Seth Kirchhoff

Father. Educator. Business Owner. Veteran.
I curate my Twitter feed for Educational Inspiration!

[Seth Kirchhoff @KirchhoffSeth]

@odosbucket That’s a 1:1 conversation. The few times it’s happened, I’ve been so insulted and disappointed in my students that I could feel my face turning red and my voice start to crack. They apologized profusely, nearly cried, and once even followed up with unsolicited apologetic emails.

[Seth Kirchhoff @KirchhoffSeth]

@MrFalcucci Agreed! While evidence of learning is important, evidence of involvement/engagement is also a great indicator. Similar to a Check on Learning, teachers can do an informal check on student engagement. Increased engagement = increased student effort = improved learning outcomes.

[Seth Kirchhoff @KirchhoffSeth]

@Beanie0597 And because content covered, is not content learned:
https://t.co/nCwWsN34dX

[Seth Kirchhoff @KirchhoffSeth]

@Beanie0597 First & foremost, not all lectures are created equal. But we should also take student learning preferences with a grain of salt. Their opinion might be biased by other factors:
"Students Think Lectures Are Best, But Research Suggests They’re Wrong"

https://t.co/Mx4dkdumJC

[Seth Kirchhoff @KirchhoffSeth]

@MonteSyrie I don't recall who said it, but this quote is relevant,
"The one constant in my classroom is me. I am uniquely qualified to know that whatever deficiencies there are in my teaching, they are my deficiencies..."

[Seth Kirchhoff @KirchhoffSeth]

@spencerideas Both - post on a dedicated site then share via your normal site to build awareness.

[Seth Kirchhoff @KirchhoffSeth]

@alfiekohn Participation=measure of engagement. But it’s not the only measure. What does engaged look like? Engagement w/ content? w/ teacher? w/ peers? No matter how we measure, we should look @ engagement b/c engaged students put forth more effort & increased effort usually=more learning.

[Seth Kirchhoff @KirchhoffSeth]

@edutopia Fair isn't Always Equal.
Engaging Students.
Launch.
What School Could Be.
Teaching with Poverty in Mind.

[Seth Kirchhoff @KirchhoffSeth]

Last school yr marketing students @Mehlville_HS worked with a client to design & market a recycling program.

Their results were captured by @EarthWithJohnH

Check us out on Fox & Bloomberg later this month!

Packaging that Prevents Waste https://t.co/ZgduZAETRT via @YouTube

[Seth Kirchhoff @KirchhoffSeth]

Fun to have my daughter visit me at @WUSTLbusiness . I took her in a mini tour of @WUSTL.

[Seth Kirchhoff @KirchhoffSeth]

This!
All day.
Every day.
In every classroom!

[Rick Wormeli @rickwormeli2]

As you're thinking about classroom assessments next year, remember that we grade against criteria for standards, outcomes, learning goals, i.e., evidence of learning, NOT the vehicle used to deliver that evidence. So, unless we're teaching the assessment format itself, whether or not students do a project, test, paper, demonstration, etc is irrelevant: It's whether or not they presented evidence of their proficiency. This blows the hinges off the doors on the way to success as it opens new and meaningful ways to demonstrate mastery. There's a lot of agency here, which leads to students owning their learning. For some units of study, teachers can even ask students for proposals for how they will demonstrate the evidence of the standard. Then, as with most assessments, ask students to prove their evidence, to explain how the standard is manifested in their presentation. Gosh, this makes learning -- and teaching -- way more fun, and for students, more substantive.

[Seth Kirchhoff @KirchhoffSeth]

@MrsMueller4 What are you reading, Suzy?

I just finished "Everybody Matters" for the second time. https://t.co/p2BHiC5q2e

Tomorrow I'm starting "This is Marketing." I've referenced it often, but never read it through!
https://t.co/m7FihQp7fZ

[Seth Kirchhoff @KirchhoffSeth]

"Always have a goal you're working towards. Otherwise, you're just treading water. And no one can tread water forever."

That was a line from my Commencement Speech to the MHS Class of '23 last night. One of the great honors of my teaching career!

#mehlville_HS @ChaifetzArena

[Seth Kirchhoff @KirchhoffSeth]

My view for sound checks @ChaifetzArena as I prepare to give the Commencement Speech for the MHS Class of of ‘23!!!

[Seth Kirchhoff @KirchhoffSeth]

Thanks @KurtRichars, for the opportunity to get our rockstar students in the spotlight!

[Seth Kirchhoff @KirchhoffSeth]

I love to see my students in the spotlight! It's well deserved for all the hard work they've done. This episode of six-time Emmy Award winner @EarthWithJohnH will air later this summer. Stay tuned!

[Patrick R. Keenoy, PhD @Principal_RES]

An exciting day @RogersElem as @EarthWithJohnH films the @Mehlville_HS DECA Drive for Five! It's great to see our school & district scholars getting national recognition. @MehlvilleSD, @BloombergTV

[Seth Kirchhoff @KirchhoffSeth]

The semester ended today. Projects are complete and finals are over. Now we celebrate. These Entrepreneurship students are excited and proud to have turned the biggest profit in class history! #mehlvillebusiness #mehlville_HS #mehlvilleSD

[Seth Kirchhoff @KirchhoffSeth]

My Advanced Marketing students doing their thing! They designed a marketing campaign to promote recycling, then planned, coordinated, resourced, and even created the assessment for this Project Based Learning experience. #mhsmarketers

[Mehlville School District @MehlvilleSD]

.@Mehlville_HS Marketing II students began partnerships with three elementary schools for a recycling drive! The high school students visited their elementary counterparts to teach them about recycling and play a game to sort plastic items for recycling. ♻️💙 #msdr9

[Seth Kirchhoff @KirchhoffSeth]

It's Wellness Week at school. Marketing students contributed with shelter and rescue dogs for students to pet during lunch. It's a great example of real-world PBL. The idea came from students, and the event was planned, coordinated, advertised, executed, and staffed by students!