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Month: November 2021

Shoes and a Heap of Gratitude

November 28, 2021 by megankruse

Oh, Those Shoes! About a month ago, I was able to celebrate the 50th birthday of a good friend with a trip to Des Moines, involving some shopping.  I took advantage of a sale at the Asics outlet store, and purchased two pairs of running shoes – a purchase I make annually.  The theory behind … [Read more…]

Posted in: Personal Learning, Uncategorized Tagged: Air Force, Army, Asics, Corner Tap, Marines, National Guard, Service members, shoes, Sue and Reed Haeger, tone, West Point Military Academy

Leaders of Their Own Learning, Part II

November 21, 2021 by megankruse

I wrote about the importance of students being leaders of their own learning in October.  At the time of that writing, I kept thinking about the parallel between students as leaders of their own learning and teachers as leaders of their own learning.  And it’s pretty exciting to watch teachers take hold of that learning.  … [Read more…]

Posted in: Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Student learning and the profession, Uncategorized Tagged: Allison Dickerson, Amy Diewold, Annah Harting, Brittany Roberts, Cassie Leiby, Clint Kobelt, coaching cycles, community coaches, Danyle Warner, David Liben, Dawn Johnson, Dean Shareski, Deb Ridgway, el education, Esmerelda Rivera, Four Oaks, IMSE, Jackie Woolever, Jenni Bentley, Jennifer Lodge, Jessie Frank, Jr., Justin Endicott, Kara Graft, Kate Lamb, Katie Price, Know Better Do Better, Kristy Woodley, Leaders of Their Own Learning, Lisa Vincent, Martin Luther King, Matt Rump, Melissa Featheringill, Meredith Liben, Open Up Resources, Open Up Resources Math, Orton-Gillingham, PLC's, Restorative Circles, Sharlynn Upton, Skills Block, Stephanie Howard, Things I Wish I Had Known

Connecting to the Heart… and to the Mind

November 14, 2021 by megankruse

Student Teaching Experience I completed my student teaching in San Antonio, Texas in 1996.  I had the immense fortune of having Jane Zarate and Margaret Reynolds as my supervising teachers in my first placement in a fifth grade classroom.  Jane and Margaret were pioneers – they transformed their traditional separate classrooms into one, joint classroom, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Outreach and collaboration with families and community, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Student learning and the profession, Uncategorized Tagged: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Because of a Teacher, Chelsea Page, Crazy Train, curriculum matters, Danny Steele, Dr. Jody Carrington, George Couros, Jane Zarate, Margaret Reynolds, Ozzy Osbourne, SEL, The Starlight Express

Weathering the Storms

November 7, 2021 by megankruse

Experiments Several years ago, when I was teaching 6th grade, I began experimenting with standards-based grading.  I was actually running two experiments simultaneously:  by myself in my 6th grade reading classes, and with my 6th grade team in our English classes (yep, we identified reading and English as two separate classes – uggghhh!), under the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Uncategorized Tagged: Arthur Ashe, challenges, Chuck Vandenberg, Covid, Eric Jensen, Laura Stewart, Michael Fullan, Motion Leadership, Pen City Current, pressure and support, Solution Tree, standards based grading, The Reading League, Tracy Weeden

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