Several times a week, for a 20-minute period, SPARK students engage in Student-Selected Mindfulness Time. In this clip, a fourth-grade SPARK student and an MLFTC teacher candidate describe the activities students engage in and how they make their choices.
As part of their preparation for a mock trial, students at SPARK School prepared interview questions for a community member who is an attorney. Hear from a teacher candidate about the value of having community members share their expertise with students.
Here, educators share how SPARK School leverages teams of educators with distributed expertise in combination with an innovative learning space in order to deepen and personalize student learning.
Principal of Stevenson Elementary School Krista Adams shares how taking a teaming approach counters loneliness, empowers educators, and results in a better experience for both educators and students.
Copper Trails principal Stacy E. Ellis shares how her criteria for hiring new educators changed as a result of teams adopting a Next Education Workforce model.
Copper Trails principal Stacy E. Ellis explains how her role as a school administrator has shifted to becoming more of an instructional leader as her teams have adopted Next Education Workforce models.
Mountain View School kindergarten lead teacher Danielle Ashenbrener shares how her team, which includes MLFTC teacher candidates, built common planning times into their schedule and describes how they use this time.
Mountain View School kindergarten lead teacher Danielle Ashenbrener describes why Next Education Workforce models are great for both students and educators.
Krista Adams talks about how her role as principal of Stevenson Elementary School has shifted as her school has adopted a Next Education Workforce model.
Justin Wing, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources at Mesa Public Schools, shares three benefits of Next Education Workforce models — educator retention, educator leadership opportunities, and student learning.
