It is nearing the end of September, and the work remains difficult. As I’ve written several times since the start of this school year, our district is implementing lots of change. Lots. via GIPHY We have gone from a four-building district to a two-building district, meaning new grade levels and new staff are housed under … [Read more…]
There’s nothing worse than leaving a meeting with a yucky feeling in your gut. It’s happened to me more times than I can count, most recently just a few days ago. As I worked with a teacher team on intentional planning (a “new” approach to our instructional coaching work in FMCSD), I found myself bombarding … [Read more…]
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…]
After a week of tough meetings, I’m recognizing a common theme in the mindsets of educators: we want a quick fix. As the last third of the school year is well underway, we are operating in and out of “I can’t wait for this school year to be over,” and “There is so much left … [Read more…]
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…]