Saturday 4.19 was the first day of my spring break. While that normally means testing the limit on the snooze button on cell, this day turned out to be phenomenal day of learning, connecting, sharing and growing. For the past couple…
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Its About Learning AND Sharing
A recent Twitter post inspired a great exchange between me Jennifer Marten,@jenmarten. I wanted to share this conversation because it epitomizes what effective educators are about. Effective educators should be about learning new information that will make a difference in…
Inspired Support
I took part in a truly inspiring meeting several weekends ago. We recently had the fortune to hire a new teacher from Michigan to join our staff. We are very excited about the prospect of her making a difference in…
Why Does Algebra HAVE to be at 11:34?
Our current schedule is a 7 period day. We have been working hard to transition to a modified block. Our leadership team has been involved in a great deal of planning and communication to make sure that this transition is…
Sharing GoogleForms Observations and Teacher Feedback
Several weeks ago, the principals in our cluster got together and did an instructional walk thru in my building. This is the second one we've done in our district, the first at our cluster high school. This great talk…
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Middle School Schedule [6]: Book Review ‘Making Teamwork Meaningful’
'If teams of teachers are going to accomplish anything of substance, they need regularly scheduled opportunities during the school day to collaborate. In addition, if a school truly want to provide differentiated learning experiences for students - the teachers need…
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