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Jul 12 2021

Empowering Readers from Day One

By John Spencer Empowered Readers, Podcast 4 Comments

This is the first article I'm doing in a summer series on Empowering Readers. If you want to take a deeper dive into the topic, I also have the Empowered Readers self-paced course that I co-created with literacy expert Bonnie Hamer. It officially launches today.…

Jun 08 2020

16 Ways to Own Your Professional Learning

By John Spencer Podcast, Professional Development 11 Comments

This is the first in a summer series on owning your professional learning. I created a sketch video as a preview. If you enjoy the video, would you click the "like" button and consider subscribing to my channel? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw53uRedr5U&feature=youtu.be Right now, teachers all over the…

Jan 19 2020

Empowered Teachers Empower Students

By John Spencer Creativity, Empowering Students, Podcast 3 Comments

I have a bobble head of myself on the bookshelves in my office. It's a bit of an Easter egg that you can find in some of my videos. On the surface, this item seems arrogant and excessive. And yet, I didn't buy the bobble…

Mar 18 2019

Making The Shift from Student Engagement to Student Empowerment

By John Spencer Empowering Students, Student Choice 15 Comments

We often focus on student engagement, but student empowerment is a step further. Here, we focus on the seven shifts toward student empowerment. Two years ago, I was a chaperone for my son's fourth-grade field trip to a hands-on pioneer museum. Students learned how to…

Jun 17 2017

7 Things That Happen When Students Own Their Learning

By John Spencer Creativity, Empowering Students 13 Comments

A few years ago, I co-wrote the book Empower with the driving question, “What happens when students own their learning?” As a middle school teacher, I had seen how the biggest challenges I faced with student engagement were actually challenges with student self-direction and self-management….

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Empowering Readers from Day One

16 Ways to Own Your Professional Learning

Empowered Teachers Empower Students

Making The Shift from Student Engagement to Student Empowerment

7 Things That Happen When Students Own Their Learning

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