Last year’s theme was VUCA, the year before that UBUNTU – to know more about each of these check out previous posts. This year, 2023-24 we are focusing our efforts on GOOD to GREAT (G2G) building on our work with UBUNTU and VUCA. G2G stems from the work of Jim Collins and his best seller,Continue reading “CTL Academy Professional Development Roadmap 2023-24”
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Hello CTL Global Fans!
Originally posted on CTL Academy Global:
Welcome to our first official BLOG. We are very excited for CTL Global to launch and can’t wait for founding families to come forth. Already this summer our staff are busy preparing their own projects following the principles in the different international competitions our students will engage with. We…
Chat GPT: Friend or Foe
( Image by jcomp on Freepik) As I began to prepare for my upcoming talk at the Festival of Education, Wellington College I took a pause to read some of the FB posts on the “Home Education and Home Schooling HELP and Support UK” Group. Consistently this group reflects families who have opted out ofContinue reading “Chat GPT: Friend or Foe”
CTL Academy 2023-24 as ‘GREAT’
To become GREAT we need a collective mindset. As senior coach I have compiled a collection of readings to help build this common mantra. Below is a set of links to check out and come August we will have a launch plan! Keep in mind CTL Academy is building on our past themes of UBUNTUContinue reading “CTL Academy 2023-24 as ‘GREAT’”
Enough is Enough
We are in the second fifth of the 21st century yet many places are still educating as if we are in the 19th and 20th centuries. Why do the youth of today experience the same stress and ‘rat race’ we as parents once went through knowing that their future is extremely different with many moreContinue reading “Enough is Enough”
Time for a Change in Grading Practices
Thank you Youki Terada for your recent article in Edutopia sharing the history and why we need to move beyond the 100% grading scale in our teaching practices, especially those in the US. Grading and evaluation varies in different countries and not everywhere do teachers have the autonomy to adopt their own marking system. InContinue reading “Time for a Change in Grading Practices”
Self Directed Learning and Taking Risks
The balance between having a school day, after school period and holiday time being fully planned for learners and our own children can at times interfere with their own development in building agency, creativity and taking risks. I came across this article that described the importance of kids having time of their own to getContinue reading “Self Directed Learning and Taking Risks”
Making headspace through the fog…
It is a bit like a rainbow when you achieve headspace. It feels especially nowadays that folks are stuck in their own worlds doing daily tasks and hardly looking up, reaching out or considering alternatives…. Recently in my work with team of teachers from a school that embraces innovative practices and a willingness to tryContinue reading “Making headspace through the fog…”
Should a school visit feel similar to visiting a ‘5 star resort’ without the massages, cleaning and restaurant service?
On a recent brick and mortar school visit where I served as a cover teacher I had this realization about our expectations from a 5 star resort experience and wondered why they would not be the same in a school setting? More specifically how often does one enter a school and is greeted by aContinue reading “Should a school visit feel similar to visiting a ‘5 star resort’ without the massages, cleaning and restaurant service?”
A Great Valentine from My Kiddo
Today she texts me: Got to love it when a 12 year old in the wrong grade level is worrying about her progression in the future… (She has been bouncing between the UK and US system, now back in a UK aligned program hence the grade levels are off. In the US she would beContinue reading “A Great Valentine from My Kiddo”
