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Month: October 2022

Taking Action

October 30, 2022 by megankruse

Literacy Advocates Take Action Emily Hanford has done it again.  She and colleague, Christopher Peak, have poured blood, sweat, and tears into the podcast, Sold a Story, that reveals, once again, the cause of the literacy crisis in America.  Hanford is the reason that I, and so many others, have shifted our way of thinking … [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, Research, Student learning and the profession, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: At a Loss for Words, brain, Bruce McCandliss, Christopher Peak, Corrine Adams, Corrine Swigart, Debra McClurg, Decoding Dyslexia Iowa, Dr. Kelli Sandman Hurley, dyslexia, Emily Hanford, Flannery Wheeler, FMCSD, Forbes, Hard Words, Kay Petersen, Kim Mendez, Laura Stewart, LeDerick Horne, literacy instruction, Maria Murray, Mary Hellige, Natalie Wexler, Nina Lorimor-Easley, Pat Nolte, Reed Haeger, science of reading, Sold a Story, Sue Haeger, Susan Lambert, The Knowledge Gap, The Reading League, The Writing Revolution, Wendy Boeding, What the Words Say, Zach Russell

Consistency and Relationships

October 23, 2022 by megankruse

Our Work with Kim Cano In our school district’s effort to achieve high levels of learning for all students, we have hired Solution Tree associate, Kim Cano, to steer us in the right direction.  The plan is to have Kim work with us for three years, at the end of which will result in a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Research, Student learning and the profession, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: Archerisms, Donell Pons, Dr. Anita Archer, explicit instruction, FMCSD, George Couros, high levels of learning, Kim Cano, Lindsay Kemeny, Literacy Talks, Reading Horizons, Solution Tree, Stacy Hurst

The Choices that Come with Change

October 16, 2022 by megankruse

I wrote about leaning into routines last week.  At the risk of sounding contradictory, I’ve been thinking about change a lot this week.  George Couros has inspired much of my thinking around change and has been the impetus for my writing past posts about it. You see, change really is inevitable.  Whether we decide to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Student learning and the profession, Uncategorized Tagged: ALL Block, Carmen Ridgway, change, Danyle Warner, Deb Ridgway, Debbie McClurg, el education, flexibility, foundational skills block, George Couros, Jane Santiago, Jennifer LaFrenz, Jenny Herriman, Kim Fullenkamp, Kortney Algrim, Leann Cashman, Lisa Vincent, Mary Hellige, Pomiller Park, predictability, Rachella Dravis, routines, Sarah Bothell, Shana Jannusch

Leaning into Routines

October 9, 2022 by megankruse

The past week has been a tough one for sure, as we continue to digest the news of my mom’s cancer diagnosis.  As I wrote last week, we don’t know what this journey is going to look like.  We were reminded of that very fact on Tuesday when Mom was admitted to the University of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Student learning and the profession Tagged: City of Girls, classroom routines, Colorado, Colton Kruse, community, Elizabeth Gilbert, Jenny Steffensmeier, Jon Gordon, Katie Dailey, positive thinking, Reed Haeger, Ross Haeger, routines, Sue Haeger, THE Classroom Management Course, The Republican River, Wray

Authenticity

October 2, 2022 by megankruse

The following is a draft that I began in January of this year.  As the events of the past few days have unfolded, I can’t help but think that now is the perfect time to add to and publish this one. Post that was begun in January: This past weekend, my sisters and I were … [Read more…]

Posted in: Personal Learning, Uncategorized Tagged: Anne Haeger, Barbara Bruski, Beth Reis, Corner Tap, Jane Zimmerman, Jenny Steffensmeier, Jerry Hanley, Katie Dailey, love, Mark Haeger, Mary Beth Roy, Nancy Foecke, Patrick Hanley, Red and Selma Hanley, Reed Haeger, Robert Hanley, Ross and Mary Haeger, Ross Haeger, Sue Haeger

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Megan's bookshelf: read

The Flight Attendant
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The Flight Attendant
by Chris Bohjalian
Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts
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Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts
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Half Broke Horses
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Ground Zero
by Alan Gratz
The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia
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The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia
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