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Mark C. Perna

Navigating Change

September 22, 2024 by megankruse

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…]

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: Becky Morey, change, Corrine Swigart, embrace, Everything is Figuroutable, FMCSD, George Couros, Jane Santiago, Jenny Herriman, Julie Steele, linds, Lindsay Kemeny, Marie Forleo, Mark C. Perna, Meredith Ireland, PLC's, Rachella Dravis, Solution Tree, Wendy Bailey

Support, Pressure, and Sustained Effort

December 10, 2023 by megankruse

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…]

Posted in: 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: Cedar Rapids Community School District, el education, FMCSD, George Couros, instructional coaching, intentional planning, Kareem Weaver, Lindsay Kemeny, Literacy Talks, Luis Cruz, Mark C. Perna, pressure and support, Steve Dykstra, sustained effort, system, systematic change, systems coaching, The Reading League

The Complexity of Reading Comprehension

December 3, 2023 by megankruse

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

It’s a Mindset Thing

March 26, 2023 by megankruse

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…]

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: Amplify Science of Reading Podcast, comfortable, David Chalk, Dr. Julie Washington, expectations, Mark C. Perna, mindset, power of positive, self-reflection, The Mythical Silver Bullet, The Truth About Reading, Todd Collins

Cracking Branches

August 24, 2022 by megankruse

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…]

Posted in: Outreach and collaboration with families and community, Personal Learning, Professional learning for continuous improvement, Student learning and the profession, Uncategorized Tagged: biking, career, clip-in shoes, college, college and career ready, comfortable, cracking branches, discomfort, Education with Purpose & Employment with Passion, FMCSD, George Couros, human connection, Lee County Economic Development Group, Mark C. Perna, millennials, routine, think-plan-act

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Megan's bookshelf: read

The Flight Attendant
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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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Half Broke Horses
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Ground Zero
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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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