Transformative Principal

Melissa Emler is the Director of Community at Modern Learning Online media company to help schools change and be better. Really powerful conversations are happening regularly. The Testing Emperor Finally has no Clothes Modernlearners.com/jethro All of the onus for learning is placed on the teacher. It is the responsibility of teachers to create the conditions for learning to happen. Communication beats compliance, every time. Learning happens through feedback and questioning. It is the student to communicate questions and understanding. Going gradeless or standards based grading doesn’t really communicate learning. We haven’t really had a conversation about what we mean by “learning”. Seymour Sarason’s “What do you mean by learning?“ People are learning when they want to learn more. It requires co-creating the curriculum Our practices do not match our beliefs. The amount of time we spend thinking, talking, planning for standardized tests. Giving prizes for testing= :( Belief