Educational Blog
7 Crucial Steps to Writing a Resume for a PreK-12 Education Leadership Job
Dr. Kate Maxlow
January 4, 2024
by Kate Wolfe Maxlow So you’ve finished your coursework, gotten your endorsement, and are now hoping to get an educational leadership position in the PreK-12 world (I say that because there are very different standards when applying for a job…
Quick and Easy Connect/Do Activities for All!
Dr. Kate Maxlow
January 2, 2024
by Kate Wolfe Maxlow So, you’ve read the article on the AbCD (Absorb & Connect/Do) Learning Cycle, and you want to get started. But how, you’re wondering, can you incorporate this into your classroom without taking a ton of extra time?…
Leadership Matters: Good Leaders Know When to Work…and When to Not
Dr. Kate Maxlow
December 14, 2023
By Kate Wolfe Maxlow With the winter holidays right around the corner, it’s a great time to unwrap one of the best gifts you can give your direct reports: your occasional, purposeful absence. I learned this lesson the hard way…
Engaging Classrooms: Rethinking Instructional Time in Education (AbCD Learning Cycle)
Dr. Kate Maxlow
December 12, 2023
by Kate Wolfe Maxlow In this age of screens and 30-second clips, it’s vital that educators keep abreast of the current research on student attention spans and how we leverage our instructional activities so that they’re developmentally appropriate. There’s both…
Dr. Kate Maxlow
December 7, 2023
by Kate Wolfe Maxlow Picture it: you’re teaching your heart out with your carefully crafted slideshow. MacKenzie, as usual, sits in the front of the room, nodding along eagerly. As you make another brilliant point, you see her furrow her…
Engaging Classrooms: Why We Need More Arts in Every Classroom, Every Day
Dr. Kate Maxlow
December 5, 2023
By Kate Wolfe Maxlow I can still sing the entire jingle from a Milky Way commercial that played non-stop on TV when I was five. I remember all of King Henry VIII’s wives from a coloring page activity I did…