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The Complexity of Reading Comprehension

December 3, 2023 by megankruse Leave a Comment

The ultimate goal of reading is to gain meaning, and it can be incredibly tough to do so.  There are several models of reading comprehension that try to explain/simplify the process, including The Simple View of Reading, Scarborough’s Reading Rope, the Four Part Processing Model, and the recently developed Active View of Reading. A recent … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, 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: Active View of Reading, comprehension, curriculum matters, Dr. Hugh Catts, Dr. Jennifer Buckingham, Dr. Mitchell Brookins, Dr. Nell Duke, Dr. Timothy Shanahan, four-part processing model, Iowa Department of Education, knowledge building, Mark C. Perna, Melissa & Lori Love Literacy, Nancy Hennessy, Nate Joseph, Pedagogy Non Grata, Reading Comprehension Round Table, Reading Rockets, Scarborough's rope, skill, strategy, systematic and explicit instruction, the simple view of reading

Attitude of Gratitude

November 26, 2023 by megankruse Leave a Comment

It’s probably a bit too cliché to write about gratitude the week in which we celebrate the holiday of Thanksgiving, but I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity.  I’m proud to say that I regularly practice an attitude of gratitude, but that attitude was developed over time and is a constant work in progress.  For … [Read more…]

Posted in: Personal Learning, Uncategorized Tagged: Aaron Steffensmeier, Becky Morey, Cooney Kruse, Corner Tap, Corrine Swigart, Elton Kruse, Emmett Kruse, exercise, George Couros, gratitude, Ick Kruse, Iowa Reading League, Isaac Steffensmeier, Jane Santiago, Jenny Herriman, Jenny Steffensmeier, Joe Holtkamp, Katie Dailey, Kirk Wellman, Lisa Williams, Owen Kruse, Papae Wymore, Pomiller Park, power of positive, Rachella Dravis, Ross Haeger, science of reading, Stephanie Edgren, Sue and Reed Haeger, Thanksgiving, The Reading League, Wendy Bailey

Pursuing Perseverance

November 12, 2023 by megankruse

This week has proven to be yet another in which I have found myself in pursuit of perseverance.  As I’ve been writing recently, our district is shifting its instructional coaching model from an invite-only model to a systems coaching model, which means that we no longer wait to be invited into classrooms to support teachers … [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, Teacher Leader Model Standards, Uncategorized Tagged: Angie Hanlin, Becky Morey, Corrine Swigart, data, FMCSD, George Couros, instructional coaching, Iowa Reading League, Jane Santiago, Jenny Herriman, Lisa Williams, Martin Luther King, Papae Wymore, perseverance, Rachella Dravis, Stephanie Edgren, Sue Haeger, systems coaching, The Reading League, Wendy Bailey

A Journey of Learning and Unlearning

October 29, 2023 by megankruse

I was thrilled to be joined by eight other educators from Fort Madison Community School District at the Decoding Dyslexia Iowa Conference this past week.  We were treated to a host of sessions that furthered our knowledge around dyslexia and structured literacy. Our keynote speaker on Thursday morning was Mindy VanZuiden, a reading tutor and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Research, Student learning and the profession, Uncategorized Tagged: Chrissy Settles, Corrine Swigart, Danyle Warner, Debbie Gehle, Denise Eide, Dr. Anita Archer, Dr. Dyslexia Dude, Dr. Shawn Robinson, Emily Hanford, Fort Madison Community School District, Grand View University, International Dyslexia Association, Iowa Reading League, James McClelland, Leann Cashman, Lisa Vincent, Lisa Williams, Mark Seidenberg, Melissa Mixer, Mindy VanZuiden, phonemic awareness, Sold a Story, Southeast Polk Community School District, Stephanie Edgren, The Four-Part Processing Model, The Logic of English, The Reading Brain, Zach Russell

Here Comes the Sun… with some clouds

October 25, 2023 by megankruse

It feels like we’ve had a breakthrough as an instructional coaching staff this week.  (Here comes the sun!)  We spent a great deal of time collaborating to arrive at common tools and language for our coaching work.  More importantly, we focused on how we will move forward leading as a team, letting data drive our … [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: Andy Andrews, challenges, Dr. Anita Archer, George Couros, Marc and Angel, positive, Sue Haeger

Know Thy Impact

October 17, 2023 by megankruse

I’ve been wrestling with this blogpost for several days now, and am late in posting it according to my self-imposed Sunday, 1:00 p.m. deadline.  I’m not sure that I can pinpoint the struggle with getting coherent words on the screen, but perhaps the struggle is evidence of the internal struggle I’m experiencing. The Internal Struggle … [Read more…]

Posted in: Assessments and data, 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: behavioral expectations, capacity, compliance, EDView360, FMCSD, instructional coaching, instructional expectations, John Hattie, Pam Austin, plan-teach-reflect, Solution Tree, struggle

Progress Through Struggle

October 8, 2023 by megankruse

In the last two weeks, the phrase, “Progress Through Struggle” keeps running through my head.  That looping reminder is occurring because I have experienced more struggle than usual as an instructional coach as the beginning of this school year has unfolded.  Part of that struggle comes from my cheese getting moved, part of it comes … [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: Brent Zirkel, communication, explicit instruction, FMCSD, George Couros, Jenny Steffensmeier, Katie Dailey, moving cheese, progress through struggle, science of teaching, skill or will, things I should have learned in college

Both-And

September 24, 2023 by megankruse

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
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