Maine's Positive Story of the Day- Scarborough High School ~ Celebrated INCLUSIVE SCHOOLS WEEK, Dec 6-10, 2021. The BUDDY SYSTEM sponsored school wide activities that included UNIFIED BASKETBALL GAMES and a Toothpick Building Challenge. UNIFIED makes the Scarborough STRONGER!
The Five Needs of All Adolescents via @originsonline:
1. Relationship: I want to connect w/ others
2. Autonomy: I want to be independent
3. Competence: I want to experience success
4. Fun: I want to have a good time
5. Safety: I want to feel safe physically, socially/emotionally
With everything going on, it's important to teach kids the power of being mindful.
#Mindfulness is paying attention to the here and now with kindness and curiosity, and then choosing your behavior.
Ideas: Amy Saltzman @stillquietplace
Sketchnote: @kwiens62
“Don’t Stop Believing...” Maine educators! Brittany Ray of the TREE Project reminds us that our work is difficult but vitally important. #EMSymposium2019#studentvoice “What’s Voice Got to Do With It?” #SESEL#DeepDive
Explaining conditionals to elementary ss with Goldilocks and the Three Bears:
IF (Goldilocks likes (item))
THEN (she stays)
ELSE (she walks away)
How can I improve this example? and/or
What other examples have you used w/ss?
#AnyoneCanCode#CS4All#EdTech207
Research shows that dyslexia is not tied to IQ. So just because a student struggles to read doesn’t mean they can’t learn the material, with enough time and support.
"Students don't need to be fixed. They need teachers who make data-informed instructional decisions to match best practices to students' needs," writes @cvjalexander @edutopia https://t.co/Rf5Os98OLZ #edchat#spedchat#inclusion#strengthsbased
"What if we also work to make sure that students receive timely, relevant, specific, and ACTIONABLE feedback about what they’re doing well?" https://t.co/1xGRS9cerC #Visiblelearning#feedback