This comes to you from Matt Cole, Curriculum Coordinator  at mcole2@livoniacsd.org. What are our students saying about TRIBES? It’s always interesting, informative, and important to ask students their perspectives regarding any change we initiate in schools.  As many of us know, children … [Read more...]

CLICK HERE to visit the "Weekly Tribes" forum group and look for the new "Weekly Tribes 2010-2011 School Year" forum. There you will find two topic entries, for the first two weeks of school.  These suggestions are not found in your Tribes book, but they support many inclusion strategies you are … [Read more...]

Don't miss your opportunity to participate in a Training of District Trainers (TOT) event in 2010! Submit your application now and guarantee yourself a spot in the only Training of Trainers event remaining this year! Final TOT Location this year: Honolulu, Hawaii: September 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, … [Read more...]

to start thinking about where to have the next Summer Institute for Trainers? As most of you know, this biennial event has been a tradition for nearly 20 years. Where should we go in 2012? Below is a short poll with a few suggested locations from which to choose. If you have another location in … [Read more...]

Clayton M. Christensen's latest book, Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation will Change the way the World Learns, will give you validation that what we do with the Tribes TLC process is innovative and appropriate for learning in the 21st century...and it will challenge you to look at … [Read more...]

Do you have a Tribes Learning Community? Would you like to display your Tribes TLC community pride on your website? Here's a simple way to link back to the Tribes website so your visitors can quickly learn more about what it means to be a Tribes Learning Community. We have created a few different … [Read more...]

If you are looking for some pertinent information for writing one of those grants, there may be some useful information in the following essay: It’s complicated. Or is it? The research abounds, the skills and competencies are spelled out clearly, various “programs” persevere…and the … [Read more...]

APPLY FOR AN INVESTING IN INNOVATION (i3) GRANT to implement, sustain or intensify the use of the Tribes process in your school, district, or region! http://www2.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2010/03/03082010.html DEADLINE is May 12, 2010. The U.S. Department of Education's Investing in … [Read more...]

Tribes TLC 2-day High School TOT for Trainers Engaging All by Creating High School Learning Communities US AND CANADA LOCATIONS! Houston, Texas Dates:  Fri-Sat, July 16-17 Registration Deadline: June 15, 2010 Location: South Shore Harbour Resort, League City, TX (just after the Tribes … [Read more...]