I’ve consumed many educational books written to support classroom management, technology integration, and more. But outside of education, I’ve found titles, shared below, to support my growth as an educator, leader, and person, developing a reading practice that stimulates a new thinking space. A NON-EDUCATION READING LIST FOR TEACHERS 1. Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to […]
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“Rules without relationships lead to rebellion“ is an adage that applies to interactions between teachers and students as well as between administrators and teachers. Balancing Accountability With Support When I stepped out of the classroom and began supervising instruction, a part of my responsibilities included holding teachers accountable to deadlines and district expectations. I try
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What if I told you that educational leadership does not have to be so stressful? A few years ago, I might not have believed it myself, but over the last few years I’ve learned a new way to go about my job that brings me so much peace. These jobs have placed me in
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Teachers need a fast and efficient laptop if they want to teach online. Finding the correct laptop can make all the difference in your online teaching experience. The last thing you want is for your laptop to freeze or go blank in the middle of an important lesson. My old laptop used to overheat and
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Schoolwide data walls track progress toward proficiency. Traditionally, a chart is displayed on the wall in a staff-only area of the school. Data is collected in areas like reading and math, and individual cards represent each student. Each card is placed in a below basic, basic, proficient, or advanced category. For many, this may feel
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Thinking Like an Editor About Curriculum Design Given that curriculum literally means “a path to run in small steps,” it’s important to engage learners in seeing the narrative arc in their learning experiences. For example, the “story” of math must address the following questions: How do all the concepts, standards, and
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What It Means to Live in a Digitally Connected World: A Tale of Two Teenagers Meet Lara. She’s fourteen. Her phone alarm wakes her up to the tune of her favorite song from Olivia Rodrigo. After hitting snooze a few times, she jumps out of bed and checks TikTok and Instagram to find out what’s
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Most Significant Education Studies For those of us hoping for a quiet, back-to-normal kind of year, the research coming out in 2023 might disappoint. A rising tide of teenage mental health issues sent researchers scurrying for answers, and the sudden ascendance of AI posed a new threat to codes of academic conduct and caused some
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