Valorie Kruger

Education consultant providing professional development to improve student critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.

[Valorie Kruger @vkrugerpd]

Middle school teachers hard at work differentiating a power standard for content, process (using Gardner’s multiple intelligences), product, and learning environment. Still working strong until the end of the school year!#GrowingTeachers

[Valorie Kruger @vkrugerpd]

A great quote on kindness to start the day, which included the second round of learning walks on the Show Call instructional strategy in small groups. #GrowingTeachers

[Valorie Kruger @vkrugerpd]

A great day of growth as we completed round 1 of learning walks as a follow to the PD session on the Show Call instructional strategy with small groups! These middle school teachers have come a long way with intervention instruction in a short time! #GrowingTeachers

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Day 2 of 2 in TEA’s Literacy for All training. Great instructional tips during the day! We can’t forget to follow up word study instruction with reading connected texts so students can apply what they are learning. #LifeLongLearner

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Spent day 1 of 2 in the Literacy for All training by TEA. New learning is 40% of reading instruction should be designated to word recognition and 60% to language comprehension. Also found the graphic on the growth of the reading brain interesting. #LifeLongLearner

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Continued the learning journey for intervention instruction with middle school teachers today. They added the Show Call strategy to their bag of tricks! #GrowingTeachers

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A busy day for grades K-5 teachers as we spent the morning diving deep into writing instruction and the afternoon developing routines for responsive teaching. #GrowingTeachers

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Day 2 of coaching grade 1 teachers in guided reading and grades 4 & 5 teachers in math. The highlight of my day was co-teaching a 4th grade math lesson! #GrowingTeachers

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Day 1 of 2 of observing & coaching grade 1 teachers in guided reading as well as grades 4 & 5 teachers in math. This is from a great lesson using a gallery walk in math! #GrowingTeachers

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Enjoyed a day of professional learning with @drjanburkins & @Kari_Yates connecting the Science of Reading with best practices! New nugget is teaching students to spell sound by sound, not to mention many affirmations of my practices! Thank you @WarrenINPD for this opportunity.

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Another great day of learning walks with middle school teachers on small group intervention instruction. Now to plan the next steps in their learning journey! #TeachersGrowing

[Valorie Kruger @vkrugerpd]

Enjoyed a day of small group learning walks with middle school teachers as they continue their learning journey with intervention instruction! #TeachersGrowing

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@AmosESLibrary @ArlEdFoundation @aisdlibsrv @3dinthelibrary Congratulations!

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A great day of progress! Completed guided reading learning walks with 1st grade teachers, then coached them on a lesson. Got to follow up last week’s planning session with grade 4 math teachers by observing & coaching instruction. #GrowingTeachers

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Has a very productive day yesterday working with 4th grade math teachers planning instruction. Started with a background building activity, then the gradual release of responsibility, & wrapped it up with an assessment piece. Can’t wait to it in action next week! #GrowingTeachers

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@CoachATB Congratulations!!!

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Day two of modeling small group intervention instruction for middle school teachers. Today it was reading instruction for ELAR and Social Studies teachers. Looking forward to their next step in this journey! #GrowingTeachers

[Valorie Kruger @vkrugerpd]

Modeled small group intervention lessons for middle school math and science teachers today as a continuation of their journey to support student learning! #GrowingTeachers

[Valorie Kruger @vkrugerpd]

Great PLC discussions with middle school teachers on small group intervention instruction today! Excited to embark on this new journey with them! #SmallGroupInstruction

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Grades 3 & 4 reading teachers rehearsing their interactive read aloud, shared reading, and guided reading lessons after taking a deep dive into the standards and creating formative assessments for instruction! #GrowingTeachers