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Empowered Schools ,Empowered Students

Creating Connected andInvested Learners

By Pernille Ripp

A Presentation By Logan Fields

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HIGHTLIGHTSIn order to empower a school or a classroom, you should have a clear plan and

be truthful about your intents and goals from the begining, be it with teachers,

staff, colleagues, or students

Administrators should strive to give control of the classroom back to teachers,

working with them instead of delegating to them what is to be done

In turn, teachers should strive to give control to the students, allowing them to

take more responsibility for their learning

Instead of automatically resorting to outsourcing for experts on specific topics,

cultivate the experts in your school and district

Professional development doesn't have to be one big event; it can be many

small experiences, such as a five minute discussion with a colleague or a 30

minute meeting once a week

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REVIEWI personally really liked this book. It was a short, quick read, but it conveyed a lot of

information within its short span. "Empowered Schools, Empowered Students" not

only conveys ideas about why empowering schools and students is important, but

gives very clear, concise examples of how exactly you can go about doing these

things, backed up by evidence of other educators positive outcomes. In addition to

this, "Empowered Schools" also talks about common problems and misconceptions

that often occur throughout these processes and discusses how to solve (or avoid)

these problems and to explain this misconceptions to concerned parties. All of these

is to say that "Empowered Schools, Empowered Students" is an important book to

read for anyone who wishes to change the dynamics in their professional careers as

educators

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TEACHERTAKEAWAY

Professional Development does't have to be one big thing; it canbe as small as taking five minutes to read an article before classor speaking to a colleague about a new resource they have foundYou don't have to make drastic, sudden changes to beginempowering your students; you can start small, like getting theirinput on a final project for a unit, or allowing them to choose ifthey would prefer to do something alone or in a groupAlways be upfront with your students when you're trying tochange things in your classroom; if they know what it is you'retrying to do, they're more than often happy to give suggestionsDon't be afraid to admit that you know a lot about something; beopen so that you can be a resource for others and so that theymay open up and be a resource for you 

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ADDITIONALRESOURCES

Innovation Day The authors blog posts about Innovation Day, a day when students are allowed

to research and learn about something of their own choosing the entire day, and then create something that reflects on what they learned

Genius Hour The authors blog posts about Genius Hour, a time when students are given

around an hour, give or take a few minutes, to create something (a poster,model, whatever they want to) about something that falls under the umbrella of

the discussion.

Inspiring PodcastsThis is a list of podcasts directed at educators. Some talk about tech, others

about teaching strategies, and others are simply discussions between one teacherand another about their experiences being a connected educator.