Pam Moran

@pammoran1.bsky.social

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I’m for 21st learning spaces - and they exist everywhere. Retired, rewired school superintendent and now Ex Dir of the Va School Consortium for Learning and a lead with SocolMoran Partners. co-author Timeless Learning

kids coming to school on first day
teacher saying goodbye to student at end of the school year
when “your boss cleans up her office”
teacher listening to student
kindergarten teacher talking with a child
It’s our relationships with young people that will keep them connected with us as educators,, not our grasp of content information or capability to administer tests. From the book Timeless Learning by Socol, Moran, Ratliff (2018)
room set up with different seating options to accommodate different choices for students to work together or individually
desks grouped for collaborative work
kindergartners throwing and playing in fall leaves on the playground
children climbing on playground
3rd grader drilling out screws to repair a school courtyard picnic bench
outdoor writers journaling what they notice in a school’s Japanese courtyard
an elementary boy and girl working on a collaborative project and writing up their learning experience together
brick walkway with flowers along it
Middle school students working on a project with circuits
making books accessible in forward facing library table tubs and a book by elem students for elem students
student in a welding program
High School student design team sharing project work on UN sustainable goals
how can we use pattern blocks as a storytelling manipulative in math ?
image of book Game by Walter Dean Myers
Librarian reading to children
introducing soccer literacy study to workshop group - high and low knowledge of soccer vs high and low “IQ”
when challenged to read a text about an unknown topic to all - groups perform about the same in comprehending text
“this means blanket in Ukrainian”
Daniel Coyle author, on how to build talent in school The Talent Code”
“Despite their critical role, most teachers are unaware of how expertise is truly developed.”
Va school consortium of learning institute today on fostering talent through literacy with Dr. Gene Kerns
4 functions of behavior / to escape, get attention, get access or stuff, sensory stimulation
responses to perceived threats - fight flee appease freeze -
soldering a piece of equipment in a STEM engineering class
elem student working on place value with manipulatives
summary of transfer into practice research by Joyce and Showers - coaching can get participants to 80-90% transfer
6 quotes about why we coach
examples of students challenging teachers and pushing their “buttons” - “Go ahead and you will pay.”
proceed of lighting a match that triggers an undesired behavior
Nv student wearing “I am the future of learning” tee-shirt
how does a dot become a mark?
image of a ornamental grass tip on black background with quote from Jane Eyre — “Remember the shadows are just as important as the light.”
fern fiddleheads breaking through fallen leaves
Image of text from Andy Hargreaves publication referencing killjoy practices in schools - before and post-Pandemic