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“Weekly Tribes” is Back!

By Mary Palin · August 27, 2010 · Comments(0)

CLICK HERE to visit the “Weekly Tribes” forum group and look for the new “Weekly Tribes 2010-2011 School Year” forum.
There you will find two topic entries, for the first two weeks of school.  These suggestions are not found in your Tribes book, but they support many inclusion strategies you are already doing to get the [...]

Have you read…?

By Mary Palin · July 14, 2010 · Comments(0)

Clayton M. Christensen’s latest book, Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation will Change the way the World Learns, will give you validation that what we do with the Tribes TLC process is innovative and appropriate for learning in the 21st century…and it will challenge you to look at educational practice and opportunity….now, more than ever.
Among the many [...]

The Tribes Process and Career Education

By Mary Palin · May 3, 2010 · Comments(0)

If you are looking for some pertinent information for writing one of those grants, there may be some useful information in the following essay:
It’s complicated. Or is it? The research abounds, the skills and competencies are spelled out clearly, various “programs” persevere…and the ongoing struggle to prepare students for the future persists. [...]

Creative Community Circle Strategies

By Mary Palin · April 24, 2010 · Comments(1)

Is your community circle purposeful, versatile, effective? Here are some suggestions for changing it up, making it more efficient, or just giving it a new twist.
1 – Use it as a goal setting discussion for the day. (Maybe for those testing days coming up?)
2 – Set a behavior standard – [...]

Tribes and Arne Duncan

By Mary Palin · April 7, 2010 · Comments(0)

In case you didn’t get a chance to see the webcast, “A Discussion on Education Reform” with Arne Duncan, here are a few highlights and how they relate to what Tribes supports.  He talked about the importance of reducing the drop-out rate in high school; “dropping out of high school condemns one to a life [...]

Look! Learn! Go!

By Mary Palin · March 9, 2010 · Comments(0)

We are pleased to announce that tribes.com has a new look and feature.  Notice our home page; you will see two important large “buttons”.  One is a quick and important link to our friends at CASEL, and the other is our new page called Teach Community; Learning Experiences for Tribes Educators.
CASEL is the Collaborative [...]

Have you looked in the “mirror” lately?

By Mary Palin · February 24, 2010 · Comments(0)

Synonyms for “mirror” – echo, emulate, signify, represent, reflect.
It’s that last one that should trigger a familiar response.  And the question becomes, “(What) have you reflected (upon) lately?”
As a Tribes TLC educator, you know the value and significance of reflection on learning.  You intend and/or do it often in your teaching…for your students.  But do [...]

Did you know….?

By Mary Palin · February 11, 2010 · Comments(0)

Did you know that there are over 1200 active Tribes TLC trainers throughout the world, and conceivably more than 10,000 Tribes TLC-trained educators?  In some areas, the Tribes TLC-trained people comprise a critical mass (the Wikipedia sociodynamic version of the definition:  a threshold value of the number of people needed to trigger a phenomenon by [...]

Is my class ready for “tribes”?

By Mary Palin · November 8, 2009 · Comments(0)

It’s November (already!).  Could it be time for “tribes”?  Or at least, “trial tribes”?
If you can answer “yes” to the following questions, it’s time for a more long term, or “tribal” approach.

Do students now each other’s names (everyone!)?
Are the agreements alive and well?
Have students experienced multiple groupings, and have they had success in groups of [...]

Tribes and your After School Program

By Mary Palin · October 21, 2009 · Comments(0)

Whether or not you have had, or know about, the After School Program training for implementing the Tribes process…here are a few reminders and checkpoints for a healthy and productive after school experience.
Remember:
These kids have just spent 6+ hours doing school!  If you expect quiet and subdued, you will likely be disappointed.  The best thing [...]

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