this time, I posted about a project that I did with our English Intensive teacher. We used VideoScribe to help students showcase their public speaking and presenting skills by creating a “Top 5 Pieces of Advice” video monologue for future international students. … Continue reading →

Each year, we are asked to administer student surveys at the end of the year to get a student perspective on things that went well and areas for improvement in our teaching. This post is dedicated to my reflection on the results I received my classes: What I am most proud of when reading my … Continue reading →

It was a huge honor for me to have the opportunity to spend the past 1 1/2 days at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education in Nashville, Tennessee for NAIS’ Summit on the Science of Learning and 21st Century Schools. This was an amazing opportunity to hear from thought-leaders across the county and engage in a discussion … Continue reading →

Notes from NAIS Summit on the Science of Learning and 21st Century Schools, continued… Our second day of conversations focused on developing 21st century teachers & schools, presented by Marcy Singer-Gabella, John Katzman, and Russ Whitehurst. How do we engage in teacher-preparation over time? asks Singer-Gabella #NAISDeepDive — Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) May 20, 2015 Prep programs need … Continue reading →

Notes from NAIS Summit on the Science of Learning and 21st Century Schools, continued… Our third and fourth sessions focused on: Teachers & Teaching, presented by Rick Hess, Joel Rose, Jal Mehta, and Carolyn Strom. Leaders need to reach out to teachers and let them inform the design process & curriculum building @rickhess99 #NAISDeepDive — Stacey Roshan … Continue reading →

Notes from NAIS Summit on the Science of Learning and 21st Century Schools, continued… Our second session focused on: 21st century skills and outcomes, presented by Ken Kay & Charles Fadel How do we get a 1st grader from assignment A to assignment B? #collaboration #revision #iteration #NAISDeepDive pic.twitter.com/k13cxvbabb — Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) May 19, 2015 … Continue reading →

I am completely honored to have this chance to bring you some notes from the NAIS Summit on the Science of Learning and 21st Century Schools! Getting Started — NAIS Summit: The Science of Learning & 21st Century Schools Honored to represent @BullisSchool at @NAISnetwork Summit, hosted @VanderbiltU http://t.co/Z645gvoWTo #NAISDeepDive pic.twitter.com/3HRYibQuH9 — Stacey Roshan (@buddyxo) … Continue reading →

As educators, we all know it’s never simply about finding the perfect tech tool; however, finding and customizing the right tech tool can transform a classroom. How did the flipped classroom begin for me? I was looking for a way to dramatically decrease the time that I was spending at the board on a daily … Continue reading →

The following is a discussion post I just put up on the NAIS Idea Exchange community. If you are a part of NAIS connect, please contribute to the discussion here! I’ve been thinking quite a bit about what schools can do to better support new teachers. We’ve had our fair share of transition in our … Continue reading →