Kirsten Maxcey

Believe in what you do.
Teacher of 25 years. Grades 4,5,6,7,8,9
Don't settle for someone else's idea of good teaching practices. Be bold, brave and unafraid.

[Kirsten Maxcey @KMaxcey]

To have gotten so far away from writing with pen on good old paper has cost many students the gift of good writing, connecting to their learning, and forming a deep understanding of the importance of the written word. Returning to it would be easy if we just made it mandatory.

[MindShift @MindShiftKQED]

Researchers are learning that handwriting engages the brain in ways typing can't match, raising questions about the costs of screens, especially for kids.

Why Writing by Hand Beats Typing for Thinking and Learning https://t.co/Ifc4Mw4Xhv

[MindShift @MindShiftKQED]

Researchers are learning that handwriting engages the brain in ways typing can't match, raising questions about the costs of screens, especially for kids.

Why Writing by Hand Beats Typing for Thinking and Learning https://t.co/Ifc4Mw4Xhv

[edutopia @edutopia]

In middle and high school, asking students to struggle with key concepts before teaching the correct solutions is highly effective. But use the tactic surgically to avoid too much frustration.

Read the study: https://t.co/zKffw6Biqc

[Kirsten Maxcey @KMaxcey]

In entire schools, classrooms, businesses, everywhere!

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

If you understand this, then you understand leadership.

[Kirsten Maxcey @KMaxcey]

THIS!!!!! Reading to students is essential. The ones who can read already get the joy of listening, an increased sense of how to use their thinking during reading, etc. The ones who are not fluent hear how it should sound when there is fluency, learn to think while reading, etc.

[TeacherGoals @teachergoals]

This is truth! 💯
🎙 @WeinsteinEdu

[Kirsten Maxcey @KMaxcey]

If you put too much ( expectation /work ) on the highest achieving student because "they can" and let the rest slide by, you don't push the high achiever, you burn them out while you create complacency in the others. Reward hard work, don't punish it with more work.

[MsEsco @MsEscoTeaches]

Sending love to my fellow educators. ❤️ Thank you for what you do every single day despite it all

[TeacherGoals @teachergoals]

This! 🙌
🌐 https://t.co/leSsDUnQAd

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

We spend 50% more hours in school than Finland. They get 15 mins of recess every hour. They have NO standardized tests except for PISA in HS & they outperform us every time. The irony is that they created their system based on US schools and US university research in the 1970's.

[Kirsten Maxcey @KMaxcey]

One of my favorite spots to go when I go home.

[Denmark.dk @denmarkdotdk]

A desert in Denmark? Well, not technically, but it’s pretty close!

Råbjerg Mile in Jutland is a fascinating phenomenon. It is a giant migrating set of sand dunes, moving 15 m per year. In the same area, the so-called sand-buried church is found. Today, only the tower is visible!

[Kirsten Maxcey @KMaxcey]

Ahhhh my Scandinavian self loves this. Treating teachers as true professionals is the key.

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

Over 90% of Finnish teachers remain in education for entirety of career. We don’t have 90% make it through one year. They also teach 50% less hours with remainder for planning, multiple recesses, autonomy at school level, limited teacher eval's & are treated like professionals!

[Kirsten Maxcey @KMaxcey]

Technology has its place but if overused, it is a massive detriment.

[Nicholas Ferroni @NicholasFerroni]

As someone who has experimented with one class doing an activity on their Chromebook’s, while having another class complete the same activity while writing in a packet— the class that used a packet scored 15 points higher on the assessment.

[Dr. Adam Dovico @adamdovico]

Ineffective teachers often get overlooked in schools with traditionally high test scores. Students perform in spite of weak instruction, which is why growth is far more important in my eyes than proficiency.

[Kareem Farah @Kareemfarah23]

It’s unhelpful to constantly say buzzwords like differentiation, competency-based, and student-centered without giving teachers a blueprint to make it come to life in classrooms. It just burns teachers out. We shouldn’t define success without providing a pathway to achieve it.

[Nicholas Ferroni @NicholasFerroni]

Teachers assigning seats after students wouldn’t stop disrupting class.

[Bethany Hill🌟#JoyfulLeaders @bethhill2829]

Social and emotional learning is a vital part of teaching and learning in our schools. It must continue to be an integral part in order for young people to learn how to thrive and contribute to their world. #JoyfulLeaders

[Kirsten Maxcey @KMaxcey]

Amen

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

The culture of a school is created by everyone in the school. Walk in a school and see how the front office staff talks and interacts or the staff /teachers in the hallway. Yes the admin influences it but everyone is ultimately responsible for a positive school culture.

[Bethany Hill🌟#JoyfulLeaders @bethhill2829]

This is brilliant! @heymrsbond #JoyfulLeaders

[Education-Consumers @EduConsumersFdn]

Another lesson in what NOT to do when teaching a child to read.