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Building Conversations
My conversations with students aren’t always perfect but it’s always perfect when I’m having conversations with students. When we are talking we are building trust rapport community…
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#StaffBookTasting
This week, we held our first #StaffBookTasting. The purpose of the event was twofold. I wanted to model a Book Tasting event for teachers so they might implement with…
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The Student Experience
What is your students’ experience like? What’s it like? Do they like your class? Love your class? Do they talk? Do they work with friends? Is it a…
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The Work Students Should Be Doing
This is a project that one of our students completed at home. Earlier in the year, she took advantage of a four day weekend and made this vending machine out…
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Do Your Students Ask Questions
In the book, A More Beautiful Question (highly recommended to all educators by the way) Author Warren Berger tells the story of Edwin Land and his Polaroid camera. …
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A Thousand No’s
Sometimes it's a simple no. Sometimes it's a not right now or maybe later. Sometimes it's much worse like... Why would you want to do that? Or That's…
#4OCF Book Study
Looking to #RevolutionizePD in your setting? It's not too late to join in on our Voxer book study of The Four O'Clock Faculty: A ROGUE Guide to Revolutionizing Professional…
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Like Skywalker
My children and I finally had the chance to see Star Wars: The Last Jedi over our holiday break. My hope is that those of you who are engaged…
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Growing Passion
One of the true gifts of teaching is that I get to share my passions with my students and colleagues. In return, my passion gets to grow. Some days…
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5 Ways to Ring in the New Year!
Happy New Year! 2018 is the perfect time to make some radical improvements in your classroom. Start off your return to the classroom by implementing some of these changes.…