Permission to Take Risks with Michelle Snyder and Victoria Curtis - PTE019
Pushing The Edge with Greg Curran
Release Date: 06/08/2015
Pushing The Edge with Greg Curran
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But that's not all - We've also got the Lightning Round where we're pushing the edges of mindset, branching out, resistance and the collective.
And to bring us home, Michelle Snyder and Victoria Curtis have advice to their younger selves.
EPISODE RUN-DOWN
Getting permission to take risks
Personalizing student learning (3:00 min mark); Common Core vs Romeo and Juliet vs Science Fiction (4:19)
Personalizing when you have so many students to teach (6:57); It's about mindset (8:52)
Breaking away from Comfy and Safe (11:56); Creating the conditions for permission (14:20)
Creating trust with leaders (17:25); Transformation District-wise (18:58); From control to 'take risks' (22:09)
Giving Permission to ourselves to take risks (23:11)
Getting clear about what's best for our students (24:40)
The battle with our mindset (26:25)
Pushing past the fear and vulnerability (28:31) - Strategies
The Lightning Round (33:00)
Advice to our younger selves (35:45)
SHOW-NOTES
For complete Show-Links and Resources go to PUSHING THE EDGE - EPISODE 19.
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