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Check Out“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 [...]
Training of Trainers in Hawaii
Don’t miss your opportunity to participate in a Training of District Trainers (TOT) event in 2010! Submit your application now and guarantee yourself a spot in the only Training of Trainers event remaining this year!
Final TOT Location this year:
Honolulu, Hawaii: September 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 2010
The registration deadline is September 1st!
The purpose of [...]
Is It Too Early…
By David Gibbs · July 17, 2010 · Comments(2)
to start thinking about where to have the next Summer Institute for Trainers? As most of you know, this biennial event has been a tradition for nearly 20 years. Where should we go in 2012? Below is a short poll with a few suggested locations from which to choose. If you have another location in [...]
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 [...]
Add Tribes TLC to your website!
By David Gibbs · June 7, 2010 · Comments(0)
Do you have a Tribes Learning Community? Would you like to display your Tribes TLC community pride on your website? Here’s a simple way to link back to the Tribes website so your visitors can quickly learn more about what it means to be a Tribes Learning Community.
We have created a few different sized Tribes [...]
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. [...]
Grant Opportunity!
APPLY FOR AN INVESTING IN INNOVATION (i3) GRANT
to implement, sustain or intensify the use of the Tribes process in your school, district, or region!
http://www2.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2010/03/03082010.html
DEADLINE is May 12, 2010.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Investing in Innovation (i3) Fund will support the development of path-breaking new ideas, the validation of approaches that have demonstrated promise, and [...]
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 – [...]
High School TOT for Trainers
Tribes TLC 2-day High School TOT for Trainers
Engaging All by Creating High School Learning Communities
US AND CANADA LOCATIONS!
Houston, Texas
Dates: Fri-Sat, July 16-17
Registration Deadline: June 15, 2010
Location: South Shore Harbour Resort, League City, TX
(just after the Tribes Summer Institute)
Aurora, Ontario, Canada
Dates: Sat-Sun, August 14-15
Registration Deadline: July 14, 2010
Location: York Catholic District School Board, Aurora, Ontario
(just [...]
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 [...]
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Week 2: Appreciations and Apologies posted by dgibbs in Weekly Tribes for the 2010-2011 School Year on August 27, 2010 - 9:38 am
Week 1: Agreements and Names posted by dgibbs in Weekly Tribes for the 2010-2011 School Year on August 27, 2010 - 9:36 am
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Pre-K posted by AnnWolff in Tribes for Grade Level / Age Group on August 17, 2010 - 9:12 am
Reflecting on Your Reading (Using Tribes to Deliver Your Curriculum) posted by sewellbs in Reflection on August 2, 2010 - 4:12 pm
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“Weekly Tribes” is Back!
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 [...]Comments
- Steve Ross: I voted for Northern California Wine Country…. But if it does come to Hawaii, (or anything else...
- Danielle Murdock: Thanks for letting everyone put in their input!
- Christine Swain: Anyone have any ideas for a warm up activity with a grade 5/6 split. I am starting this week...
- Genevieve Adams: Are you aware of any grant opportunities in Australia?
- soreed: Any suggestions for good energizers to be used in a social studies class? We are doing urban and rural...
