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#ROGUELeader Week Day 3
Welcome to #ROGUELeader Week! This week, I will share 5 PD ideas, resources, and strategies. Today, I focus on the idea of PD involving students. How have you or…
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3 Questions to Kick Off the Year!
Start the year with these three questions: What is the meaningful project that you (or your students) would want to complete right now?What steps would you need to…
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Let the Kids Manage
I visited a class last week that because of quarantine protocols had a combination of students working in person in the classroom and several working virtually at home. As…
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No Set Tracks
I recently took my kids to a theme park with some very large rollercoasters. It was interesting to watch the dynamic of my children as one of them demonstrated…
Planning for Sick Days
Planning for a sick day can actually be worse than just going in sick! Not any more. Find a different way. Rich
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EOY Checklist
We often find ourselves stuck trying to make sure that everything gets done before the end of the school year. There are only a few things that matter though.…
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Hello Goodbye
We say hello and welcome students into our classrooms each September. In many cases, within ten months, we’ve established relationships with them, helped them to the extent that we…
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The U of You
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the perceived value of college degrees. It made me think about my own college journey. I was the first person in my…
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Classroom Jobs, Part 2
Earlier this week, I wrote about a podcast I listened to about using classroom jobs to motivate and engage students remotely. I had the chance after I posted to…