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Unlock the curiosity, creativity and potential in absolutely every learner; we are a PLN dedicated to advancing learner agency worldwide. http://bit.ly/moreTCC
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Michael McDowell joins educators in Pendleton, OR tomorrow for the InterMountain ESD PD Summit! He’ll re-envision rigor through small habits, deep learning, and leadership moves that make challenge doable for all learners.

#Education #DeepLearning #Rigor #PD #ReEnvisioningRigor
October 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Monday Mindset: How can we ensure that our students authentically experience and actively shape democracy?

Take a look at our blog on Human-Centered Design and the deeper promise of democracy. What resonates with you?
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#EducationalLeadership #StudentAgency
July 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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📱📚 Your brain on digital reading might surprise you!
New research reveals we actually comprehend LESS when reading on screens, especially during timed reading or with longer texts.

Learn 9 research-backed tips that actually work to help your students! 👇
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Smart Strategies for Reading Digital Texts - The Core Collaborative
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July 2, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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🌈 The Core Collaborative strives to build classrooms and communities where every learner’s identity is honored, where every voice matters, and where everyone is free to show up fully as themselves. Because we believe that everyone deserves to be seen, heard, valued, and loved! ❤️
5 images: the largest in the upper right says Happy Pride Month from The Core Collaborative and Mimi & Todd Press. The bottom right shows the founders of The Core Collaborative and says Proud to be a Pop-and-Pop owned company since 1994 along with Happy Pride. The top left shows an image from a birthday party, the middle left shows the cover of the book And Tango Makes Three, and the bottom left shows Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera at Pride March 1989.
June 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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Want to learn more about #ImpactTeams and see what it really looks like in classrooms? Check out our YouTube page full of playlists at all grade levels, with real students and teachers!

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The Core Collaborative is a professional learning network specializing in student centered approaches. We believe in social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. We believe that when we learn toge...
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June 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Is your RTI triangle upside down? You're not alone! 🔽 🔼

By focusing on a mastery-based system designed for deep, transferable learning, we utilize six steps for transformation.

Read more in Paul Bloomberg's blog:
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#RTI #ImpactTeams
Help! My RTI Triangle Is Upside Down… Now What? - The Core Collaborative
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June 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Real schools, real results at our partners schools with Impact Teams:
⬆️ Moved OFF Comprehensive Support and Improvement lists
📈 Double-digit growth on state exams
⤴️ 49% growth on the i-Ready math diagnostic

Are you ready to see this at your school? Connect with us!
www.LeadingImpactTeams.com
Leading Impact Teams
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June 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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🥳 Today is the day! Re-Envisioning Rigor, Book 2, is now available, and it's the #1 new release in Curricula!

📚 You can find links to the Kindle version (still $4.99!), paperback, and bulk orders at www.mimitoddpress.com/re-envisioni...

#PBL #ProjectBasedLearning #ProblemBasedLearning
Screenshot of the Amazon page for Re-Envisioning Rigor Book 2, showing it's #1 in Curricula A quote from Matt Baer, Principal "This book is full of strategies, focused on rigor, that our teachers can easily implement on day one in their classroom." There is a graphic of the book cover for Re-Envisioning Rigor and a young girl holding the book. Available now on Amazon and Mimi & Todd Press
June 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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📣 EDUCATORS: Let's reimagine how we facilitate student dialogue! What if Socratic Seminars weren't just about discussion, but "an opportunity for students to reflect not merely on ideas, but on themselves"? 🪞

Read all about it on our blog: thecorecollaborative.com/circles-of-s...

#SocraticSeminar
Circles of Student Voice - The Core Collaborative
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June 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Looking for more #studentengagement and better attendance? Want to offer ALL of your students a sense of #belonging?

Connect with our Youth Empowered Stewardship and learn how to build a multigenerational approach to empowerment in your school or district!

Learn more here!
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June 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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🔁 Self and peer assessment using co-created success criteria and models is one of the most powerful practices we see in Competency-Based Learning. See it in action here with 5th grade writing:
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#CompetencyBasedLearning #Literacy #SummaryWriting #EducationalLeadership
5th Grade Peer Assessment with Models in Summary Writing at PS 5
YouTube video by Core Collaborative
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June 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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📖 Portfolios shift ownership of learning directly to students
🪞 Reflective practices build essential metacognitive skills
➡️ Alignment with priority standards maintains academic rigor
🌟 Students develop genuine agency over their educational journey

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Mastering the Groove: Portfolios That Showcase Lifelong Learning - The Core Collaborative
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June 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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When we help schools implement CBL, we see profound changes in engagement and achievement. But what does this actually look like?
The key components:
🎯 Real-world connections
📊 Mastery assessment practices
🔄 Continuous feedback loops
💻 Strategic technology integration

🔗: qrco.de/Competency-B...
95% of students demonstrated mastery of content in competency-based learning environments compared to traditional students settings, according to a study by the Aurora institute (vs. 75% in more traditional settings)
June 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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We love watching these Multilingual Learners give feedback on Retelling of a Familiar Text! Then listen to their teachers explain how they provide different resources for students to support each other without telling the answers. 🤩

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#Multilingual #Assessment
Kindergarten Students Provide Peer Feedback on Retelling a Story
YouTube video by Core Collaborative
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June 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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4 powerful strategies to support your MLLs:
🎯 Interactive Read-Alouds: Language models
🎯 Mentor Text Analysis: How authors craft
🎯 Writing Workshops: Process over perfection
🎯 Craft Mini-Lessons: Learn techniques

Read the blog here!👇
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#MultilingualLearners
Bridging Reading and Writing Through Craft - The Core Collaborative
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June 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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The Core Collaborative is proud to honor and celebrate Immigrant Heritage month, where we recognize the incredible gifts and contributions of immigrants through children's literature!

Enjoy these beautiful and important books from our blog with your students all year long:
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Honoring Immigrant Heritage Month: Building Bridges through Children’s Literature - The Core Collaborative
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June 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Looking to empower your Multilingual Learners? Wondering which strategies can make the most impact while still honoring the strengths they bring from their first languages? Our team can help! Check out our Resource Hub below and connect with us!

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#MultilingualLearners #Literacy
Empowering Multilingual Learners
Transform your school into a place where multilingual learners are seen, heard, and empowered. We can create a future where every student thrives with pride and purpose.
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June 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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What does Literacy & Justice for All really look like?

📚 Vocabulary, comprehension, and academic discourse
📝 Evidence-based writing connected to reading
🤔 Critical literacy to question, analyze, and create meaning

👇 It looks like this in 4th grade!

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#Literacy
Peer Assessment of a Reading Task
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May 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Socratic seminars flip the script! Students don't raise hands to be chosen, but speak because their thoughts matter. This breaks down the power dynamics and makes every learner a co-creator of knowledge.

Read our latest blog!
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#Literacy #StudentVoice
Circles of Student Voice - The Core Collaborative
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May 28, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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What is our role in Literacy and Justice for All? Our consultants are committed to empowering ALL learners, through:
✅ Phonemic awareness and phonics
✅ Vocabulary and comprehension
✅ Evidence-based writing
✅ Academic discourse

Connect with us!
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#Literacy
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May 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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🚨 Kansas leaders, you have less than a week to register for Unlock Rigorous Learning with Michael McDowell on June 4th and 5th! Registration closes May 30th!

➡️ Register NOW! events.greenbush.org/session/day-...
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May 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Impact Teams differs from traditional PLCs by partnering WITH students to amplify their voices in the process.

Check out this middle school student-led Evidence Walk in NYC and see Impact Teams in action!
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#ImpactTeams #StudentVoice #EducationalLeadership
Middle School Student Voice
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May 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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It's almost the end of the school year! Here are some reflection activities organized by grade-level bands, designed to focus on the learning that happened; what was absorbed, applied, and transformed.

Let us know which ones you try!
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#ImpactTeams
Celebrating Learning: End-of-Year Reflection Activities - The Core Collaborative
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May 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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❤️Join the inspiring Marisol Quevado Rerucha virtually on June 17! She will be sharing her keynote address, "Thriving by Living Beyond the Surface", for Studies Weekly's Learning Lab 2025 Conference.

It's FREE PD from your couch!
Register here: s-w.co/learning-lab

#Belonging #RestorativePractices
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May 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Students are more than test scores; they are looking for school to be relevant and empowering. By implementing student-centered practices, like #ImpactTeams, schools saw a 15% reduction in dropout rates!

Want to know how this can work for your students? Visit us at www.LeadingImpactTeams.com!
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May 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM