@adrianag62@EdSurge I was happily surprised at how many of my parents requested in school summer school. I'm hoping that NISD is looking at the gaps & embedding that curriculum into our timelines for this school year. If we can skip STAAR one more year, we can get that necessary instructional time.
San Antonio has two TJ’s one, 40 minutes away, another 50 minutes. A great, profitable area would be I 10 by the Dominion-this is where many of the Spur live, George Strait... It’s part of Hill Country and would draw a huge population! The HEB Plus is crazy busy.#TraderJoe
@adrianag62 This is so heartbreaking for my special education students; I can teach them the skills, but I can't change the fact that the reading is then 4 grade levels higher than their level. The modified test at least helped a little bit :(
A3- A long time ago I read that if you say one negative comment, it takes seven positive comments to "undo" that negative one. I always want my st. to have those positive comments floating around their minds at the end of the day. #NISDEdChat
A2- Leadership means doing or helping to do the many things to get the job done. St. can take on many leadership role academically and socially, after all, we are forming our future leaders. #NISDEdChat
Building relationships with the students is the first priority in the beginning of the year. They need to feel like they are in a safe environment to grow & make mistakes. #NISDEdChat
@adrianag62 When I started doing just that, asking where the struggle is, helping,& then walking away, my students became much stronger, self-advocating learners. I won't accept, "I don't know how to do this."They know they have to tell me what part they are stuck on.The touch and go method.
A3- Having a positive mindset and believing that failure leads to success makes the struggles just a small speed bump, and not a major road block. #nisdedchat
A1- If I'm going to be honest, it's probably too many times to count. I say that because nothing jaw dropping pops up in my head, but there are a dozen times a day that I think, "I'm glad I asked that question. That was a learning opportunity." #nisdedchat
A6- We grow by doing the work, showing up for each other, and stretching in sometimes uncomfortable ways. It helps to have a team that's never happy with "good enough."
Trust and love. We have been together for 5 years. If we feel that we have to have a difficult conversation, we have it. We want the best for our students and team. #nisdedchat