Category: REAL in Action
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Teacher Feature: Dr. David Reynolds on How Great Discussion Teaches Everyone in the Room
Read More: Teacher Feature: Dr. David Reynolds on How Great Discussion Teaches Everyone in the RoomDr. David Reynolds of Pembroke Hill School shares why great discussion benefits everyone in the classroom, helping students grow while teachers learn through listening in this R.E.A.L. Discussion…
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Teacher Feature: Maggie Iuni on Making Discussion Meaningful for Students
Read More: Teacher Feature: Maggie Iuni on Making Discussion Meaningful for StudentsThank you to Maggie Iuni for sharing her R.E.A.L. life with us! Maggie is an English teacher at Berkeley Carroll School in Brooklyn, NY. We loved hearing about…
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Introducing – Conversation Comeback: A Teacher’s Guide to Class Discussion in a Distracted, Divided World
Read More: Introducing – Conversation Comeback: A Teacher’s Guide to Class Discussion in a Distracted, Divided WorldSchool leaders and teachers see the Conversation Crisis every day. Students arrive academically capable, but when it is time to engage in real discussion, something happens. Participation feels…
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Teacher Feature: Anastacia Ike-Foreman on Teaching Listening as Core to Discussion
Read More: Teacher Feature: Anastacia Ike-Foreman on Teaching Listening as Core to DiscussionThank you to Anastacia Ike-Foreman for sharing her R.E.A.L. life with us! Anastacia is a seventh and tenth-grade English teacher at Tarbut V’Torah Community Day School (TVT) in…
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Listening, Trust, and Tools: What Hundreds of Teachers Taught Me About This School Year
Read More: Listening, Trust, and Tools: What Hundreds of Teachers Taught Me About This School YearSidra D. Smith, Ph.D. | R.E.A.L.® Discussion | Director, Independent Schools Program After many years as a school leader, this fall looks different for me. I am not…
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Six “Unhinged” Things I Did To Build R.E.A.L.® Discussion
Read More: Six “Unhinged” Things I Did To Build R.E.A.L.® DiscussionIt’s been fun to see other founders share the “unhinged” things they have done to build their businesses. But to me, this trend is more than entertainment. It’s…
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Teaching Talk: Why Conversation Belongs at the Center of Learning
Read More: Teaching Talk: Why Conversation Belongs at the Center of LearningLiza Garonzik featured on Millions of Conversations television show and podcast What happens when we teach young people to truly listen, speak with courage, and connect face-to-face? In…
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Balancing Autonomy and Alignment: Case Studies in Academic Leadership
Read More: Balancing Autonomy and Alignment: Case Studies in Academic LeadershipLaunching and leading an academic initiative in an independent school can feel like walking a tightrope: what is the balance between fostering alignment and preserving autonomy for faculty?…
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R.E.A.L. IRL: How Our Gen-Z Interns Plan to Approach Discussion This School Year
Read More: R.E.A.L. IRL: How Our Gen-Z Interns Plan to Approach Discussion This School YearThis summer, we were delighted to welcome another amazing group of interns to the R.E.A.L.® team. As the summer draws to a close, our interns are heading back…
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Breaking it Down: The “L” in R.E.A.L., Part II: Listening to Facilitate and Listening for Feedback
Read More: Breaking it Down: The “L” in R.E.A.L., Part II: Listening to Facilitate and Listening for FeedbackR.E.A.L.® Discussion is a program that equips faculty to teach, measure, and celebrate discussion skills – which students use in the classroom, in the cafeteria, on the court,…