Abandon Nostalgia Practices
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Abandon Nostalgia Practices

  Inspired today by Jeanne Muzi Year after year you continue to roll out the same assignment. “Students have always done this.”“It’s a tradition.”“The students love it!” Usually, the reason you keep…
A Classroom Design Checklist
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A Classroom Design Checklist

  Thinking critically about classroom design? Use this checklist from the upcoming #4OCF book The Secret Sauce: Essential Ingredients for Exceptional Teaching to help plan your classroom design. Most of…
#BackToSchool 2019
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#BackToSchool 2019

  Some of you have already been back for a few weeks. Some of you are enjoying the last few days of summer, and preparing for the upcoming year. At…
Rules
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Rules

  I knew all the rules but the rules did not know me.-Eddie Vedder   Chances are that if your classroom is focused on compliance through a list of rules,…
Contagious
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Contagious

  As a new teacher, you should do everything you can to avoid it. It can be contagious.Try not to catch it.It can linger. You will feel more awful each…
Student Voice in Classroom Design
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Student Voice in Classroom Design

  Check out some thoughts about classroom design: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT3RxXQPIy4 How are you giving students VOICE in classroom design? How are you designing your classroom to correlate to your goals or…
Pass the Mic
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Pass the Mic

  There has recently been much discussion on Twitter about edurockstars. I’ve always struggled with this term. After all, as educators, we go to work to do a job each…
The Secret Sauce
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The Secret Sauce

  I am proud to announce that in just a few short weeks, my second book The Secret Sauce will be released. And I'm proud to share the book cover…
Supply Lists
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Supply Lists

  My children will return to school in late August. This year I wanted to avoid being the last minute shopper trying to find school supplies amongst a limited number…