Philip Wire

8th Grade Science Teacher and Middle School Track Coach

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A5: Constantly sharing ideas across teams, grade levels, and buildings. #troylearns #culturize

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A4: Treats people well. Acts in the manner they want others to act. "People do what people see."--John Maxwell #troylearns #culturize

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A2: Mr. Harper designed a really cool Next Gen Science activity to kick off rocks and minerals. Ss were required to creatively brainstorm for about 20 minutes. I was worried they wouldn't get engaged. They loved it! #troylearns #culturize

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A1: Average exists in the way students locus of control exists externally... students see themselves as passive consumers, rather than taking active roles in classes and the school at large #troylearns #culturize

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Wire is here... Grandpa figured out how to work Tweetdeck. :-) #miracleshappen #culturize #troylearns

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@kelbris @LloydHarperjr Thanks Dr. Briscoe!

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@JeffBezos The Rainforest Trust: phenomenal charity. Lowest overhead imaginable, huge impact. Plus, Amazon giving to help… the Amazon? It just fits.

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A6: Help them to acknowledge their fear. So often it wins because Ss let it linger in the background rather than face it #tmsgetup

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@mcelroykt9 Even includes a citation. Making the rest of us look bad :-)

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A5: Set limits in a way that aligns yourself with, rather than against, the person being limited. Favorite concept in the book #tmsgetup

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A4: Large tasks have to be "chunked." Encourage Ss to complete one chunk at a time. Not groundbreaking, but still so helpful #tmsgetup

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Silver says we need to be authentic-totally agree. At this age Ss will not buy what we are selling if they think we are phony #tmsgetup

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Choice helps Ss find tasks within their ZPD, provided they aren't taking the easiest way out #tmsgetup

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Ss must feel the assignment has meaning behind it to truly feel autonomous--otherwise, they'd never do it by choice #tmsgetup

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Wire here! #tmsgetup

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Q6: Your persistence really paid off! #tmsgetup

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A5: Make sure they know it is a part of a process, so they can see the larger end in mind #tmsgetup

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@mrsabeltms Agree, being compared to others really stunts student growth in the long term

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A4 cont'd: also, one is not afraid to undertake difficult tasks at risk of failing at first #tmsgetup

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A4: Failure is not seen as something to be avoided, just a step on the way to finding an answer #tmsgetup