5 Key Strategies for ELL Instruction By Rebecca Greene (This article was orginally published in an ASCD brief. Ms. Greene’s contributions have the voice of a teacher, which are powerful! ) English Language Learners (ELLs) face the double challenge of learning academic content as well as the language in which it is presented. Teachers have traditionally […]
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I wrote about managing time over on the School Admin Virtual Mentoring Program blog this week and it really resonated with something a couple of assistant principals’ and I recently discussed. We’re all working late and we’re all working hard. I think that’s just educators as a whole in this trying time of national pressure and low
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The site “Reddit” both fascinates and terrifies me. It’s not somewhere I find resources because of my un-awareness of it, but I did discover something pretty cool! One of our teachers received a free box of goodies for his SPED classroom this year, from an anonymous donor, from the Reddit site. Here’s the explanation blurb off
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I know that sounds a lil’extreme, but seriously, it did. Dropbox is a storing/sharing place in the cloud that allows you to keep up with all of your files,where ever you are, even across platforms. I love this blurb I came across: “This program acts as a “magic pocket” which is always with you
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Do you know the average wait time a teacher pauses for after asking a question in the classroom? On average, it is one second. Just one. The ideal wait time is 8 seconds. That amount of time allows a student to think about their answer (aka metacognition). Not only is that going to allow your
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I was listening to a webinar last week discussing the benefit of effective teachers in the classroom and was blown away by what was being shared. The average effect of one teacher on a single student is modest. All else the same, a student with one excellent teacher for one year between fourth and eighth
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One of the first things I hear from educators as a reason why they shouldn’t jump into the social media stream is because they don’t have families/staff on Twitter. Social media can be very dividing. Justin Tarte and I were just discussing how there is still such a mentality of “block it & lock” it…as
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Today I had the opportunity to present to the Indiana Principal Leadership Institute with Jessica Johnson, aka @principalJ, on what it means to be a “connected administrator”. We touched on using social media to connect with parents, staff, and stake holders. We discussed creating & curating a personal learning network to help build your “room”
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I have a post it on my computer that simply states, “Be intentional.” Did you know that every single day you’re choosing to either move forward or move backward? There really never is a standing still, especially in this field we call education. From the lessons you choose to deliver to the conversations you choose
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October is a big month to celebrate education. Not only are we leading the charge for National Principals Month, but NASSP is also involved in promoting the importance of connected leading and learning during Connected Educators Month I thought in that spirit I would list the top five reasons I think being a connected educator has changed not
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