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Notes on an Excursion
By Corina Ontiveros We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings coming out...

Convening Storytelling Team
Jun 28, 20231 min read


Aloha Circle: Where Are You From + Storyteller Reflection
By Jillian Kuhlmann and Kevan Kiser-Chuc We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and...

Convening Storytelling Team
Jun 20, 20233 min read


Equitable Grading at Sunnyside
By Gary Chapin and Laurie Gagnon We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings...

Convening Storytelling Team
Jun 14, 20236 min read


Leading from a “Formative Assessment” Space
By Jennifer Poon and Sean Ross We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings...

Convening Storytelling Team
Jun 6, 20239 min read


It is not wrong to go back for what you left behind.
Reflections on the past, present, and future of assessment for learning By Jenny Poon We are pleased to share with you today a piece from...

Convening Storytelling Team
May 30, 20237 min read


Story as Gift
By Cheryl Ka‘uhane Lupenui We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings...

Convening Storytelling Team
May 23, 20233 min read


Indigenous Epistemology & the Four Tezcatlipocas
By Alexandro “Salo” Escamilla We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings...

Convening Storytelling Team
May 16, 20233 min read


La Cultura Cura: Cultivating Ethnic and Academic Identity
By Alexandro “Salo” Escamilla We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings...

Convening Storytelling Team
May 11, 20235 min read


"Don't Just Talk About It. Be It.": 5 Lessons from an Excursion
By Adam Sparks We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings coming out of our...

Convening Storytelling Team
May 2, 20235 min read


Coherence vs. Alignment: Why Sunnyside Unified Prioritizes a Holistic Approach to Education
By Ryan Mick We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings coming out of our...

Convening Storytelling Team
Apr 25, 20233 min read


A Listening Journey “Through the voices of ALP”
By Ruth Hellams We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings coming out of...

Convening Storytelling Team
Apr 21, 20233 min read


Story of a Session
By Steven Martinez We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings coming out of...

Convening Storytelling Team
Apr 11, 20234 min read


ALP Needs Kids: Six Ideas for Including Youth in Our Next Conference about Education
By Carisa Corrow We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings coming out of...

Convening Storytelling Team
Apr 4, 20234 min read


Who is ALP? Reflections of a First Timer
We are pleased to share with you today a piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings coming out of our convening in...

Convening Storytelling Team
Mar 28, 20235 min read


Time in Tucson: Feeling & Remembering What AFL is About
We are pleased to share with you today the first piece from our storytelling series of reflections and noticings coming out of our...

Convening Storytelling Team
Mar 22, 20234 min read


We’re Going to Tucson
By Gary Chapin Writer, Educating for Good There are ten Learning Excursions planned for the ALP Convening in Tucson. They all focus on...

Gary Chapin
Feb 14, 20232 min read


The Making of an Excursion
By Gary Chapin Writer, Educating for Good “If these are the experiences the students have had that have helped them to build agency, what...

Gary Chapin
Feb 10, 20233 min read


ALP and Belonging, Part 2
By Gary Chapin Writer, Educating for Good When I first started seriously considering the quality of Belonging as one essential for our...

Gary Chapin
Feb 7, 20233 min read


Joy and Belonging at Pueblo High School
By Gary Chapin Writer, Educating for Good One of the things we insist on at ALP is that learning and assessment can be joyful. And, in...

Gary Chapin
Jan 24, 20233 min read


Belonging is Central for Equity and ALP, Part 1
By Gary Chapin Writer, Educating for Good This story features the work of the Hawai’i Department of Education’s Office of Hawaiian...

Gary Chapin
Jan 11, 20232 min read
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