Category Archives: Representation

Communities that Lead, Learn, and Last

November 6, 2011 – 8:35 pm

The handful of teachers and participants who joined us when we opened our doors in 2008 learned about Studio by word of mouth, through newspaper advertisements, and by way of a flier that I sent to area schools. We were six teachers from different places and twenty five middle and high school writers. And we [...]

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Seeking Representation in Strategic Ways

November 3, 2011 – 5:44 am

This week, I’ve been writing about representation, the second dimension of the Communities for Learning ARCS Framework, and how this informs our planning and work at Studio. Use the prompts below to consider how you might seek and leverage representation in more strategic ways as both a teacher and a writer. As you think about [...]

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Asking the Right Questions of the Right People at the Right Time

November 2, 2011 – 6:19 am

This post is the fourth in a series relevant to the Communities for Learning: Leading Lasting Change  ARCS Framework and how we make use of it in Studio. The first post offered an overview of the Framework as a whole and revisited previous posts about vision The second post began exploring the second dimension of [...]

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Helping Our Youngest Writers Consider Representation

November 1, 2011 – 7:39 am

On Saturday, I shared the Communities for Learning: Leading Lasting Change ARCS Framework. Previous posts have spoken to the importance of vision, which has everything to do with the first dimension of the Framework: alignment. Yesterday I introduced the second dimension of the Framework: representation. I can attest to the fact that thinking about strategic [...]

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Representation: Setting a Place at the Table

October 31, 2011 – 6:43 am

As teachers and writers, our vision and the way we pursue it is enriched when we invite those we serve and the others who act in service to them to our own table when we are making decisions. The second component of the ARCS Framework, representation, attends to this belief. When we seek greater representation, [...]

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