So proud of Harvest Hill STEAM Academy’s 100 Mile Club. We ran our hearts out and had fun doing it. I can’t wait for year 3. We used glitter tattoos to show off how many miles we had this year. 💯 #HHSA100MILECLUB
Which instructional practices could teachers start implementing in their classroom right now to improve the reading outcomes for novice readers?
Here are some things you can do today:
Why 100 Mile Club? We started it all and we do it best.100 Mile Club was the 1st national non-profit organization to challenge kids to walk or run 100 or more miles in a school year. 28+ years of direct experience, research, and hands-on expertise are impossible to duplicate.
Attention educators- our next Creative Coding Workshop is January 8-10, 2020!
Inspire your students through code-based STEAM learning. Connect coding and robotics to any content area at any grade level with a little creative thinking! This 3-day worksho… https://t.co/pzTGrDoXnX
Is anyone else frustrated by so called "equity sticks" ie cold calling students when their name is picked at random. I regard that as an anxiety inducing teaching practice - and there is nothing equitable about it. Why not call them cold calling sticks instead?
Walk To School Day 2019 was a success, thank you to the CHP for helping us clear the roads, @100MileClub for the delicious Clif Bars, and the #HHSAPTA and Betti Cadmus for the bananas and water!
You Did Not Choose Your:
🖍️ Students
🖍️ Their Parents
🖍️ Co-workers
🖍️ Schools Leadership
🖍️ Lack of resources
Yet,You Can Always Choose to be:
✏️ Kind
✏️ Collaborative
✏️ Serving
✏️ Positive
✏️ Coachable
✏️ Hard working
✏️ The Best Version of U!
#edchat
Some things I want my students to know...
Know who you are
Know you have purpose
Know your strengths
Know your dreams
Know your choices shape your future
Know you matter (you have infinite worth)
Know empathy
Know kindness
Know I’m your biggest fan
#FutureDriven#satchat
We have gotten student engagement all wrong. True student engagement is not about dancing on tables, entertainment, cotton candy, and lollipops. True student engagement is the result of Rigorous Learning, Heart-to-Heart Conversations, lead by adults who refuse to quit on kids!
Are we impressed by...
1. High test scores
2. Good grades
3. High GPA
4. Compliant behavior
5. Perfect attendance
Or are we impressed by...
1. Creating outside the box
2. Communicating effectively
3. Sincerity
4. Integrity
5. Grit
#education