Kelly McCrea

[Zach Groshell @MrZachG]

Teachers have been taught the “Random and More is Better” principle when it comes to multiple representations in math. This doesn’t hold up to anything we know about instructional design. You systematically select the FEWEST number of representations that illustrate the concept…

[Anna Stokke @rastokke]

Anita's "Archerisms". You can download a pdf copy from the resource page for my episode with Anita Archer here: https://t.co/D0hj3m971B

[Justin Skycak @justinskycak]

It took me too long to realize that many educational debates aren't really about the effectiveness of various learning techniques. They're about whether education should even begin with the premise of maximizing learning.

A shocking number of people would prefer education to maximize other things like fun and entertainment while, as a secondary concern, meeting some low bar for shallowly learning some surface-level basic skills.

[Zach Groshell @MrZachG]

Direct Instruction (DI) provides a clear path for evaluating instructional design. Here are 20 rules and recommendations for effective programs:

1. Maintain stable difficulty. Difficulty should rise slowly and predictably so students never hit a sudden cognitive spike.

[Ms. Benison- @BenisonMrs]

Lots of people don’t like it when I say/tweet about this, but Lee Ann Jung is absolutely correct( she always is).

When the special ed teachers are forced to help students with their assignment (at least at the K-6 level) they are not using the time to help these students to close the reading gap.

Yes, if special ed teachers spend a bulk of their time doing this it will likely give a better score/grade to the student and some parents and some administrators might be happy with that.

So parents, administrators and teachers should ask themselves if they want to use special ed teachers as assignment helpers or as interventionist that can actually help students to close the reading gap.

[Ms. Benison- @BenisonMrs]

Sigh...
Just stopping by to say that when leaders have the kids' best interest at heart, they don't use the vague parts of laws, contracts, or regulations to justify not following the spirit of the law, which is to honor every kid's right to receive an appropriate education.

Sometimes, special ed teachers are put in impossible situations, and then easily become easy targets.
Know this: Special ed teachers, like other classroom teachers, can't control the programs offered or the makeup of the programs they teach, or whether or not the kids in their RR groups have similar needs or goals. Many teachers are simply asked to make it work.

This fails both the students and the teachers.

The more you know...

[Chris Taber @edulorechris]

Don’t confuse fun with engagement. Just because students are smiling doesn’t mean they’re learning. Just because they’re intrigued doesn’t mean they’re thinking deeply. Sometimes engagement can look boring.

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

A weak leader resents strong teams, but a strong leader builds them.

[Jay McWilliams @steerstrong]

THIS 👇

[James A. Furey @JamesAFurey]

Inclusion isn’t the compassionate answer it’s sold as.

The “least restrictive environment,” in practice, often means placement in environments where they constantly struggle, which can actually erode their self-esteem and slow their learning.

Just being in the room does not provide these kids access to education; sometimes, they’re just there.

True support would mean finding the right setting that helps each student to a quality education. To insist that setting HAS to be a gen-Ed classroom just because modern orthodoxy tells us so is severely misguided.

[Istra of Glome @byistra]

A Dostoyevsky line has never hit me so hard

[Kelly McCrea @kellymccrea1]

@eduleadership Hence the continued need for a CONTINUUM of services. I wish the term “least restrictive” environment could be rebranded as “most supportive” environment.

[Kelly McCrea @kellymccrea1]

@MrZachG This has been the best fix for that. I use my document camera on this which allows me to be mobile, in the middle of the kids, and facing the board so I can see instantly if it’s blurry.

[Kelly McCrea @kellymccrea1]

@sharemath Yesssss 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

[Peter Weller @mrbg]

Teachers should not be assigned duties requiring them to monitor bathrooms or cafeterias. Any non-instructional time should be teacher-directed work time. Honor the work of educators, treat them like professionals, and allow them to actually do their jobs.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

When a man speaks assertively, people trust him: he's confident. When a woman does it, men dislike her: she's a bitch.

It’s outrageous that women have to tame their tongues to protect fragile egos.

Don't punish women for challenging stereotypes. Challenge the stereotypes.

https://t.co/JKo2BnLk3B

[Dr. Jessica Taylor @DrJessTaylor]

So many schools have been sold a lie about ‘trauma informed schools’. Teachers are burned out. They’ve been told it means that you can’t implement consequences or behavioural changes.

We are in grave danger of losing the trauma informed revolution if it keeps being misused.

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

To the people who say it’s all about the kids. Just remember the kids learn in an environment created by the teacher. A teacher who is supported, encouraged and appreciated will create a more positive and dynamic learning environment than a teacher who is not supported that way.

[Kelly McCrea @kellymccrea1]

@AuthorEasley https://t.co/9JOJtu5n6K