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Both-And

September 24, 2023 by megankruse Leave a Comment

In my work as an instructional coach, I have the great fortune of working with many teacher teams across many grade levels.  This allows for a birds-eye view of our district happenings, where I tend to train my eyes on literacy instruction. A common theme among teacher teams, related to literacy or any other content … [Read more…]

Posted in: Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Student learning and the profession, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: Donell Pons, Dr. Anita Archer, FMCSD, George Couros, Lindsay Kemeny, Literacy Talks, Matt Burns, Reading Horizons, reading levels, relationships, Stacy Hurst, University of Florida

8 Seconds

September 10, 2023 by megankruse

This past week brought the annual Tri-State Rodeo to Fort Madison.  75 years of “…some of the best rodeo action on earth”.  I don’t follow the circuit, but I LOVE attending the Tri State Rodeo each year.  The dust, the dirt, the livestock, the clown, the cowboys & cowgirls, the cool fall nights – it’s … [Read more…]

Posted in: Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Outreach and collaboration with families and community, Personal Learning, Student learning and the profession, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: collective efficacy, cowboys, cowgirls, Dr. Anita Archer, effect size, John Hattie, rodeo, Tri-State Rodeo

Moving Cheese

September 3, 2023 by megankruse

If you haven’t read Who Moved My Cheese, by Spencer Johnson, M.D., I highly recommend it.  It’s short, it’s lessons apply to both personal and work-related situations, and the advice is timeless.  The gist is quite simple:  the unexpected can happen to us at anytime.  It (an unexpected change) occurs regularly at home, at work, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: Atlas of the Heart, Ben Steffensmeier, Brené Brown, change, Fort Madison Community School District, George Couros, instructional coaching, Martin Luther King, PLC, Spencer Johnson M.D., West Point, West Point Sweet Corn Festival, Who Moved My Cheese

You Can’t Rain on Our Parade

August 14, 2023 by megankruse

For a gal that is completely consumed by everything literacy, I sure do have a tendency to write about significant numbers:  60 Miles & Reading by the Numbers.  This past weekend provided an opportunity to celebrate everything numbers.  It marked the 70th anniversary of the West Point Sweet Corn Festival, an event marked by the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Personal Learning, Uncategorized Tagged: 13, 2, 4, 40, 55, Chicagoland, Corner Tap, Jenny Steffensmeier, Katie Dailey, Montana, Pat Harvey, Rachel Steffensmeier, Ross Haeger, Sue and Reed Haeger, Taylor Steffensmeier, West Point, West Point Sweet Corn Festival

Looking for the Easy Button

August 8, 2023 by megankruse

Summer always seems to go too fast and this summer is certainly no exception.  My thoughts and actions have been completely consumed by our house remodel, which is still underway.  We began in June and I was naive enough to think that we would be finished by the time I returned to school in August.  … [Read more…]

Posted in: Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: Bill Kruse, Clement Contracting, collaboration, Dr. Anita Archer, Dr. Jan Hasbrouck, Easy button, EDView360, house remodel, Iowa Science of Reading Summit, Isaac Steffensmeier, LGH Custom Works, lifelong learning, Louisa Moats, Melissa & Lori Love Literacy, Nancy Hennessy, Ross Haeger, sanding, science of reading, science of teaching, staining, Stan Schmidt, Turn 2 Workshop

A Formula for Reading Success

August 2, 2023 by megankruse

The EDVIEW360 podcast from Voyager Sopris recently released a stellar episode featuring two of education’s greats:  Dr. Anita Archer and Dr. Louisa Moats.  The world is a better place because of these two individuals.  Their work has resulted in and will continue to result in high levels of learning for teachers and students everywhere.  I … [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: Dr. Anita Archer, Dr. Julie Washington, EDView360, explicit instruction, hinge point, Iowa Science of Reading Summit, John Hattie, Louisa Moats, multi-tiered systems of support, Pam Austin, Philip B. Gough, science of learning, science of reading, science of teaching, simple view of reading, Stephanie Stollar, system, The Mythical Silver Bullet, The Simple View of Effective Reading Instruction, Visible Learning, William E. Tunmer

Buzzin’ Like a Bee in ’23

July 16, 2023 by megankruse

What a whirlwind of a week… or three!  As I write today, I’m sitting in the Atlanta airport, buzzin’ like a bee from an AMAZING four days at the 2023 Open Up Resources HIVE conference!  There is so much learning to process; I’m thankful for several hours in the airport to do just that. This … [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: Brooke Powers, Cassie Leiby, Cathy Dickson, el education, Esmeralda Rivera, HIVE Conference, Julie Eckhardt, Justin Endicott, Justin Payne, Morgan Stipe, Open Up Resources

Staying Committed

June 25, 2023 by megankruse

When I began writing this blog in January of 2021, I outlined my goals for the blog which are as follows:  Document my learning journey as a teacher, coach, and student  Improve my writing craft through reflection  Act as a producer rather than a consumer  Push my thinking  Connect with others Two and a half … [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, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: 4th Annual Kruse Family Ride, Andrea Setmeyer, Clement Contracting, el education, fears, George Couros, goals, HIVE Conference, Iowa Reading League, Isaac Steffensmeier, Jack Dailey, Jennifer Lamm, Judith Hochman, Julie Eckhardt, Kara Veach, Lisa Williams, Louie's Lakeside Bistro & BBQ, Natalie Wexler, Open Up Resources, Papae Wymore, Rathbun Lake, running, Southeast Polk Community School District, Stephanie Edgren, summer learning, The Reading League, The Writing Revolution, William Penn University

Kicking-Off the Summer Learning Season

June 11, 2023 by megankruse

The summer learning season kicked off in beautiful fashion this past week.  On the very first two days of summer break, the Guiding Coalition members from each building in Fort Madison Community School District spent two days assessing our data, prioritizing areas of concern, and developing a targeted action plan for the upcoming 23-24 school … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Research, Student learning and the profession, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: Amy Thacher, Area Education Agency, Carol Tolman, data, Dr. Stanislas Dehaene, dyslexia, FMCSD, four-part processing model, guiding coalition, Jennifer Lamm, Joan Sedita, Kara Veach, Lisa Williams, Marie Kondo, Papae Wymore, phonemic awareness, Reading in the Brain, reading wars, science of reading, Stephanie Edgren, Stephanie Stollar, The Reading League, The Writing Rope

What the Road Said

June 4, 2023 by megankruse

Graduation season is upon us… or is coming to an end for many.  This is a bittersweet time for me, as our youngest son, Emmett Reed Kruse, graduated from high school yesterday.  The event has been served with a host of emotions:  we are so happy for Emmett and incredibly proud of him, but just … [Read more…]

Posted in: Personal Learning, Uncategorized Tagged: authentic, Bill Kruse, Cleo Wade, Elton, Elton Kruse, Emmett Kruse, George Couros, graduation, Kruse Concrete Construction, Lucie de Moyencourt, Owen Kruse, Sue Haeger, The House in the Cerulean Sea, The Road, this too shall pass, TJ Klune, Tom Hanks, What the Road Said, worry
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