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Commitment Logs

  • Post author:Jen
  • Post published:October 2, 2018
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We know students don't really read the assigned reading, right?  There are loads of reasons for that.  Textbooks are cost prohibitive, the reading is cumbersome, too long, irrelevant from the…

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Dream vs. Reality: The First Day of School

  • Post author:Bev Chatfield
  • Post published:September 25, 2018
  • Post category:Building Community/First Year Teaching/Teaching
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I have dreamed of this moment for seven years. A fantasy from 11th grade still replays itself in my mind with crystalline clarity: My first day of school as a…

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Reacting VS Responding

  • Post author:Mira Williams
  • Post published:August 24, 2018
  • Post category:Building Community/First Year Teaching/Teaching
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Yell and sit…sit and yell, get a little louder, be a little firmer…they’ll eventually listen-right? Wrong. I walked into a room recently where an educator was sitting on a bench…

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Teacher Education Faculty and First Year Support

  • Post author:hhsmith
  • Post published:August 9, 2018
  • Post category:Teacher Preparation
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I think often about students I have worked with who are in their early years of their teaching career. I remember my early days in the classroom, feeling prepared and…

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I’m Here To Learn

  • Post author:Bev Chatfield
  • Post published:August 6, 2018
  • Post category:First Year Teaching/Teaching/Uncategorized
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A little about me in the month before my first year begins To be perfectly honest, I’m nervous about my first year of teaching. I’ve spent the summer reviewing learning…

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Recess Is A Right

  • Post author:Jen
  • Post published:July 9, 2018
  • Post category:Building Community/Inclusion/Teaching
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I posted a picture on our social media of a tweet from the 2006 MN Teacher of the Year Dr. Lee-Ann Stephens that read:  Advice to a new elementary school…

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Engagement: The Holy Grail of Teaching

  • Post author:Jen
  • Post published:June 19, 2018
  • Post category:Building Community/Inclusion/Teaching
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Recently, a colleague asked me for recommendations of books about developing growth mindset.  He wanted to be able to recommend something to parents whose children are "apathetic toward school." Learners.  Apathetic. …

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We Need To Talk About Families

  • Post author:Jen
  • Post published:June 14, 2018
  • Post category:Building Community/Inclusion/Teaching
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Every family is doing the best they can with the reality they are in. Full stop. I'll say it again.  Every family is doing the best they can with the…

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We Need To Talk About Punishment

  • Post author:Jen
  • Post published:June 13, 2018
  • Post category:Building Community/Inclusion/Teaching
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Recently, after working with teachers on shifting our approach from punishing to teaching, a teacher in attendance emailed me saying, "At first, I wasn't sure I was going to "buy…

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Embracing Failure

  • Post author:Jen
  • Post published:May 15, 2018
  • Post category:Building Community/Teaching
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I am a big fan of mistake making.  Well, not the making of the mistakes part so much but of the learning from mistakes, expecting mistakes, embracing mistakes.  What if…

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