John Miller
@agileclassrooms.bsky.social
Improving sanity and agility of schools and companies.
🔁 Reflection is the key to growth.
The Retrospective Guide introduces students to a structured way of looking back at their learning journey, identifying strengths, and finding ways to improve.
Download the guide! #AgileClassrooms #edu
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The Retrospective Guide introduces students to a structured way of looking back at their learning journey, identifying strengths, and finding ways to improve.
Download the guide! #AgileClassrooms #edu
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Routine - Retrospective
Download the Learning Sprint Retrospective protocol guide to make learning authentic & empower students for the future with an Agile Classroom.
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December 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
🔁 Reflection is the key to growth.
The Retrospective Guide introduces students to a structured way of looking back at their learning journey, identifying strengths, and finding ways to improve.
Download the guide! #AgileClassrooms #edu
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The Retrospective Guide introduces students to a structured way of looking back at their learning journey, identifying strengths, and finding ways to improve.
Download the guide! #AgileClassrooms #edu
sbee.link/4py3qcnedw
🧨 #DarkScrum Alert
The team “self-organizes” by waiting patiently to be told what to do.
Their main job is to self-organize to execute the orders from management.
Ever worked like this?
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The team “self-organizes” by waiting patiently to be told what to do.
Their main job is to self-organize to execute the orders from management.
Ever worked like this?
sbee.link/m67xkdfapu
December 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🧨 #DarkScrum Alert
The team “self-organizes” by waiting patiently to be told what to do.
Their main job is to self-organize to execute the orders from management.
Ever worked like this?
sbee.link/m67xkdfapu
The team “self-organizes” by waiting patiently to be told what to do.
Their main job is to self-organize to execute the orders from management.
Ever worked like this?
sbee.link/m67xkdfapu
What would change if you took this seriously? Distraction is a self-inflicted disadvantage. #AgileClassrooms #Productivity #Growth
December 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
What would change if you took this seriously? Distraction is a self-inflicted disadvantage. #AgileClassrooms #Productivity #Growth
“I couldn’t have asked for a better instructor.”
That’s what Eliot shared after our CSM workshop.
I’m grateful, and even more committed to creating that kind of experience every time.
👉 See why students recommend us: https://sbee.link/k34qygcfav
#CSM #Education
That’s what Eliot shared after our CSM workshop.
I’m grateful, and even more committed to creating that kind of experience every time.
👉 See why students recommend us: https://sbee.link/k34qygcfav
#CSM #Education
December 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“I couldn’t have asked for a better instructor.”
That’s what Eliot shared after our CSM workshop.
I’m grateful, and even more committed to creating that kind of experience every time.
👉 See why students recommend us: https://sbee.link/k34qygcfav
#CSM #Education
That’s what Eliot shared after our CSM workshop.
I’m grateful, and even more committed to creating that kind of experience every time.
👉 See why students recommend us: https://sbee.link/k34qygcfav
#CSM #Education
🎤 Student learning should be seen and heard!
The Review Guide helps students present their work, gather feedback, and refine their skills in a structured way.
Free! #AgileClassrooms #edu
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The Review Guide helps students present their work, gather feedback, and refine their skills in a structured way.
Free! #AgileClassrooms #edu
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Review Routine Guide | Because the Best Feedback Happens Before the Grade
Download the free Review Routine Guide for K–12 educators. Structure student feedback, improve collaboration, and develop 21st-century skills with this proven protocol.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
🎤 Student learning should be seen and heard!
The Review Guide helps students present their work, gather feedback, and refine their skills in a structured way.
Free! #AgileClassrooms #edu
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The Review Guide helps students present their work, gather feedback, and refine their skills in a structured way.
Free! #AgileClassrooms #edu
sbee.link/vkefbc8yux
Keep this in the room when decisions get hard: Know the small and the vast, or your strategy won’t scale. #Productivity #Growth #Leadership
December 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Keep this in the room when decisions get hard: Know the small and the vast, or your strategy won’t scale. #Productivity #Growth #Leadership
How can students take ownership of their learning if they don’t know where they stand?
The Check-In Routine Guide gives them a clear way to assess progress, name challenges, and decide next steps.
Download: https://sbee.link/qbgkxdmwa6
#AgileClassrooms
The Check-In Routine Guide gives them a clear way to assess progress, name challenges, and decide next steps.
Download: https://sbee.link/qbgkxdmwa6
#AgileClassrooms
December 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
How can students take ownership of their learning if they don’t know where they stand?
The Check-In Routine Guide gives them a clear way to assess progress, name challenges, and decide next steps.
Download: https://sbee.link/qbgkxdmwa6
#AgileClassrooms
The Check-In Routine Guide gives them a clear way to assess progress, name challenges, and decide next steps.
Download: https://sbee.link/qbgkxdmwa6
#AgileClassrooms
📚 Students grow when they reflect, adapt, and improve.
Agile Retrospectives give them a clear process to:
✅ Self-assess
✅ Design experiments to improve
✅ Put improvement ideas into action
📥 Free guide here: https://sbee.link/k9cvewfh8u
#21CSkills #AgileClassrooms #edu #Agile
Agile Retrospectives give them a clear process to:
✅ Self-assess
✅ Design experiments to improve
✅ Put improvement ideas into action
📥 Free guide here: https://sbee.link/k9cvewfh8u
#21CSkills #AgileClassrooms #edu #Agile
December 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
📚 Students grow when they reflect, adapt, and improve.
Agile Retrospectives give them a clear process to:
✅ Self-assess
✅ Design experiments to improve
✅ Put improvement ideas into action
📥 Free guide here: https://sbee.link/k9cvewfh8u
#21CSkills #AgileClassrooms #edu #Agile
Agile Retrospectives give them a clear process to:
✅ Self-assess
✅ Design experiments to improve
✅ Put improvement ideas into action
📥 Free guide here: https://sbee.link/k9cvewfh8u
#21CSkills #AgileClassrooms #edu #Agile
This is what separates pros from dabblers: Immature strategy seeks applause. Mature strategy seeks impact. #AgileClassrooms #Strategy #Leadership
December 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This is what separates pros from dabblers: Immature strategy seeks applause. Mature strategy seeks impact. #AgileClassrooms #Strategy #Leadership
Katy said the class was fantastic and the two days flew by.
I’m grateful it felt that way.
When content connects and energy’s real, time moves differently.
👉 See why students recommend us: https://sbee.link/9dt3fbyjm7
#CSM #Education
I’m grateful it felt that way.
When content connects and energy’s real, time moves differently.
👉 See why students recommend us: https://sbee.link/9dt3fbyjm7
#CSM #Education
December 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Katy said the class was fantastic and the two days flew by.
I’m grateful it felt that way.
When content connects and energy’s real, time moves differently.
👉 See why students recommend us: https://sbee.link/9dt3fbyjm7
#CSM #Education
I’m grateful it felt that way.
When content connects and energy’s real, time moves differently.
👉 See why students recommend us: https://sbee.link/9dt3fbyjm7
#CSM #Education
How can we expect students to be self-directed if we do all the planning?
The Planning Routine Guide helps students set their own goals, break them into tasks, and manage their time—building ownership through structure.
Download: https://sbee.link/6utgd94eja
#AgileClassrooms
The Planning Routine Guide helps students set their own goals, break them into tasks, and manage their time—building ownership through structure.
Download: https://sbee.link/6utgd94eja
#AgileClassrooms
December 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
How can we expect students to be self-directed if we do all the planning?
The Planning Routine Guide helps students set their own goals, break them into tasks, and manage their time—building ownership through structure.
Download: https://sbee.link/6utgd94eja
#AgileClassrooms
The Planning Routine Guide helps students set their own goals, break them into tasks, and manage their time—building ownership through structure.
Download: https://sbee.link/6utgd94eja
#AgileClassrooms
“Let’s escalate it”
Translation: Let’s pretend we didn’t see it.
When the blocker is management, the removal mysteriously stalls.
#DarkScrum #Agile #Scrum
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Translation: Let’s pretend we didn’t see it.
When the blocker is management, the removal mysteriously stalls.
#DarkScrum #Agile #Scrum
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December 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
“Let’s escalate it”
Translation: Let’s pretend we didn’t see it.
When the blocker is management, the removal mysteriously stalls.
#DarkScrum #Agile #Scrum
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Translation: Let’s pretend we didn’t see it.
When the blocker is management, the removal mysteriously stalls.
#DarkScrum #Agile #Scrum
sbee.link/86qvdrp43f
Overlooked by many, mastered by few: Excellence comes from subtraction. Do nothing that is of no use. #Strategy #AgileClassrooms #Focus
December 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Overlooked by many, mastered by few: Excellence comes from subtraction. Do nothing that is of no use. #Strategy #AgileClassrooms #Focus
Get ready to shake things up in your classroom!
The Agile Educator Guide is your secret weapon for creating a dynamic, student-centered learning environment.
Say goodbye to passive students and hello to engaged, 21st-century learners! Download now.👇
The Agile Educator Guide is your secret weapon for creating a dynamic, student-centered learning environment.
Say goodbye to passive students and hello to engaged, 21st-century learners! Download now.👇
Agile Educator Guide - Extended Edition
This guide will help you move your students toward increased agility in the classroom. Agility helps teachers to grow students' capacity to self-direct their learning and collaborate effectively. Agile can manifest in various ways, including projects, ...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Get ready to shake things up in your classroom!
The Agile Educator Guide is your secret weapon for creating a dynamic, student-centered learning environment.
Say goodbye to passive students and hello to engaged, 21st-century learners! Download now.👇
The Agile Educator Guide is your secret weapon for creating a dynamic, student-centered learning environment.
Say goodbye to passive students and hello to engaged, 21st-century learners! Download now.👇
Great teams don’t need control. They need clarity, alignment, and trust.
✅ The 6 Principles of Modern Leadership teach you how to:
🔹 Set direction without micromanaging
🔹 Balance autonomy, authority & accountability
#Leadership
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✅ The 6 Principles of Modern Leadership teach you how to:
🔹 Set direction without micromanaging
🔹 Balance autonomy, authority & accountability
#Leadership
Read More -> sbee.link/c9v38yhnrw
December 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Great teams don’t need control. They need clarity, alignment, and trust.
✅ The 6 Principles of Modern Leadership teach you how to:
🔹 Set direction without micromanaging
🔹 Balance autonomy, authority & accountability
#Leadership
Read More -> sbee.link/c9v38yhnrw
✅ The 6 Principles of Modern Leadership teach you how to:
🔹 Set direction without micromanaging
🔹 Balance autonomy, authority & accountability
#Leadership
Read More -> sbee.link/c9v38yhnrw
Dressing up in trends doesn’t make you relevant.
If it’s not part of your strategy, you’re just playing dress-up.
#Strategy #Leadership #Focus
If it’s not part of your strategy, you’re just playing dress-up.
#Strategy #Leadership #Focus
December 16, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Dressing up in trends doesn’t make you relevant.
If it’s not part of your strategy, you’re just playing dress-up.
#Strategy #Leadership #Focus
If it’s not part of your strategy, you’re just playing dress-up.
#Strategy #Leadership #Focus
Reposted by John Miller
Fantastic piece to share w/students. Addresses challenges facing young people in the age of AI & makes recommendations about what they should focus on doing & learning, asserting that "uncertainty isn’t the same as helplessness"
alexkotran.substack.com/p/a-letter-t...
#EduSky #TLSky
alexkotran.substack.com/p/a-letter-t...
#EduSky #TLSky
A letter to teens about AI and jobs
Some practical advice about what you should do to be on the right side of disruption
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December 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Fantastic piece to share w/students. Addresses challenges facing young people in the age of AI & makes recommendations about what they should focus on doing & learning, asserting that "uncertainty isn’t the same as helplessness"
alexkotran.substack.com/p/a-letter-t...
#EduSky #TLSky
alexkotran.substack.com/p/a-letter-t...
#EduSky #TLSky
What if students took the lead their own learning?
The Agile Learning Canvas builds structure, freedom, and real-world skills.
Free Download: https://sbee.link/tqw3g9c4hj
#AgileClassrooms #edu
The Agile Learning Canvas builds structure, freedom, and real-world skills.
Free Download: https://sbee.link/tqw3g9c4hj
#AgileClassrooms #edu
Agile Learning Canvas Download
👉 Transform your classroom with the Learning Canvas, the ultimate tool for supporting 21st Century Skills and Project Based Learning in K12 education. 👉 Say goodbye to logs! Foster responsibility and teamwork as students track their own learning, all...
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December 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
What if students took the lead their own learning?
The Agile Learning Canvas builds structure, freedom, and real-world skills.
Free Download: https://sbee.link/tqw3g9c4hj
#AgileClassrooms #edu
The Agile Learning Canvas builds structure, freedom, and real-world skills.
Free Download: https://sbee.link/tqw3g9c4hj
#AgileClassrooms #edu
Calling it a ‘dashboard’ doesn’t make you a better driver. Most orgs are drowning in data, and starving for decisions.
#DecisionMaking #Leadership #DataStrategy
#DecisionMaking #Leadership #DataStrategy
December 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Calling it a ‘dashboard’ doesn’t make you a better driver. Most orgs are drowning in data, and starving for decisions.
#DecisionMaking #Leadership #DataStrategy
#DecisionMaking #Leadership #DataStrategy
What if students helped shape the learning path—based on progress, not a pacing guide?
The Refinement Routine Guide helps students revisit goals, adjust priorities, and co-plan their next steps with purpose.
Download: https://sbee.link/gwnv9uqaky
#AgileClassrooms
The Refinement Routine Guide helps students revisit goals, adjust priorities, and co-plan their next steps with purpose.
Download: https://sbee.link/gwnv9uqaky
#AgileClassrooms
Routine Guide: Refinement
Download the free Refinement Routine Guide to foster student agency, self-directed learning, and 21st-century skills with practical tools for K-12 educators.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
What if students helped shape the learning path—based on progress, not a pacing guide?
The Refinement Routine Guide helps students revisit goals, adjust priorities, and co-plan their next steps with purpose.
Download: https://sbee.link/gwnv9uqaky
#AgileClassrooms
The Refinement Routine Guide helps students revisit goals, adjust priorities, and co-plan their next steps with purpose.
Download: https://sbee.link/gwnv9uqaky
#AgileClassrooms
We refined everything like it was urgent.
Then rushed through what mattered.
This horizon-based refinement framework helped us stop overworking early ideas and focus where it counts.
#PM #workflow #AgileClassrooms
👇 Read the article
Then rushed through what mattered.
This horizon-based refinement framework helped us stop overworking early ideas and focus where it counts.
#PM #workflow #AgileClassrooms
👇 Read the article
Horizon-Based Backlog Refinement for Agile Teams
Cut refinement chaos with time horizons and policies. Improve focus, reduce waste, and align your Agile team around what’s truly ready.
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December 14, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We refined everything like it was urgent.
Then rushed through what mattered.
This horizon-based refinement framework helped us stop overworking early ideas and focus where it counts.
#PM #workflow #AgileClassrooms
👇 Read the article
Then rushed through what mattered.
This horizon-based refinement framework helped us stop overworking early ideas and focus where it counts.
#PM #workflow #AgileClassrooms
👇 Read the article
Burnout isn’t a personal failure.
It’s what happens when broken systems run on human sacrifice.
It’s what happens when broken systems run on human sacrifice.
December 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Burnout isn’t a personal failure.
It’s what happens when broken systems run on human sacrifice.
It’s what happens when broken systems run on human sacrifice.
We ask students to collaborate. But do they truly know each other?
My World Map helps them connect deeply—fostering empathy and trust.
Build stronger teams with this simple activity.
Download: https://sbee.link/9vhgqfdyn3
#AgileClassrooms
My World Map helps them connect deeply—fostering empathy and trust.
Build stronger teams with this simple activity.
Download: https://sbee.link/9vhgqfdyn3
#AgileClassrooms
My World Map
The My World Map boosts empathy, trust and appreciation between team members. This mind mapping exercise has 4 key steps: 1. Empathy Interviews 2. Mind Mapping 3. Share insights 4. Strengthen the team Everything needed to facilitate this impactful team...
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December 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
We ask students to collaborate. But do they truly know each other?
My World Map helps them connect deeply—fostering empathy and trust.
Build stronger teams with this simple activity.
Download: https://sbee.link/9vhgqfdyn3
#AgileClassrooms
My World Map helps them connect deeply—fostering empathy and trust.
Build stronger teams with this simple activity.
Download: https://sbee.link/9vhgqfdyn3
#AgileClassrooms
🧨 #DarkScrum Alert
“Responding to change over following a plan”
Yeah, we respond to change. As long as it's submitted in writing, approved by three committees, and reviewed at the next change board meeting.
This isn’t agility. This is #DarkScrum.
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“Responding to change over following a plan”
Yeah, we respond to change. As long as it's submitted in writing, approved by three committees, and reviewed at the next change board meeting.
This isn’t agility. This is #DarkScrum.
sbee.link/cn3h6txujw
December 13, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🧨 #DarkScrum Alert
“Responding to change over following a plan”
Yeah, we respond to change. As long as it's submitted in writing, approved by three committees, and reviewed at the next change board meeting.
This isn’t agility. This is #DarkScrum.
sbee.link/cn3h6txujw
“Responding to change over following a plan”
Yeah, we respond to change. As long as it's submitted in writing, approved by three committees, and reviewed at the next change board meeting.
This isn’t agility. This is #DarkScrum.
sbee.link/cn3h6txujw