@rpondiscio @Real_Edu_Leader @SuccessCharters I have yet to meet a principal that could even remotely serve as an instructional leader. They left the classroom for a reason and wasn’t leadership.
@jjpeters@Beanie0597 Homeschooling families want their tax dollars to fund their efforts, which makes sense. What the voucher people think is that because they can pay a tuition that schools will accept them. It’s not the case.
@educator4ever36 I have an exceptional aide this year who has gone above and beyond to learn my curriculum prior its instruction. I can’t say the same about the special ed superintendent or the school psychologist that allowed for the accommodations that we are tasked to follow.
@mrs_b_green@JamesAFurey Amen! Also the accommodations which were already gratuitous have only gotten worse. Accommodations for calculator use and multiplication charts has increased. Students can’t build number sense or access higher levels of math this way.
@JamesAFurey No no no. I’m a teacher that embodies cognitive load theory melded with direct instruction. It’s completely the opposite of what my district spends an incredible amount of money supporting. The union is all I have to support me.
@JamesAFurey This will be the year in NYS that grades 5-8 will assess student reading and mathematical abilities exclusively on a tablet. Curious to see the results though I have a prediction….
@calm_dust@JamesAFurey Avoid? Please enlighten me. What is here that provides a procedural foundation and allows kids access to conceptual understanding? My Asian born students are months if not years ahead of my us born students who are already well above average.
@calm_dust@JamesAFurey I hear what you’re saying. I think we’re on the same page here. I do work and live in a left askew but I also think it’s a beacon of what works. Our teachers are allowed to do what works. It’s a difference in performance.
@calm_dust@JamesAFurey In our middle school we use math in focus which is a Singapore math approach directed by Marshall Cavendish. Our high school uses texts specific to their curriculum.
@calm_dust@JamesAFurey This isn’t my experience where I teach nor is it where my kid goes to school. Both schools are explicit in their instruction. It’s “I do, we do, you practice a ton!” Group work only occurs well after foundational understanding occurs. Both schools are nationally acclaimed.
@JamesAFurey What’s your take on hinge questions? This is something being pushed right now. My perspective is that due to the disparity in my classes I find it better for me to offer individual feedback during an independent practice period. I learn more about them than if in a group.