Tomorrow I will be presenting at the 5th International Academic Conference on Research in Social Sciences on my research on K1 teacher perspectives of their students functioning both before and during the pandemic. This research is actually on going, so if you or someone you know is a kindergarten or grade one teacher please share this link with them so they can share their insights and help develop research into the impact the pandemic has has on students just beginning their education.
Link to survey for K1 teachers: 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfAhcSjSMWx0MrHCAOqUEcXjq7lBr2vEX1cZcYU66lpMtKAIQ/viewform?usp=sf_link
I am only going to be collecting data for a few more weeks (U.S. Teachers only), so any help spreading the is survey would be greatly appreciated.  This is such an important issue, and I want to thank all the teachers who have already taken part in the survey and helped with data collection. Your participation is greatly appreciated and will be part of my next paper that presents an overview of the data collected on K1 students over the last three years of the pandemic and their teacher’s perspectives on their function. 

This is a review of the metacognitive pedagogy called the learning conversation. It details how this appy can be used to address self-regulation and develop self-regulated learning abilities and a capacity of self-authorship.

Here is the winner of the CURRY UNITY  board, Tim Levakis. He came up with the best answer to my Hiphop inspired metacognition lesson. Congratulations!
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This video is about Nelson’s Model of Metacognitive Consciousness. I discuss how this model of interacting modes of consciousness produces  processes of monitoring and control that connect purely cognitive processes to neurobiological processes in frontal lob and anterior cingulate. These discoveries point to the possibility of an underlining neuro-therapeutic effect involved in metacognitive behaviors and activities.  

Here is an interview I did with the wonderful Dr. Anne Burgen on her show It Takes a Village.

The family and friends of Taylor A. Lynch have made a scholarship fund in her memory. Taylor was one of the most wonderful a students that I had the pleasure of teaching at Coakley Middle School. One of my fondest memories of teaching in Norwood was when Taylor won the Morril Library Writing Contest with her inspiring piece about overcoming adversity. My heart goes to her family, and everyone affected by this loss. If you would like to donate  of  learn more about the scholarship you can contact  Norwood High School. 

 Here is my research on the Fundamental Principals of Metacognition. It attempts to integrate the knowledge of professors from the Program of the Advancment of Learning at Curry College with the research on metacognition, self-regulation, transformational education, neurobiology and information processing. It presents a general pedagogy of metacognitive education based on a dynamic communication process identified as a Learning Conversation that is grounded across scientific disciplines and qualitative experience. It presents both practical directions for education and potential areas of future scientific study in the domains of learning, understanding and self-authorship.
Link to Document: Fundamental Principals of Metacognition