Congratulations to senior diver AJ Rosenberger for being named Main Line Boys Athlete of the Week. Check out his full interview by clicking this link https://t.co/1ehKM5kiNi. Well done, AJ!
@FordsSwimming in the 2024 Easterns Swimming and Diving Championships bring home a second place cup to cap off an incredible year of impressive performances. @GoFords
@FordsSwimming GOAT senior diver, AJ Rosenberger caps of an incredible high school career with a dominate first place finish at Easterns 2024, defending his title from 2023. @GoFords#back2back
Congratulations to @FordsSwimming senior phenom diver, AJ Rosenberger for breaking the Fords longest standing team record, the 11 dive event, with a score of 540.00. @GoFords
@FordsSwimming opens up the 2023-2024 swimming and diving season with a unique 93-93 tie against GA. Special congratulations to Senior Diver AJ Rosenberger on crushing the school and pool record in his diving event. AJ scored 332.55. Previous record was 302.85 Congrats! #GoFords
Can one person change the culture of an organization?
Yes.
We all know that can definitely happen in a negative way. One person can shift the energy of a room, school, or an organization, to make it worse than what it was before.
The opposite can be true as well.
I saw individuals shift the culture of entire rooms in moments by bringing their energy and people fed off their enthusiasm, and the dynamic of the culture changed in moments.
We often discuss culture like it’s someone else’s responsibility but culture is made up of people.
And eventually that one person who can bring a positive light to an organization can diminish their own.
No matter how optimistic, joyful and passionate a person can be, never assume they are “good.” Check in on people even when they seem like they don’t need it, because often they do.
One person can move the culture ahead in a positive direction, but that individual might also need your energy to keep them going.
Education is about elevation and whether you are positive or negative, it is contagious? Which one will you be?
How a book written in 1910 could teach you calculus better than several books of today
[Calculus Made Easy, by Silvanus P. Thompson, 1910 - full text pdf: https://t.co/W4gspJoGQc or with the table of contents: https://t.co/55dkZAeGmv]
Watch a teacher make roughly ~1,000 instructional decisions in about 45 seconds. Only a few of them are about the lesson but the lesson depends on ALL of them. This is one of the hardest things to explain about teaching to people who have never taught.
Math and Mystery meet in Ms. Kane's sixth grade class! The young middle school detectives braved the great outdoors for a math-themed Scavenger Hunt, collecting clues and solving Unit Rate problems to unveil the who, where, and how of a heinous crime.
I want to tell you a little story, about one of my "high achieving" kiddos. And I hope it makes you think differently about "high achieving" students. Here goes.
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@danielgoduti I was going to add exactly what you said. We need to begin thinking clearly and critically about assignments and courses and what their goals should be versus where they are.... a tough but necessary conversation
The longer I teach the more I see how a well run school depends on unsexy things like cafeteria flow, the wording of behavior codes, instructional materials, entry procedures, the use of space, and other really boring but essential systems