104 – Assessment, Change and Mindset through Story (w Tom Schimmer)

In this crossover episode, Natalie joins fellow podcast host and co-author, Tom Schimmer, to discuss how story is critical to rehumanize assessment, embrace the messiness of change, and to cultivate the mindset necessary for inner peace. 💬 Continue the conversation with Natalie on Twitter or Instagram    💬 Continue the conversation with Tom on Twitter or Instagram    ✊ Join our Facebook group for community, connection and allies.   ✨ Check out the website for the Empowerment Ecosystem Summit for the schedule, locations, and details on how to register!   Show Notes: Rehumanizing assessment through story allows us to tap into deeper learning, build empathy, and demonstrate cultural expansiveness while gathering evidence of the critical competencies. When students are the storytellers, they develop agency. Storytelling in the classroom can range from micro moments to macro projects, and capture evidence of the standards as well as metacognition and reflection. Change requires leaders to become storytellers to model the vulnerability of making mistakes and trying something new. The stories we tell ourselves determine our mindset. If you live to please others you'll lie to yourself, but when you tell yourself the truth, you'll find your inner peace, even if that doesn't make everyone happy.