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IEP Writing 101

  • Post author:Jared Tschohl
  • Post published:July 10, 2019
  • Post category:Inclusion
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Just to give a little background on myself. I am a graduate of James Madison University (JMU; and former student of Dr. Jen Newton)! I remember after my first day…

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The Real World

  • Post author:Jen
  • Post published:March 30, 2019
  • Post category:Building Community/Teaching
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What is this "real world" you speak of? Who defines it? Is it the same "real world" for everyone? I was recently in conversation with colleagues about class attendance.  Now,…

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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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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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