Humbled to receive this honor.
And thankful for the amazing #edadmin, faculty & staff I work with on a daily basis that move our school district forward.
#satchat#sunchat#edchat#suptchat#njed
LinkedIn is a great resource for educators to network with colleagues and potential employers! Check out this article for more info https://t.co/FjGpKonJBC #tec207#RGSTeachersLounge
Looking at my son's math grade of 36% on a test. He feels dumb. However in looking at the test he shows great understanding. 36% is clearly not his content knowledge.
Grades do not measure learning.
. @TheBradCurrie
What made you choose to go into administration? Did you always know you wanted to be an administrator or did your perspective change after you started teaching?
Parent Involvement is imperative to a child's education. Here are some options if you're searching for strategies to promote parent involvement! #TEC207
Just had my first ever remote twitter class discussion in my #TEC207 class! I am sitting at @Starbucks sipping on my strawberry acai drink in the comfiest lounge chair. This type of instruction is one I can totally get behind lol!
@NicholasFerroni One day I decided to wear more makeup to my field site than normal… bad idea. One student walked up to me and said “that’s not your real face,” so matter of factly. That one hurt 😢
I posted a tweet yesterday about teachers leaving school-work at school and it is generating a lot of noise, both objection and affirmation.
Let me summarize the objections and rebuttals here.
To repeat, teachers should be leaving their work in the building. Here's why:
In related news, lots of folks have pointed out that one easy way to get less stuff on the “to do” list
is to stop grading most things.
I could not more heartily concur. The students don’t care. They want YOU, not your grading policies.
Teachers spend countless hours in professional development on pedagogy, curriculum, rules, and routines. But very little is spent on clinical research dealing with emotional regulation. In this discussion, Ruby Payne talks about why this is a problem.
https://t.co/UZWDEXbIk7 #k12
When a teacher posts about the unrelenting exhaustion we are experiencing it doesn’t mean they don’t like teaching, don’t like their students, or that they have terrible admin. It could just mean that the weight of everything over the last few years is exhausting without healing.