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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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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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4 Ways You Can Take Action As A Teacher

  • Post author:Caitlin Foley
  • Post published:April 6, 2018
  • Post category:Teaching/What Teachers Want
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As a teacher I want action. As a teacher I want to be able to tell my students that they are safe at school. I also want to tell my…

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What Teachers Want: Are You Serious?

  • Post author:Emily McLeod
  • Post published:February 27, 2018
  • Post category:Building Community/What Teachers Want
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In the wake of yet another school shooting, the government and members of the media are beating a familiar drum: more guns, not less, will  put a stop to our…

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Every Classroom, Every Day: Rethinking Inclusion

  • Post author:Abby Beals
  • Post published:February 12, 2018
  • Post category:Inclusion/Teaching
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 What is Special Education? When I began my undergraduate studies in Elementary and Special Education, I hoped to gain a deeper understanding of how to support students with Individualized Education…

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Sharing is Caring? Nope. Sharing Sucks.

  • Post author:Jen
  • Post published:January 2, 2018
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Kids need to learn to share.  They have to share precious resources with siblings.  They have to share with others at school.  Sharing is a mainstay topic on Sesame Street. …

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