As educators rethink next year- If all we come up with is passing out diagnostic tests to quantify learning loss and then track kids into groups for remediation, it will be a terrible failure of imagination.
"My goal is not to get all students to college; my goal is to help students find a pathway to success in a way that is meaningful to them."
What are the “basics” in education today? https://t.co/tEiQYmPRZk
This is what I see every single time we give kids more voice and choice in what their schooling looks like. They care way more than we give them credit for.
We’re selling our students short if we think there’s ONE THING they all need: coding, project based learning, makerspaces, etc. If anything, the silver bullet has been and always will be the same: human interaction and relationships.
@WhaleySchool My mentor gave me this quote at the end of our mentorship program. And I used it as the focus of a workshop that presented at our last cross district training. This has truly been one of the most influential bits of wisdom that guides my practice as an educator.
Five questions for inappropriate behavior:
1. Why do you think that is ok?
2. Where did u learn this (behavior)?
3. Who in your life believes that’s ok?
4. How can you help fix this?
5. What can we/you do differently?
#edchat#kidsdeserveit#thatonekid#usequestions