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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…]

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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

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

The Stories We Tell, Round 2

September 4, 2022 by megankruse

My inspiration for today’s post came this week as I watched several different scenarios unfold across our school buildings.  (Side note:  the title for today’s post popped in my head earlier this week.  I had completely forgotten that I had used this same title with a similar theme in my October 3, 2021 blogpost!)  The … [Read more…]

Posted in: Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Uncategorized Tagged: el education, Jane Santiago, Jenny Herriman, Lisa Vincent, Martin Luther King, modules, negative, Nita Carlson, positive

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