People often ask me why Read Across America week is so important. This week marks a national effort to get kids back into reading and find the joy that a good book can bring. I myself was an avid reader as a child and lost it all through high school until I found that one … Continue reading Read Across America Week
School Choice
Another great article in North magazine about the importance of school choice. School choice is more important than ever in these times of concern over our education system. This one also happens to feature my former school Rocky Mountain Classical Academy. https://issuu.com/healthycoloradanmediagroup/docs/north_dec_jan_2024_issuu/96
The Essentials to Positive Instruction
Over the last month the evaluative team has conducted calibration observations in classrooms in all grade levels. The purpose of these observations is to ensure consistency among evaluators in terms of our understanding of instructional practices. The end result being an accurate picture of teacher instructional practices regardless of who gives the feedback to teachers. … Continue reading The Essentials to Positive Instruction
A Charter School Approach to MTSS
September 14, 2021 Rocky Mountain Classical Academy exists to support parents in developing citizens of character who are equipped with a strong knowledge base and academic skills. The basis of this development is rooted in an academically rigorous, content-rich, classical educational program with Core Knowledge emphasis. MTSS is applied to all students, not just struggling … Continue reading A Charter School Approach to MTSS
Book Review – In the Garden of Beasts
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by Erik LarsonMy rating: 4 of 5 starsErik Larson is one of the best. This is a bit of a departure of the first books of his that I read. Still a well written history that brings the story of the … Continue reading Book Review – In the Garden of Beasts
A Deeply Proud Principal
This week’s letter is a letter of appreciation and awe. We have such amazing students here at RMCA and I am proud every day to be their principal. Last week during fall break two students and two staff members accompanied America’s best and bravest to visit Washington D.C. These students were part of our S2S … Continue reading A Deeply Proud Principal
The Logistics of Yes -Short Cycle Innovation that is the New School Reform
By Cullen McDowell and Kevin Gardner Innovation is the watchword of 21st century educational reform. Unfortunately, when thinking about school reform, this small ball philosophy is anathema to our historical practice. School reform at its core is a monumental task that must be done on colossal scales, or so the thinking goes. However, systemic change … Continue reading The Logistics of Yes -Short Cycle Innovation that is the New School Reform
What I Learned from the Colorado Education Initiative 2017
What a week it was in beautiful Snowmass, Colorado with over two hundred educators and administrators from all over Colorado working to reimagine our state education system. I had the great opportunity to attend the Colorado Education Initiative Showcase 2016 with several of my colleagues this past week and it was well worth it. The … Continue reading What I Learned from the Colorado Education Initiative 2017
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