I am a big reader. I love to read and have even gotten in trouble for reading in the shower. (TMI?) I read in the car, I read at volleyball practice, I read while waiting for small curly headed 4 year old to fall asleep. Last year I took on the idea from Jessica Johnson, […]
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This post is written for my 4th grade students that I meet with each week. We talk math, we talk leadership, and this week, we talked GRIT! WWW, I hope you enjoyed the video today! We had a great conversation about what having grit could LOOK like FOR 4th graders. Please remember to
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This post was originally written for Classflow. After you’re done reading, check out this webinar and blog post to learn how ClassFlow can support various ways of demonstrating mastery, too! As important as it is to have academic goals, learning outcomes, and a decisive idea of where your curriculum road is going, how do you
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Education Week has challenged school principals to share pictures of how they spend their day on Wednesday Jan. 7th. If you follow the hashtag #APrincipalsDay on Twitter and/or Instagram you will finally find out what happens behind the scenes. Edweek Article Our aim is to gather a wide variety of images from school leaders in
Last year the Voxer group of principals that I talk to daily went back and forth on a “12 days” of Christmas idea as a way to give a lil’something to each staff member. None of the ideas were very big, or cost a lot of money, they were all just little things/ways to show
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Flipping PD for educators allows them to do much of their own learning at home, at their own pace, and improves the time spent together in a large group. During the ASCD Educator Effectiveness Institute, Engaged and Inspired: High-Impact Strategies to Motivate and Challenge Each Learner, attendees will take part in both online and on-site
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Last week as I was walking through classrooms, I came across this kinder kid who was working feverishly on the carpet on a project. As I smiled and walked around the room, he waved me over and asked if I wanted to see his invention. “See this? I made it up, because I needed something
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This week we had our C&I administrative retreat to help kick off our back to school season. Our superintendent began with an illustration and an explanation. The green zone is an area in Baghdad. It is heavily fortified and known as the “safe place” for any journalists, travelers, and US citizens. The Green Zone is
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I had the privilege of presenting to the new administrators from the great state of Illinois last week. Jessica Johnson and I discussed ways that administrators could use different forms of technology to make their day/professional learning more streamlined and “digital”. I had several admin there ask me about my “role” as an assistant principal
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I’m excited to join forces again with Jessica Johnson on July 25 as we spend a day with the new administrators in Illinois for #IPANewAdmin14. Amber and I will be presenting: Within this full day workshop we will share the power of social media for school communication, social media for personal learning and web 2.0 tools to
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