@MartinOdimaJr Teaching 24 years and some days I feel really competent and others much less so. It keeps me from getting stagnant and always growing forward.
#UDL beliefs
*variability is the rule - learners need different pathways
*firm goals - all students can work towards mastery of grade level standards
*expert learning - all students can become expert learners given the right support
@TriAssociation Annual Conference
I’m a gun owner. Do not tell me our Founders conceived of this carnage when they wrote the Constitution. Do not tell me they would have tolerated this madness. Do not tell me that teachers must be armed. And do not tell me your AR15 is worth more than another 14 children’s lives.
The role of a co-teacher is not to be an assistant helping a lead teacher. The co-teachers work together to plan, teach, assess, and reflect. #LeadInclusion#edchat#spedchat
To become a more inclusive school, leaders have to push schools forward by setting the tone of the culture and mindset. This can't be left to the special educators alone. #LeadInclusion#inclusion
Remember, an exam is only one piece of data. Know your students, and look at the full landscape of their work when deciding their grade. Calculators aren't a shortcut to objectivity. #LeadInclusion#SBLchat#TG2chat
🙌 If half the class requires tier 2 intervention, the school doesn't have a need for more tier 2 strategies. There's a need for stronger #UDL. #LeadInclusion#Globalsped#edchat
Goal: to improve student oral reading fluency. Committed WIN time + targeted Classwide Interventions = median growth of 31 words per minute. This is Grade 5 folks!!! #Classwideinterventionsforthewin