Charles O'Connor

Educator. Dreamer. Warrior. “We must provide a foundation to develop in young people what our communities lack." (him/his) #PBL #RestorativeJustice #community

[Charles O'Connor @CharlesLOConnor]

Please use this with your students for an opening to the academic year. Keys: handwritten, so you see their writing styles; tell them to vomit out the drafts, cause you want to hear their unedited thoughts and grammar concerns will just get in the way.
So good!!

[Charles O'Connor @CharlesLOConnor]

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Help me gamify my classroom to boost engagement and make learning more fun for my students. Every donation will directly help purchase memberships for the Classcraft LMS, If you can, please click the link above to donate or share—thanks so much!

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

The title 'teacher' is outdated. 🤪

These days, it’s more like…

•Classroom Management Specialist

•Student Engagement Strategist

•Data Analysis Coordinator

•Technology Integration Specialist

•Social-Emotional Learning Coordinator

•Professional Development Facilitator

[Charles O'Connor @CharlesLOConnor]

I've just discovered the leading cause of death: birth.

[Dave Kline @dklineii]

6 interview questions to find high performers

[Charles O'Connor @CharlesLOConnor]

@FixingEducation Don’t forget….
⬇️ Add more admin positions in
district office
⬇️ Spend entire budget every year

[Charles O'Connor @CharlesLOConnor]

@FixingEducation Teaching is the wrong word.
We don’t download information into empty vessels. We mentor, we model, we share excitement for learning, building relationships of trust with and among young people so that learning may take place.
We open ourselves to learning about these youth.

[Charles O'Connor @CharlesLOConnor]

@FixingEducation So true… maybe only 1 in 5 18 year olds should be committing to a focused study of any career.
Don’t pay colleges to help discover your dreams, unless debt is your dream.

[Charles O'Connor @CharlesLOConnor]

@NicholasFerroni The system is broken and it breaks my heart… too many adults leading young people into complacency and self-diagnosis to avoid discomfort.

[National Park Service @NatlParkService]

Believe in yourself like visitors who believe they can pet a bison.

[Charles O'Connor @CharlesLOConnor]

@FixingEducation T: “Redo for full credit”
S: “Nah, I’m good.”
T: “It”s the last day.”
S: “I get to it when I get to it.”

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

Teachers, what's the worst thing you have heard a student say to a teacher? #TeacherLife

I’ll start…
I once heard a student tell a teacher ‘this is why your husband left you!’ 😬😔

[Charles O'Connor @CharlesLOConnor]

So glad that the (Republican) threat of closing the U.S.-Mexico border and rejecting asylum seekers is now ended with Trump’s conviction.
Immigrants are safe again.
(Obama deported 3 million?!)

[Charles O'Connor @CharlesLOConnor]

I’m so conflicted when I see young people launching themselves headlong into a cause. I’m thrilled they’re getting involved , yet horrified that they know the absolute truth.

Motivations and power struggles are far more complicated than choosing one side or another. No?

[Charles O'Connor @CharlesLOConnor]

@cwaudiia University spelled backwards = Illuminati

[Charles O'Connor @CharlesLOConnor]

A friend just lost her brother. Please help if you can.
In Loving Memory of Andrew Style West
https://t.co/ak0WbTfX4r

[Charles O'Connor @CharlesLOConnor]

@KP_fps Congratulations and blessings to you KP... the truth: YOU haven't changed.
Way to be you.
Much love

[Charles O'Connor @CharlesLOConnor]

Hybrid classes…
To go back permanently to anything else seems backwards.
I’d like to say building a positive class community but so many of these young people had such a negative experience due to excessive work and focus on grades.
I hope adults learn too!

[𝕊𝕔𝕠𝕥𝕥 ℕ𝕦𝕟𝕖𝕤 @MrNunesteach]

What are some trends in education that are here to stay?

[The Onion @TheOnion]

California To Become First State To Provide Free Healthcare For Undocumented Residents https://t.co/8MWBDlJC0p #WhatDoYouThink?

[Charles O'Connor @CharlesLOConnor]

@cspan @ChrisMurphyCT My Freshman and Sophomore English classes just finished their Gun Violence Research Paper this past Thursday.
If politicians ain't doin' it,
schools need to.

[Charles O'Connor @CharlesLOConnor]

@MrNunesteach Focus on learning, hire accordingly... and encourage unions to focus on learning, too.