Sara stegeman

Special Education Teacher

[Governor Tim Walz @GovTimWalz]

Today we extended distance learning through the end of the year. As a former teacher, I know how hard this is for students, families, and teachers.

It’s a long road ahead - but I will continue to put the safety and well-being of our families first. #StayHomeMN

[Joshua Stamper @Joshua__Stamper]

"Relationships before Rigor
Grace before Grades
Patience before Programs
Love before Lessons" @DrBradJohnson

A wonderful guideline, especially during distance learning, while so many students are trying to work through hunger, anxiety, sickness, & so many other challenges. #SEL

[Sara stegeman @StegemanSara]

A4: An area of growth would be my motivation to further my education and experiences in areas that are not specific to my role as an EBD teacher.I need to learn to appreciate the development of all staff’s roles in our building to further support students
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[Sara stegeman @StegemanSara]

A4: As a lead learner, one strength is my willingness to better develop myself as a teacher, my paraprofessionals, and how we can better support our students as a team. #MSUM635

[Sara stegeman @StegemanSara]

These align with McDowell by giving opportunities for dialogue for us to engage with each other. When in PD we work in teams to collaborate across grade levels to ensure we are experiencing different levels of complexity and viewing the PD from different perspectives. #MSUM635

[Sara stegeman @StegemanSara]

A3: Kennedy provides learning opportunities for staff by providing professional developments with speakers and presenters that come into our school, coaches that plan PD’s to help support us in use of curriculum, and doing peer observations and reviews. #MSUM635

[Sara stegeman @StegemanSara]

A2: Check out this list published! Numerous education and business scholars have identified the necessary characteristics for effective meetings (Sexton, 1991; Luong, 2001; Klein, 2005; Arlestig, 2007; Brandenburg, 2008) https://t.co/xIVyIX0qdS #MSUM635

[Sara stegeman @StegemanSara]

A2:Staff meetings are used as professional development time or as an opportunity to collaborate across grade levels. We often have the opportunity to have open forums for discussion. This allows for staff to ask and answer questions which creates discussions to learn!
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[Sara stegeman @StegemanSara]

A1 pt 2:
“That’s because principals are “multipliers” of effective teaching (Manna, 2015).”
https://t.co/Lq05w1e56B

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[Sara stegeman @StegemanSara]

A1: It’s important to model learning as a school leader because we are never done learning! As leaders, if we stop learning, we are not developing our staff in order to continue providing our students for the strongest learning opportunities.
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[Sara stegeman @StegemanSara]

"The National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence found that over 60% of children surveyed experienced some form of trauma, crime, or abuse in the prior year, with some experiencing multiple traumas."

https://t.co/2M5Dnqnux8

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[Sara stegeman @StegemanSara]

Might be a book to check out! #MSUM635

[Eye On Education @RoutledgeEOE]

Written for #principals, professional development directors, other district #leaders, and #teacher leaders, this book shows you how to plan and implement programs that promote teacher growth:
https://t.co/EpDJlwipsC
#NationalMentoringMonth #educhat #k12

[Sara stegeman @StegemanSara]

Attention successful leaders!!!
https://t.co/PdYmRArfPE
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[Sara stegeman @StegemanSara]

Interesting read on content specific PD for teachers #MSUM635

[Fordham Institute @educationgadfly]

Countless studies have shown that most forms of professional development fail to help teachers improve. But a new study finds that, while general teacher coaching programs don’t improve student achievement, content-specific ones do. We explain: https://t.co/jjqVTRfZYw

[Sara stegeman @StegemanSara]

Supporting our students mental health through social emotional learning! #MSUM635

[PBS @PBS]

A growing number of schools are adopting a social-emotional approach to education that prioritizes students’ mental health and wellbeing. (From @NewsHour) https://t.co/ymICKunILB