Post #8: BreakoutEDU

About a year and a half ago, I had the opportunity to experience my first escape room, Asylum, and it lived up to the hype with the perfect combination of logic, wit, and creepy! Fast forward just a few months and I found myself with a couple of teammates engaged in a session hosted by Sarah Stuhr and Crystal Miller featuring an engaging, inquiry-based activity...BreakoutEDU!

Post #1: Flexible Seating--A Process, Not 'Stuff!'

“Our next solution makers won’t be cultivated in desks and rows.”

-The Space: A Guide for Educators

Pausing to reflect on the first half of our school year, it is incredible to think about how much of an impact flexible seating has had on improving our classroom culture.  It started as #onenewthing...but it was HUGE!  It was so empowering to watch students take accountability for their own learning habits and direct their own learning throughout the day.

After spending hours and hours over the summer checking through Kayla Delzer’s resources, our redesigned classroom was slowly starting to take shape in front of our eyes!