The Organizing Object
Since I started my career, I have been fascinated with master schedules. I know it is not the most glamorous …
Author Archives: dlaufenberg
School Transformation Thoughts
I am working with several schools on transforming the school structures, culture and instruction from a traditional model to a …
A Week in the Life
Many people that I meet ask me (what used to be) innocuous small talk questions like, where do you live …
Moments of Clarity – Fall Edition
Since Monday, I have been in three different time zones, rented three different cars, flown through too many cities while …
Passionate Learners by Pernille Ripp
Last year Pernille asked me to write the foreword to her first book, Passionate Learners: Giving Our Classrooms Back to …
Art.
I taught art for a year in the 2000-2001 school year (as one of those, 20% of your job is …
The important role relationships play.
Earlier this year, I posted about my current teaching gig and the struggle I was/am in to know the students …
Speed Learning: A Classroom Activity
When I explain speed learning to the students, it is inevitable that one of them will say… is this like …
History of Anything: Part One
First of all, credit to SLA teacher, Doug Herman for planting this idea in my head over the years at …
Moments of Clarity: Coaching
I started coaching in 1994. Basically, I showed up at a parochial school near where I was going to college …
