Doug Brophy

Doug Brophy, Town's Head of School, sharing articles and ideas about education plus great moments from Town. #headofschool #educator @thetownschool

[Doug Brophy @TownSchoolHead]

Town faculty continue to focus on the importance of students' executive functioning skills and this essay highlights how these skills are strengthened by classroom design:

https://t.co/Q1IqkwsAkM

[Doug Brophy @TownSchoolHead]

Several students, faculty and parents have reached out regarding the Webb Telescope images that I shared at our recent all-school assembly. Here is the link to NASA’s homepage, filled with the latest images and relevant data: https://t.co/1uUJewV3gK

[Doug Brophy @TownSchoolHead]

Our faculty’s teaching and own learning/professional development includes an appreciation for growth mindset and this essay distinguishes between that learning habit and intellectual risk-taking:

https://t.co/uiHSBAlohG

[Doug Brophy @TownSchoolHead]

One focus of this year’s Long-Range Planning is to increase the presence of Faculty of Color at Town. This research-based essay highlights reasons why this focus is essential for all at Town:

https://t.co/oLtHsmgV7i

[Doug Brophy @TownSchoolHead]

Town faculty teach to the whole child and this essay highlights neuroscience research on the benefits of “multisensory learning”:

https://t.co/k1yo5L8gJh

[Doug Brophy @TownSchoolHead]

With Town seventh-graders having recently spent three days on their Civic Engagement retreat, this discussion highlights the importance of Civics for both students and community:

https://t.co/pcd8BD24iK

[Doug Brophy @TownSchoolHead]

The Town-parent partnership is critical to our students’ success and this essay highlights key ways for schools to engage families:

https://t.co/ufyHZCYHgi

[Doug Brophy @TownSchoolHead]

Town classrooms are once again filled with robust and engaging discussions and this essay (written for higher-ed but applicable to N3-8) offers strategies for enriching the discussions and ultimately student learning: https://t.co/W3PPmlAvUf

[Doug Brophy @TownSchoolHead]

Part of this year’s long-range planning will focus on continuing to strengthen our academic technology program, and this essay offers a research-based framework for discerning among ed-tech resources:

https://t.co/xcoUFCdjQT

[Doug Brophy @TownSchoolHead]

As we approach the start of a new school year, this essay highlights how a caring school community is central to students’ academic success and emotional well-being: https://t.co/hS7B4oMm8E

[Doug Brophy @TownSchoolHead]

The Summer months always provide a range of new opportunities for children and this link consolidates many ways that they can learn productive life skills (and have fun!) from running errands:

https://t.co/UdcUVPeYF8

[Doug Brophy @TownSchoolHead]

Year-end closing and graduation ceremonies evince Town’s commitment to cultivating our students’ public speaking skills, and this essay highlights their importance: https://t.co/i6yQAeyADP

[Doug Brophy @TownSchoolHead]

Along with essential content, Town’s program always emphasizes learning skills and habits (curiosity, empathy, perseverance and so on), and this essay explains why they are important across disciplines and beyond school:

https://t.co/oVwUSFjfCh

[Doug Brophy @TownSchoolHead]

In this opinion piece, a Professor of Reading Education, notes the importance of exposing emerging readers to a diverse range of texts:

https://t.co/8yD7UflGEH

[Doug Brophy @TownSchoolHead]

This essay complements Town’s approach to homework: deepening students’ content mastery and learning skills while honoring the whole child and developmental needs.
https://t.co/JBTKrSPelX

[Doug Brophy @TownSchoolHead]

An increase in student misbehaviors seems inevitable as children continue to struggle emotionally during the pandemic, and this essay offers an insightful approach for engagement and redirection: https://t.co/Rqg2FklSf1

[Doug Brophy @TownSchoolHead]

Research continues to demonstrate that heterogeneous groupings in Math classes benefit all students, including high performers, and this article conveys why:

https://t.co/ugN1QxSGAy

[Doug Brophy @TownSchoolHead]

As our 8th graders begin to prepare for their year-end Civic Engagement Trip, this essay from the President of the National Association of Independent Schools could not be more timely:

https://t.co/TGB3cgFL3z

[Doug Brophy @TownSchoolHead]

As we approach Earth Week and our Science department’s upcoming design of an N3-8th grade Ecology curriculum, this essay highlights the importance of cultivating student environmentalists:

https://t.co/elDpbJqERQ

[Doug Brophy @TownSchoolHead]

Across Town’s program, we emphasize learning skills and habits alongside content, and this essay highlights the benefits, approaches, and implementation strategies of a key learning tool: retrieval.
https://t.co/iiCH571ZS2