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/ June 14, 2023
Educator Wellness – Back To Balanced
Three things you can do this summer to regain a sense of wellbeing while setting yourself up for resiliency in the fall. Over the course of a school year, educators […]
Continue Reading/ May 15, 2023
The Importance of Distributed Leadership
In a recent leadership coaching session, a middle school principal confided in me that she feels like an ineffective school leader because she is unable to make most of the […]
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/ May 31, 2022
NHLI Welcomes Two New Team Members
Hampton, NH — June 1, 2022 — The New Hampshire Learning Initiative announced that NH educators, Scott Laliberte and Brian Stack will join NHLI starting on July 1. “We look […]
Continue Reading/ April 19, 2022
Realizing Student-Focused Change Through Distributed Leadership
By Jonathan Vander Els, Director of Collaborative Learning
Continue Reading/ March 10, 2022
Philosophy of Education of a NH Educator
By Karen Thompson Curriculum Director, Hinsdale School District
Continue Reading/ February 25, 2021
Portrait of a Learner: The District Catalyst for Deeper Relationships and Partnerships
NHLI Is Re-Imagining Portrait of Graduate: Many districts have created their community Portrait of a Graduate. At NHLI we have broadened this process to deepen district, school, family and community partnerships.
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/ February 19, 2021
Student and Teacher Agency in Action: the Self-Direction Toolkit Development Process
Researchers tell us and employers confirm that individuals who demonstrate the 21st-century skills of self-direction, communication, creativity and collaboration excel in post-secondary and career experiences.
Continue Reading/ January 3, 2021
Three Ways to Scale Student-Centered Reforms in Your System
This article was originally published June 12, 2020 on the website Students at the Center Hub. Author Dr. Felicia Sullivan is Associate Director of Research at Jobs For the Future […]
Continue Reading/ January 3, 2021
Scaling is All the Rage, But How Do You Make It Happen?
New Hampshire’s Performance Assessment for Competency-based Education (PACE) system is entering its third year. Using this alternative state accountability system, 150 teachers in nine school districts have created 14 performance assessment tasks in mathematics, English language arts (ELA) and science. The tasks have been validated against standardized state tests with the ambition to bring performance assessments to all students in the state across all disciplines. A primary goal of PACE is to ensure that students demonstrate their content knowledge to gain academic credits and graduate.
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