Tanya Sheckley, the visionary force behind UP Academy, is revolutionizing education with personalized learning, inclusive classrooms, and a commitment to empowering students of all abilities.
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Intrepid Ed News is a lighthouse for educators and parents. Founded during the COVID Pandemic by a collaborative of leading voices in K-12 education (see our columnists), we strive to meet the need for greater understanding by our educators and parents of the practices, philosophies, and outcomes driving schooling and learning.
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Tanya Sheckley on Rebel Educators
Tanya Sheckley is the Founder and President of UP Academy – a progressive elementary lab school in San Mateo, California. UP Academy is reinventing education by customizing learning for each student, integrating project-based learning throughout its curriculum, and supporting students with disabilities to attend school alongside able-bodied students in mixed-age classrooms.
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UP Academy: An Elementary Lab School
Tanya’s vision and mission show it’s possible to celebrate differences, change what’s broken in the American education system, and that all children can receive a rigorous, well rounded education. She is an Edpreneur, Author of Rebel Educator: Create Classrooms of Imagination and Impact and host of the Rebel Educator podcast. She is a rebel educator who works with new and existing schools to question the status quo and develop innovative student experiences through inclusion and project based learning.
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Inclusion and the Learner-Centered Classroom
Up Academy classrooms focus on a community framework where universal accommodations allow each student to learn life skills and academic skills to be successful, no matter their disability or learning style.
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Building Accessible Education to Honor Her Daughter’s Legacy
Tanya Sheckley is Founder and President of UP Academy, an elementary lab school that values innovation, empathy, and strength and incorporates a unique neuro-development program for children with physical disabilities.
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How to be a Rebel Educator
UP Academy is reinventing education by customizing learning for each student, integrating project-based learning throughout its curriculum, and supporting students with disabilities to attend alongside able-bodied students in mixed-age classrooms.
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Inclusive Mix Aged Classrooms
Tanya Sheckley and UP Academy is reinventing education by customizing learning for each student, integrating project-based learning throughout its curriculum, and supporting students with disabilities to attend alongside able-bodied students in mixed-age classrooms.
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Micro-Schools and Future 'Learner-Centered' Environments
How do we create more learner-centered environments and accelerate innovation in education? Small learning pods, blended environments, and micro-schools are emerging everywhere to help answer this question.
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UP Academy is reinventing education by customizing learning for each student, integrating project-based learning throughout its curriculum, and supporting students with disabilities to attend school alongside able-bodied students in mixed-age classrooms.
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“Some days move faster, some mover slower, some have big wins and some have big losses” with Tanya Sheckley
Tanya Sheckley is the Founder and President of UP Academy — a progressive elementary lab school in San Mateo, California. UP Academy is reinventing education by customizing learning for each student, integrating project-based learning throughout its curriculum, and supporting students with disabilities to attend school alongside able-bodied students in mixed-age classrooms.
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S2E9:Finding joy in learning through PBL
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“…students feel empowered because they are allowed to take risks. “At UP Academy, there is a difference between a good student and a good learner. A good student learns to pass tests, a good learner knows how to persevere even when they fail.’”
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Podcast on Entrepreneurship and Leadership led by Carly Malatskey.
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Tanya Sheckley of UP Academy: Rising Through Resilience; Five Things You Can Do To Become More Resilient
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Lessons Learned From Virtual Learning
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Join Charissa and I as we explore the wave of chaos that is education in 2020 and the exciting opportunities it presents for educators, students and families!
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One of our graduate standards is Influencing Action, how do we take the skills and knowledge that we learn and influence the world around us?
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