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Free professional development simulations

STRATEGIES FOR GLOBAL STUDIES - WORLD HISTORY CLASS DISCUSSIONS

Created by

I'm a recently retired, award winning, HS Global Studies teacher, and currently I teach, part - time, in the Education Department of Salve Regina University, and in the Political Science Dept. at the University of Rhode Island. (See my profile.) If you polled my ex-students, and my current students, as to what they liked best about my classes, the most common response you would hear would be "the class discussions." It took me a while to get good at it, and now it seems like child's play, but i

Subjects:

Classroom Community, Classroom Management, Professional Development

Grades:

7th - 12th, Higher Education

Types:

Simulations, Professional Development

Lightning Decision Jam for School Leaders

Created by

Joseph Miller

The Lightning Decision Jam (LDJ) is a shortened version of the Decision Sprint (from Google's Jake Knapp) with the purpose of moving leadership teams (or even individual teachers) from problem to testable solution in 90 minutes. The LDJ was developed by Berlin-based design firm AJ and Smart to help teams get unstuck and start to get things done. This version of LDJ has been tested with multiple leadership teams and includes examples of how school leaders can apply this approach. I rewrote the

Subjects:

Coaching, For Administrators, Professional Development

Grades:

PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff

Types:

Professional Documents, Simulations, For Principals & Administrators