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Leading Change

April 3, 2022 by megankruse

Last week, I wrote about my presentation to our school board which centered around my role as our FMCSD district literacy coach, the Science of Reading, the adoption of a high quality literacy curriculum, and how instructional coaching is a critical piece of implementation.  Part of what I was speaking to was that I am … [Read more…]

Posted in: Collaborative culture, Facilitating improvements in instruction and student learning, Outreach and collaboration with families and community, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Student learning and the profession, Uncategorized Tagged: ASCD, Bozeman Public Schools, Brené Brown, Casey Bertram, change, collective efficacy, crack the code, Danielle Thompson, Danny Steele, Donna Hejtmanek, EdReports, edWeb, el education, FMCSD, FMCSD School Board, George Couros, Know Better Do Better, Learning Ally, Pati Montgomery, Schools Cubed, Science of Reading What I Should Have Learned in College, systematic and explicit phonics instruction, Terrie Noland, The Reading League, the science of reading, Todd Whitaker, Transformative Reading Teacher Group

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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You Don’t Have To Be Bad To Get Better

May 9, 2021 by megankruse

I spend a good deal of time reading about, watching, and listening to resources that address effective literacy instruction.  Almost every one of these resources has a strong connection to the Science of Reading, “…a vast, interdisciplinary body of scientifically-based* research about reading and issues related to reading and writing,” as defined by The Reading … [Read more…]

Posted in: 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: At a Loss for Words, change, David Liben, Emily Hanford, Hard Words, Jessica Pasik, Jorene Cook, Know Better Do Better, Maria Murray, Meredith Liben, running, Scarborough's rope, The Reading League, the science of reading, the simple view of reading, What the Words Say

The Importance of Spelling Instruction

January 17, 2021 by megankruse
A Reading Journey

I did not intend for this blog to be a confessional, yet I feel compelled to confess to yet another of my many missteps in the classroom, this time around spelling instruction.  In the January 5, 2021 Psychology Today article “Why Spelling Instruction Should Be Hot in 2021,” J. Richard Gentry highlights the current research … [Read more…]

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