Reading, reflecting, and researching ideas about teaching is something essential. I am always excited to share information to help educators teach and learn. Recent surveys indicate that nearly 50% of educators are contemplating leaving the profession earlier than planned or within the next two years (GBAO Strategies, 2022; Merrimack College & EdWeek Research Center, 2022). … Continue reading Planning Teaching and Learning
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Facts for Friday-Animals are……
Weird, Great and Interesting Underneath all its fur, a polar bear’s skin is black. A rhinoceros’s skin can be almost 2 inches thick.Frogs’ skin is unique. Instead of drinking water through their mouths, they soak it in through their skin!The whale shark has the thickest skin in the world, at an impressive 15 centimeters (6″) … Continue reading Facts for Friday-Animals are……
Word of the Day
I am a big believer in vocabulary! We do not spend enough time exploring, providing, and giving children time to explore “words.” It could be because I come from a home where my parents did not know how to read. When I would go to school in my early years, I can remember my Kindergarten … Continue reading Word of the Day
Five Ways to Lift Learning
The school year is winding down, but improvement plans are being worked on. We should be looking at this time all of the ways we can begin to lift learning, close gaps, and review standards. Setting standards, assessing progress towards standards, and are standards being met are common areas to focus. These are essential areas … Continue reading Five Ways to Lift Learning
Give it your best!
To gain high levels of learning we need commitment, focus and flexibility. It is the end of the year and if we have not yet captured our students commitment to learning, they have already missed so much. Why are we allowing it to continue? “It is too late, there is nothing I can do now … Continue reading Give it your best!
Nourishing Teaching and Learning-Today, Tomorrow and Always
The purpose of education seems to have different meanings when you ask other groups. If we look through the political accountability lens, the goal is to increase standards and raise requirements for test scores to reflect passing levels. Students may see education as just going to school, following the rules, and turning in their assignments. … Continue reading Nourishing Teaching and Learning-Today, Tomorrow and Always
Forward Teaching, Self-Paced Learning
Covid-19 placed all of us in the circumstances we did not expect. The approaches to recovery look different in the realms of the business, industrial, and education worlds. Education is faced with an overwhelming challenge to help students at an even more comprehensive range of learning levels than they have ever met before. The approach … Continue reading Forward Teaching, Self-Paced Learning
Teaching Tips, construction for building Listen Up leaders
What is the purpose of our work? It is to create skilled, adaptive learners who will be productive, positive citizens. Right? We need to give significant thought to our practices. Our students matter, we matter, and what we teach matters. Absolutely the sequences of history are essential to teaching. We need to know where we … Continue reading Teaching Tips, construction for building Listen Up leaders
Create the roads, Clear the Path
Friday Focus-Leadership Each day we are reminded of the importance of many things, but leadership is essential in every aspect of life. Leadership is the deciding factor of accomplishing the work, goals, and delivery of success to every component in our chain of command. Make people feel important who work for you, with you, or … Continue reading Create the roads, Clear the Path
Tuesday Teaching
As students enter our classrooms, we hope they will be ready and engaged in learning. Academic success is the outcome we want for each student in our classroom, but we know it can not be just our want. Students need to have a foundation of academic skills, a character of perseverance, and a sense of … Continue reading Tuesday Teaching