A Tail of Three
Individualized Learning Plans: that term is being pushed around lately - in fact it's part of our new District Improvement Plan - and for good reason. Every student is different and has very unique needs: how they learn how they produce that know what peaks their interest what engages them how they manage their own ' intellectual safety ' - thanks to Dr. Robert Zeitlin for explaining that new term to me (as "can I raise my hand？"can I take pride being passionate about learning?" "Can I flex my 'smarts'?") and so on..... As a parent of 3 canines and 3 humans (all male mind you) - I'm fascinated by their uniqueness but more specifically how their individuality is is masked by the pack. I explained to my counselor last week that adopting our fourth boy (no, we're not getting a fourth dog) is more like joining a member into a pack. Edward is already 12 - and our little family has been together since 2010. Our pack is al...