Elevating Teaching and Learning With Simple Innovations
We have heard it said many times over the years that teachers and leaders are “building the airplane as we fly”, and it is more true now than ever before. The pace of change, and the need for flexibility and innovation in education can be dizzying indeed! There is a gap between teacher preparatory programs, and the quickly-shifting world of today’s complex educational systems – from ever-evolving learning management systems, to hybrid teaching models, and better understandings about how to make schools safe and welcoming spaces for all students. Tiffany is an educator with 24 years of experience teaching, coaching, facilitating professional development, mentoring, and curriculum design. She is an expert at developing innovative solutions to help meet teachers’ and leaders’ rapidly changing needs. Whether you need school-wide professional development, or one-on-one instructional coaching support, The Fly Button will give you the help you need to get your teaching craft “off the ground”!
Our Work
Our Process
1.
Understanding
A listening session will help me to understand what your needs, priorities, budget, key deliverables, and timelines are. I want to know where you want to go, and how I can help you get there.
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Innovation
I will develop a project that fits your needs and budget – whether remote, in-person, one-off, or recurring. Your project may be short, or long-term, or I may have a grab-and-go product already developed, which you can easily implement to take flight on your own.
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Collaboration
Throughout the duration of your project or session, I am available and responsive to your changing needs, and can be flexible to shift mid-course as the situation warrants. Through it all, we are copilots!
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Follow Up
I believe that multi-directional feedback is the key to innovation! I’ll be following up with you after our project is completed to check in on your progress towards your goals, any feedback you have for me on my products and services, and how we might continue to collaborate in the future.
Let’s work together.
Blog Posts:
Computational Thinking – One of the Problem-Solving Strategies to Keep in Your Toolbox!
While it may at first look like computational thinking is only useful in math (where we compute correct answers to arithmetical problems), this is a thinking strategy that is useful across all disciplines. Furthermore, this thinking style may simply be preferred by some of your students who struggle with the chaos of systems thinking, and…
Kinesthetic Vocabulary for the Classroom Mindfulness WIN
Use alphabet pasta for vocabulary review in a low-fi, high-return strategy that combines the best of mindfulness and research-based instructional strategies.