EL Principles
This principle helps us to maintain an unobstructed vision of our goals.
What is strengthening line of sight?
This 1986 movie follows a day of a couple of high schoolers playing hooky and stars Matthew Broderick.
What is Ferris Bueller's Day Off?
This year's newest coach was once a trapeze artist.
Who is Elaine?
This pair of practice are "bookends" to an important action.
What is BAR and AAR?
This person celebrated a birthday with us.
Who is Allison Westervelt?
When this principle is present, we're rubbing lots of stories together to compare and contrast, seek patterns and outliers, and counter-examples.
What is inviting/centering diverse voices to the table?
What famous highway route starts in Chicago?
What is Route 66?
As a child, this coach was enrolled in ballroom dancing by his mom and was kicked out of the class.
Who is Ray?
This practice could be a powerful tool to track what everyone on your team is doing and thinking over time.
What is learning log?
Her superpower is invisibility and her super hero name is Invisibrea.
Who is Breanna Mattis?
When this principle is present, learning activities are not one-offs but weaved together.
What is stewarding learning over time?
This golden sponge cake with a creamy filling was invented in nearby Schiller Park.
What is the Twinkie?
This coach does not suffer from any jetlag, even when travelling internationally. (If we can all be so lucky!)
Who is Jim?
This practice helps us think about a result we hope to accomplish and what we think it will take to get there.
What are action hypotheses?
This participant loves neighbors that is an only child and happens to be the only one in our cohort.
Who is Maria Paula Rojas?
When this principle is NOT present, teams tend to think their is one "right" solution.
What is freedom to experiment?
The famous Wrigley Field was originally name this.
What is Weeghman Park?
This coach got married at a foundation conference.
Who is Brittney?
This practice is an invitation to think and learn together on something that is important to us - now and over time.
What is a framing question?
You can tell that this person is a wedding singer when he invited everyone to a walk at the end of the sessions yesterday.
Who is Connor Nowalk?
You can support this principle by modeling curiosity, listening to and asking questions in the spirit of growing understanding.
What is making thinking visible?
The Field Museum owns the world's most complete T-Rex skeleton. What is it's name?
What is Sue?
This coach was a country music DJ in college.
Who is Allison?
To maximize this practice, look at your calendar for upcoming opportunities to apply ideas from the conversation.
What is EL table?
You can ask this person about life's cycle; this person happens to be an end of life doula.
Who is Ellen Liu?