Weep with joy, I mean! One of the fabulous perks of this past weekend was the opportunity I had to peruse several of the new books published through ASCD this past year. As if that wasn’t enough, the authors were available to chat with us as well! The three that have jumped to the top of my list have one theme […]
One of the key reasons I was so excited to come to ASCD was the opportunity to see and hear Maya Angelou speak. I genuinely considered this a bucket list moment. From the moment she stepped out and opened her talk with scripture and a sing, I was hooked. This feisty, almost 85 year old
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I am puh-retty excited about going to ASCD tomorrow!! I’ve been to ASCD before, but I went with my techno team in sunny FL a few years ago. It was a memorable experience for many reasons (it may be smart to make sure your secretary has actually REGISTERED you for the conference…) but this time
I had the opportunity to hear Mr. Howard give the most amazing pep talk to one of our Lions last week. This child was hurt and upset by a classmate that had teased them and they didn’t know how to handle it. (One of the BEST things about my job is watching and learning from
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really, Teamann? Another post on RTI? Why yes, yes indeed! I know you have a LOT being juggled right now. Then we threw you for more of a loop after Tuesday’s inservice. (Insert oops here.) We wanted to really isolate the TOP THREE things for you to know/remember about iSip right now. Our goal is
I am currently participating in a series created by George Couros called “Leadership 2.0” . The series is focusing on what school leadership looks like in the context of today’s world and how innovative leaders are pushing their schools and organizations forward. Fascinating, right? As I listened to Chris Smeaton, a superintendent from up north speak last week
While you have lil’young bodies to keep you going with inspiration and connections…sometimes I have to search for mine, 🙂 Perusing Mr. Couros’s blog, I came across this post and despite my lack of affection for any Laker’s players, I stopped down to read “Lessons from Shaq”…what a powerful reminder that everyone can love/teach the easy
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I have a great post on math stations boiling but before I can organize all those thoughts, I must introduce you to this site…or even more importantly, this game… 5th grade is talking about prime numbers right now, which would tie right into this, but I think with the mental math and model drawing that we are
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Had the opportunity last week to visit classrooms at a neighboring campus. It was SO much fun! I loved getting to see their different styles of hall way management, cafeteria crowd control, and even some fun math lessons! I wanted to share some of the center greatness that I saw. Why was I impressed? Well,
Today is November 30th, 2012. I, Amber Teamann, of sound body and sound mind, do hereby declare a social media sabbatical. Sounds so solemn, eh? Totally mean it. I am vowing to take the ENTIRE month of December off from social media. No FB, no twitter, no instagram. No Tumblr stalking or meme talking. I
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