I’ve previously written about using the Educreations app in the classroom, but now the app got even better! I’d like to say to say that I had a part in it, but it’s only because I tweeted to @Educreations about a feature that I hoped would improve and they responded quickly that the change update … [Read more…]
This is another cross-post from my staff memo blog to share this week’s Friday Focus with you…——————————————————————————————–This week one of the blog posts in my google reader was on mediocrity in teaching (you can read it here). When I read this I thought of how this may be the case in some schools, but certainly … [Read more…]
*Here is another cross-post from my Friday Focus poston my staff memo blog: Photo courtesy of J. Lauzier Share Your Writing Life “I write out of ignorance…It’s what I don’t know that stimulates me. I merely know enough to get started.” ~Toni Morrison In Regie Routman’s book Writing Essentials, she discusses the importance of sharing … [Read more…]
Just sharing the Friday Focus post from my Staff Memo blog this week: ——————————————————————————————– At our Professional Learning Meeting this week I asked you to open up to the front of your Reflection Journals and take 5 minutes to reflect on the goals (2 professional and 1 personal) that you wrote at the beginning … [Read more…]
Just over a year ago I heard Todd Whitaker speak to many principals at the annual AWSA (Association of Wisconsin School Administrators) convention. As always, I left with many great tips to continue leading my school, but the biggest tool I learned about was providing my staff with a weekly memo. Whitaker called it a … [Read more…]
Each week I post a “Friday Focus” for staff on my staff memo blog as a way to model professional reflection and hopefully inspire them each week. This week I attempted to summarize what I learned from Scott McLeod at SLATE. This is a cross-post from my staff blog. ——————————————————————————————- This week I attended the … [Read more…]
Each week I post a “Friday Focus” for staff on my staff memo blog as a way to model professional reflection and hopefully inspire them each week. This week, I got a bit more personal than I ever have in the past, but I’ve learned from Regie Routman to “write what is in your heart.” … [Read more…]
One of my professional goals this year is to encourage teachers to reflect, by providing them with the tools and time to do so. In addition, my goal is to model reflection for them. Each week I am sending out a “Friday Focus” which will share my reflections with staff on what I have recently … [Read more…]