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Umpire 1, Complaining 0
This past week, I was watching a baseball playoff game. Throughout the game, both teams displayed unhappiness with several of the decisions and calls made by the umpire. While…
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Teachers as Writers Project #2
Do teachers that teach writing need to be writers? Do they need to write well? But maybe part of the reason that writing is a very difficult subject to…
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Teachers as Writers: Motivation
Last week, I challenged teachers everywhere with the Teachers as Writers Challenge #1. Here is what I wrote: What motivates you to work with students every day? I came…
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Light in the Middle
Normally, we wait until the end. We know that there will be some sort of resolution. We can anticipate what’s coming, and know that there will hopefully be a…
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Teachers as Writers Project #1
Do teachers that teach writing need to be writers? Do they need to write well? It’s probably a question that we don’t consider very often. After all, we don’t…
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Just Solutions
We can all continue to complain about why it won’t work. We can list the multitude of reasons why not.This won’t happen. That won’t work. It’s never been this…
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Thoughts on PD Right Now
This weekend, I had the opportunity to lead a session on Innovative and Effective PD on a Zoom meeting during Edcamp LEAD. Approximately 25 people showed up to talk…
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Quiet Friday Afternoons
I simply enjoy the quiet solitude of my office on a late Friday afternoon. There is no one here but me. I can finally get to check off some…
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Consider a Caveday
Sometimes, life gets in the way of the things that we really want or need to do. We can get sucked in by the daily minutiae. We can seem…
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5 Management Strategies that Matter
What management strategies matter in your classroom? Share your best strategies at #4OCF. Rich For more management resources and strategies, pick up a copy of The Secret…