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Giving Students More Choice During Distance Learning: Tips and Resources
By Patti Drapeau, author of Inspiring Student Empowerment: Moving Beyond Engagement, Refining Differentiation Student choice makes a difference. When students make choices, they are invested in their learning, they feel listened to and valued. They feel in control of their … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, empowerment, Free Spirit author, learn from home
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4 Ways to Empower Student Voice During Distance Learning
By Patti Drapeau, author of Inspiring Student Empowerment: Moving Beyond Engagement, Refining Differentiation Student voice matters. Voice allows students the opportunity to influence what they learn and how they learn. In some cases, students use their voice to influence how … Continue reading
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The Year of the Empowered Student
By Patti Drapeau, author of Inspiring Student Empowerment: Moving Beyond Engagement, Refining Differentiation Remember when we all looked forward to going back to school? We actually mourned the loss of the summer, and we looked forward to the new school … Continue reading
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Tagged back to school, coronavirus, COVID-19, empowerment, Free Spirit author, learn from home
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6 Student Empowerment Myths Every Teacher Should Know
By Patti Drapeau, author of Inspiring Student Empowerment: Moving Beyond Engagement, Refining Differentiation According to the Oxford Dictionary, empowerment is defined as “the power or authority given to someone to do something.” The definition also includes the process of becoming … Continue reading
30 Easy Ways to Support Kids
by Judy Galbraith, president and founder of Free Spirit Publishing and coauthor of What Kids Need to Succeed I’ve always believed in focusing on kids’ strengths rather than on what they aren’t doing well. This value has also been a … Continue reading
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Tagged 40 assets, 40 developmental assets, boundaries and expectations, character assets, character traits, commitment to learning, constructive use of time, developmental assets, empowerment, Free Spirit author, positive identity, positive values, social competencies, support assets
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