I’ve said this before. EVERY educator needs training in the SoR. If we are not preparing to help students understand the English language through effective reading instruction then we are PLANNING for the failure of those students.
Kids need:
…less Chromebooks & more Library books
…less inside & more outside
…less getting & more earning
…less TikTok & more time with family and friends
A 2015 study of the @FountasPinnell BAS assessment found that it triggered so many false negatives and positives that it is basically "as good as flipping a coin."
@DrMPaff
Deep dive into F&P assessments in the @CurriculumMatrs webinar.
#CurriculumMatters
As schools plan for fall, you don’t need canned curriculum, new programs, or initiatives to be more effective. You do need teachers to feel respected, valued, supported & appreciated, as well as feel like their talents/strengths are being utilized. Morale & achievement will soar!
The school principal sets the tone for a school. A tone of intentional risk-taking and innovation or a tone of rigid compliance. It is the principal who can stifle creativity, imagination, and risk-taking or empower staff to find their greatness…right now
#ThoughtForTheDay We can raise expectations w/o raising our voices or the level of fear. The young brain will respond much better to teaching, directing, & encouraging than yelling, blaming, & ridiculing. The stage, court, or field are an extension of the classroom. Teach them.
School culture drives student achievement. Hire professionals who love kids and will go above and beyond for them.
“It is people, not programs, who determine the quality of a school.”
~ @ToddWhitaker
A culture of greatness doesn’t happen by accident. It happens when a leader expects greatness and each person in the organization builds it, lives it, values it, reinforces it and fights for it.