Episode 52 - Paul Emerich France

Grow Beyond Grades

Paul Emerich France is a National Board Certified Teacher, instructional coach, keynote speaker, and adjunct professor with over a decade of experience in the classroom, teaching grades transitional kindergarten through fifth grade. He is the author of Reclaiming Personalized Learning: A Pedagogy for Restoring Equity and Humanity in Our Classrooms and Make Teaching Sustainable with ASCD. His work is featured in Edutopia, EdSurge, ASCD’s Educational Leadership, and Learning Forward’s The Learning Professional. Recently, Paul has partnered with SXSW EDU, Jefferson County Public Schools, ASCD, National Board, and Northwestern University.

Topics include:

• Paul’s journey to discovering the imperative of making teaching more sustainable
• The six shifts identified in Paul’s Sustainable Teaching Project, along with examples of how they can be implemented in classes
• Why personalization is not the same as individualization
• How “low-floor/high-ceiling” learning activities leverage universal design principles to embed pathways for learners of all abilities

Resources

• Personalized Learning Should Be Sustainable (blog post)

• The Sustainable Teaching Project (website, Instagram, Twitter)

• Six Mindset Shifts to Make Teaching Sustainable (ASCD)