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Outreach and collaboration with families and community

Reading by the Numbers

April 23, 2023 by megankruse

100% This post was 100% inspired by the three literacy leaders I affectionately call “The Trifecta,”  Stacy Hurst, Lindsay Kemeny, and Donell Pons, hosts of Reading Horizons’ Literacy Talks podcast.  In Episode 6 of Season 3, Reading:  The Numbers Help Tell the Stories, The Trifecta focuses on the irony of how many numbers are involved … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, 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: 1, 100, 15, 18, 2, 200, 26, 3, 44, 52, 95, Angie Hanlin, Brita Oyen, Donell Pons, dyslexia, early childhood, George Couros, GPAEA, graphemes, intervention, it takes a village, Jason Kennedy, Jennifer Lamm, LETRS, Lindsay Kemeny, Literacy Talks, Louisa Moats, Mme Lockhart, numbers, one, phonemes, phonemic awareness, predictive indicators, preschool, Reading Horizons, Reading Rockets, Solution Tree, Stacy Hurst, systematic and explicit instruction, Teaching Reading is Rocket Science, the trifecta, Tier 1, tiers

The Truth About A Lot of Things

April 2, 2023 by megankruse

The Truth About Reading The truth about reading is that we have been failing to teach kids how to read for years.  According to The Truth About Reading website, “Illiteracy and sub-literacy in America (and around the world) is a growing issue.  Awareness is important, but so is action.”  Action is happening in the state … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, 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: Angie Hanlin, Charles Hughes, David Chalk, documentary, Dr. Anita Archer, Emily Hanford, fluency, Fort Madison High School, George Couros, Jenny Steffensmeier, John Hattie, Katie Dailey, Lisa Williams, Melissa & Lori Love Literacy, Mme Lockhart, Natalie Wexler, Nora Chahbazi, Papae Wymore, relationships, repetition, Stephanie Edgren, Sue Haeger, The Reading League, The Truth About Reading, Visible Learning

It Takes Time, Growth Mindsets, and Intentional Planning

February 26, 2023 by megankruse

It takes time.  This a phrase uttered in multiple educational arenas when talking about student proficiency.  It takes time.  I have been reminded of this over and over again in my work as a teacher and as an instructional coach.  Most recently, I have been reminded of this with three exceptional learning opportunities:  1)  Episode … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, 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: Angie Hanlin, coaching cycles, data, Dr. Anita Archer, Dr. Ernie Ortiz, edWeb, FAST screener, FMCSD, growth mindset, higher-order thinking, instructional expectations, intentional planning, it takes time, John Hattie, Kevin Hansford, Kimberly Cano, Laura Beaver, Learning Cubed, Matthews Elementary, Melissa & Lori Love Literacy, New Madrid Missouri, Pati Montgomery, Persida & Bill Himmele, Reading Horizons, science of reading, Solution Tree, Thorp Wisconsin, total participation techniques, TPT Cognitive Engagement Model

Accountability to Culture

November 27, 2022 by megankruse

Last week, I indicated that the education world continues to present many challenges:  “Our students are not the same students we had before 2020.  They are displaying more frequent challenging behaviors.  Despite this, we have educators at FMCSD (and everywhere!) who are working incredibly hard to meet the needs of our students.”  As I continue … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, 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, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: accountability, Amplify Science of Reading Podcast, clarity, culture, FMCSD, Jimmy Casas, Margaret Goldberg, mission, positive, reading scores, relationships, science of reading, Susan Lambert, vision

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

Visible Learning Through Goal Setting

September 11, 2022 by megankruse

This past week has allowed a peek into what our teachers are doing with students to set academic goals.  In addition to our standing district beliefs, vision, mission, and goals, Fort Madison Community School District has identified the following goal for the 2022-2023 school year: “By May 2023, FMCSD will improve ELA and Math proficiency … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, 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: benchmark assessments, clarity, collaboration, community, Danny Steele, Daryl Michel, Deb Ridgway, Debbie McClurg, Dr. Jan Hasbrouck, el education, FMCSD, goals, ISASP, Jennifer Lodge, John Hattie, Nita Carlson, priority standards, Student-Focused Coaching, Todd Whitaker, Visible Learning

Revisiting Spelling Instruction

August 28, 2022 by megankruse

More Work to Do Yesterday, I found myself being frustrated at a social media post that expressed a less-than-favorable opinion of the EL Education curriculum, specific to the Modules.  As I read the equally unfavorable comments that poured in after the original post, my heart sank.  I felt like I was sitting on a cracking … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, 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, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: cracking branches, decoding, Donell Pons, el education, estimated spelling, invented spelling, language comprehension, Lindsay Kemeny, Louisa Moats, Lyn Stone, modules, Natalie Wexler, Open Up Resources, Reading Rockets, Right to Read Project, Spelling Instruction, Stacy Hurst, Teaching Reading is Rocket Science, temporary spelling, the simple view of reading, the trifecta, Things I Wish I Had Known

Cracking Branches

August 24, 2022 by megankruse

Education with Purpose & Employment with Passion In partnership with the Lee County Economic Development Group, our district administration sent our entire district staff, teachers and paraeducators,  to Mark C. Perna‘s Education with Purpose & Employment with Passion presentation last Friday.  The effort to bring all Lee County educators and many Lee County business owners … [Read more…]

Posted in: Outreach and collaboration with families and community, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Student learning and the profession, Uncategorized Tagged: biking, career, clip-in shoes, college, college and career ready, comfortable, cracking branches, discomfort, Education with Purpose & Employment with Passion, FMCSD, George Couros, human connection, Lee County Economic Development Group, Mark C. Perna, millennials, routine, think-plan-act

Craving Critical Thinking

July 10, 2022 by megankruse

This has been one busy summer so far, and we’ve only just reached the halfway mark!  In all of this business, I’ve taken an unplanned three-week hiatus from writing.  The blog hasn’t been far from my mind by any means, I just haven’t set aside the time to finish this post that was started three … [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, Uncategorized Tagged: Andrew Schaefer, Beside the Point, Brené Brown, Carol Tolman, Chuck Vandenberg, critical thinking, David Kilpatrick, Deb Glaser, Dr. Anita Archer, Dr. Jan Hasbrouck, Elsa Cardenas-Hagan, Emmett Kruse, epistemology, FMCSD Construction Team, Hayden Wolfe, Joan Sedita, Landes Williams, Laura Stewart, Lindsay Kemeny, Louisa Moats, Lyn Stone, Maria Murray, Nancy Hennessy, Pam Kastner, PaTTAN Literacy Symposium, Pen City Current, Pennsylvania, political thinking, science of reading, SkillsUSA, Tracey White-Weeden, YouTube

The Future is Bright

May 22, 2022 by megankruse

I found myself in tears several times this past week.  Thankfully, each time involved tears of joy and of pride.  Despite all of the turmoil in education today, I’m going to remain firm in my belief that the future is bright. Monday afternoon brought the first round of tears as I sat in on a … [Read more…]

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