Words matter. Routines and procedures matter. The more we can simplify each in our educational systems, the more likely we are to reach high levels of success. At the risk of sounding like I desire robotic teaching, where we all do the exact same thing, I’m going to make the following statement: I think we … [Read more…]
In the spirit of this Thanksgiving week, this post is dedicated to those things for which I am presently most grateful for. Each picture included in the post is worth a thousand words… to me, anyway, as they represent my immense gratitude! I am stealing George Couros’s weekly email format: I will be writing about … [Read more…]
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…]
More Work to Do Yesterday, I found myself being frustrated at a social media post that expressed a less-than-favorable opinion of the EL Education curriculum, specific to the Modules. As I read the equally unfavorable comments that poured in after the original post, my heart sank. I felt like I was sitting on a cracking … [Read more…]
What a week! As I mentioned in last week’s post, 25 FMCSD educators attended the Open Up Resources HIVE conference this past week. I’m bursting with pride and excitement about the impact that the HIVE conference had on so many of us… did I mention 25 of us attended??? Even more exciting – the impact … [Read more…]
The Science of Reading The Science of Reading is gaining momentum, thanks in large part to folks like APM journalist Emily Hanford. The funny thing is, it’s not a new concept; knowledge about the Science of Reading has been around for upwards of five decades. According to The Science of Reading, A Defining Movement, “The … [Read more…]