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Cassie Leiby

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

It Takes a Village

April 18, 2023 by megankruse

The African proverb, “It takes a village to raise a child,” rings true each and every day.  In fact, I would add, it takes a village to accomplish many, many tasks of worth. There are times when a crazy thought crosses my mind:  “Maybe I should teach preschool, kindergarten or first grade.”  This is a … [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: Cassie Leiby, collaboration, differentiation, el education, Esmeralda Rivera, flexible grouping, FMCSD, intentional planning, Justin Payne, Lacey Robinson, Melissa & Lori Love Literacy, Open Up Resources, Pamela Snow, Quincy Reed Richardson, Right to Read Project, scaffolding, Sue Haeger, UnboundEd, village

It’s Been a Minute

July 31, 2022 by megankruse

Nearly a month has gone by without a blogpost, again.  It’s been a minute.  And I’m glad to be back at the keyboard.  I have definitely come to realize that I feel like I have more clarity when I am writing, even when the writing feels like an obligation, which it does at times. What … [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, Uncategorized Tagged: Bow Bridge, Brooke Powers, Cassie Leiby, Central Park, Chad Dumas, Chris Dailey, community, complex text, el education, Esmeralda Rivera, Ground Zero, HIVE Conference, Jack Dailey, Justin Endicott, Katie Dailey, Mike Zimmerman, Morgan Stipe, New York City, Open Up Resources, Patty Steffensmeier, PORT Trail, Rise STEM Academy for Girls, Solution Tree, Statue of Liberty, support staff, three shifts, Traci Davis, 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…]

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Megan's bookshelf: read

The Flight Attendant
really liked it
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
by Emma Copley Eisenberg

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