Articles and insights From Jeffrey Benson
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Finding Common Ground
Change Team, Inclusion, Leadership
All students benefit when regular education teachers and special educators work together.
Four Frames For Principals
I summarize four approaches that principals can take to manage their work and build community
Creating Our Most Compliant Generation of Workers Yet
Inclusion, Leadership, Satire, SEL
A satirical look at how schools could function if we just wished our teachers and students would do what they were told to do, This is an edited version “Schools that Work and Work Don’t Work”: found on my blog
How To Be A More Interesting Teacher
Challenging Students, Inclusion, SEL, Whole Teen
It is not a version of grit to passively accept boredom. It is not a version of grit to be passive. For teachers or for students: it’s a version of submission.
Keep It Simple: Do These 4 Things Every Time You Teach
Challenging Students, Inclusion, SEL
The nuts-and-bolts of giving directions so that students are most likely to find their entry into the task
100 Repetitions
Challenging Students, Inclusion, Leadership, SEL
Teachers of troubled students need to know that the road to success is paved with many useful failures.
Designing Advisory for Resiliency
Change Team, Leadership, Whole Teen
Written with Rachel Poliner, an exploration of how the lessons of resiliency apply to students and school programs
Principals: Intentions and Questions at Staff Meetings
Here’s an all too common scenario: a principal floats an idea at a staff meeting, unleashing a barrage of questions and critical comments. It’s an exhausting ritual. The principal may anticipate the usual critics, and on any day be surprised by the other teachers who join in this public gauntlet of analysis. Some principals shy […]
Finding Common Ground
Change Team, Inclusion, Leadership
All students benefit when regular education teachers and special educators work together.
Four Frames For Principals
I summarize four approaches that principals can take to manage their work and build community
Creating Our Most Compliant Generation of Workers Yet
Inclusion, Leadership, Satire, SEL
A satirical look at how schools could function if we just wished our teachers and students would do what they were told to do, This is an edited version “Schools that Work and Work Don’t Work”: found on my blog
How To Be A More Interesting Teacher
Challenging Students, Inclusion, SEL, Whole Teen
It is not a version of grit to passively accept boredom. It is not a version of grit to be passive. For teachers or for students: it’s a version of submission.
Keep It Simple: Do These 4 Things Every Time You Teach
Challenging Students, Inclusion, SEL
The nuts-and-bolts of giving directions so that students are most likely to find their entry into the task
100 Repetitions
Challenging Students, Inclusion, Leadership, SEL
Teachers of troubled students need to know that the road to success is paved with many useful failures.
Designing Advisory for Resiliency
Change Team, Leadership, Whole Teen
Written with Rachel Poliner, an exploration of how the lessons of resiliency apply to students and school programs
Principals: Intentions and Questions at Staff Meetings
Here’s an all too common scenario: a principal floats an idea at a staff meeting, unleashing a barrage of questions and critical comments. It’s an exhausting ritual. The principal may anticipate the usual critics, and on any day be surprised by the other teachers who join in this public gauntlet of analysis. Some principals shy […]
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