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The questions we use during a coaching conversation can unlock powerful potential in our teachers to make a shift towards innovation.

The weeks leading up to the year’s end provide a great time to model best practices and plant seeds for the future.

“Want to get great at something? Get a coach.” –Atul Gawande

Beth says it best herself: her students can do anything on their Chromebooks, but what she and her students have learned is so much more than use of a tool.

The first words out of her mouth: “This approach has changed my life! I could never go back to teaching ‘the old way’ again.”

Few will go where none have gone before. Most need a path to follow, and that means someone has to go first.

A process of design, implementation, and reflection helps one teacher change not just one student project experience, but her entire approach to instruction.

Hint: It looks fun!

The story of how continued iteration and reflection helped one teacher shift the focus of student portfolios from a focus on products to a focus on learning.

“When experimentation is seen as necessary and productive, people will enjoy their work.” –Ed Catmull