I received the nicest email today from my high school guidance counselor after seeing my name in the paper. To my former students: You will always be “my kids” even when you are 34 and teaching in your own classroom.
Don’t feel qualified? Nobody does.
You can only be qualified to do that which you have already accomplished or trained for.
Anything new is accomplished by unqualified people.
Shoutout to @RainstormWash. I didn’t realized that I dropped my wallet yesterday while vacuuming my car. They found it, saw my @ChampaignPubLib card and had the library reach out to me to let me know that they found my wallet and were holding on to it for me.
Our history is our power. And right now across the country, we are seeing an attempt to hollow out our future by ensuring that anyone who has ever been a part of the American story is wiped away.
A threat to any history is a threat to all history.
Restorative practices of discipline in education work over time. They are not permissive, but they also are not the quick fix many are used to. Their end is growth, not compliance.
For example, recovering from a mistake and poor performance teaches significantly more than being labeled for that mistake and poor performance could ever teach. Recovery is the maturing moment, not an unrecoverable grade on a permanent transcript.
Gentle reminder for tchrs: Hope is far more challenging for students & is far more likely to result in learning and success than does despair. When it comes to lessons, assessment, & grading, then, are our policies/practices generating hope or assuring despair?
In case it helps, 'new article about not counting homework in academic content grades just released today from the Washington Post: https://t.co/Xn4kusGHDW