Teaching ART using the Workshop Model
While the workshop model has proven successful for both language arts and math, not a lot of art educators…
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Who is responsible for PD?
1. No one knows better WHAT YOU NEED than YOU. 2. No one knows better HOW you learn than…
Inherent Value
If a student is interested in learning something, there’s inherently a value in that. So many times we dismiss…
Time to Listen: Start Ed Up Podcast
Last week I listened to the most recent episode of PodcastPD. If you have not been listening to this podcast,…
What He Said
My morning did not go so well. From the moment I walked in, I was besieged with complaints, students…
Long Term Implications
I work in a school with students who are seven and eight years old. I focus a majority of…
Questions for Today
A Challenge for Monday: Write down five questions you want to reflect upon today. Think carefully about the questions…
6 Strategies for Creating a Solutions Based Culture
In a solutions based culture, critical and constructive feedback is welcome, as long as the person critiquing is also…
The Dominant Voice
Is there a dominant voice in your classroom? Is it yours? Does it belong to a student? Or a…
Learners vs. Finishers
Last week, I was visiting a classroom which has this poster hanging on the wall: When I went into…