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How to Find the Grail: The Path to Student Engagement (Part 2): Beware the False Flag of Rigor

May 2022

By Ross Peters, Managing Partner, EXPLO Elevate I sensed it was a badge of immaturity to ask about content relevance when I was a middle school student in an all-boys school. It was not a…

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New Summer Workshop: UNDISCIPLINED!

May 2022

We are excited to announce a four-day, dynamic workshop to help you find and create connections between your subject and others! Undisciplined: Creating Connections for Deeper Learning AUGUST 8-11 | 9:00AM-3:00PM | The Willows Community…

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How to find The Grail: Creating the Path to Student Engagement (Part One)

May 2022

By Ross Peters, Managing Partner, EXPLO Elevate We are distractible. We say this about students all the time. And students have been making a game out of trying to distract teachers for millennia – ”mention…

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Announcing: Summer Strategic Planning Workshop!

April 2022

We are excited to announce a three-day, action-packed, highly facilitated workshop to help you create your school’s strategic roadmap for implementation! Supporting School Leaders Through Strategic Change August 17-19, 8:00am-3:00pm, at the New England Innovation…

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The 4 C’s: How Administrators Can Best Support Department Heads

April 2022

by Elise London, EXPLO Elevate Senior Consultant In my consulting work, I have the privilege of meeting one-on-one with individuals who serve in a variety of different roles in schools. When I get to meet…

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Out on a High Wire: How Department Heads Balance Leadership Roles

April 2022

by Elise London, EXPLO Elevate Senior Consultant When I talk to department heads these days, I can’t help but picture them as tightrope walkers on the high wire. Although they are always excited to take…

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Transference in the Teaching Life

December 2021

by Moira Kelly, President, EXPLO Back in the ‘90s, when David Torcoletti and I were beginning our school leadership roles at Northfield Mount Hermon School, we read Ned Hallowell’s “Who Do They Think You Are?…

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A Methodology to Support Challenging Conversations

July 2021

by Sudipti Kumar, Director of Research, EXPLO Elevate Below we share details on a conversation protocol methodology first developed by the Institute of Cultural Affairs called ORID. The methodology has a variety of applications across…

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Notes + Takeaways from ISTELive 2021

July 2021

by Laura Farmer, Director of Operations, Online Student Programs and Sean McCarthy, Digital Program Coordinator In late June, we attended the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference. Every year thousands of educators gather…

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Summer Book Recommendations

June 2021

As of today, it is officially summer! Time to start — or continue adding to — your comprehensive and often aspirational Summer Reading List. We charged ourselves with the almost impossible task of recommending two…