Hi! I’m Donna
I dream about scaffolds being a part of every single lesson…
in every single classroom…
for every single student…
(a girl’s got to dream, right?!)
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Donna Lee Fields, author, podcast host, teacher-trainer, creator of the award-nominated website scaffoldingmagic.com, travels the world giving talks and workshops to facilitate educators to create dynamic learning environments in which students develop agency and those skills that will make them viable in the future professional world.
what’s with the name ‘scaffoldingmagic.com‘?
That’s easy! The scaffolding activities you’ll find in the drop-down menu at the top ‘Scaffolds’ (tricky, right?!)…WORK LIKE MAGIC!!
With them, you’ll see your students engage more than you every could have believed. BELIEVE IT!!!
scaffoldingmagic.com is a site that offers solutions for your educational challenges.
How? you ask?
when you click, click, click…you’re going to find…
- Activities (scaffolds) for your lessons that strengthen proficiency in competences and content
- Templates that you can adapt to the your subject
- Alternative formative and summative assessments
- Expert advice (coaching) to support you in integrating competences into your daily lessons in dynamic ways
- Strategic steps to share with stake holders (that’s a fancy wa of saying ‘everyone involved in the school’ – and we’re talking everyone : directors, coordinators, teachers, parents, secretaries, groundskeepers, kitchen staff….!) to move forward more fluidly.
- Techniques to give students more agency and so strengthen essential 21st century skills.
- Exclusive opportunities to customised scaffolds
- One-to-one talks with Donna to clarify educational goals
Scaffoldingmagic.com is your entryway into DYNAMIC bilingual learning methodologies, such as Phenomenon-Based Learning, CLIL, EMI, and ESL. You’ll find ways to implement critical thinking tools (DOK) to promote higher level thinking, the growth mindset, instill an ethic of excellence, deep reflection on learning, and all through multi-cultural, interdisciplinary activities. We have the keys to turning competences into action and to creating collective efficacy in your school so you move ahead as a unified, enthusiastic team.