Educational Links 5/30/18

Teacher Evaluation Is Stuck in the Past

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2018/05/16/teacher-evaluation-is-stuck-in-the-past.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Be The Change You Want to See By Shifting Traditional High School

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/48044/be-the-change-you-want-to-see-by-shifting-traditional-high-school

The Reluctant Gatekeeper

https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2018/01/24/the-reluctant-gatekeeper/

   

5 steps to promote ownership of learning in your UDL classroom   

https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=2193

Learn the Right Reasons for Your Child’s “Wrong” Behavior

https://www.additudemag.com/learn-the-right-reasons-for-your-childs-wrong-behavior/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=parent

When the Stories Feel Too Hard to Teach

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/intersection-culture-and-race-in-education/2018/05/when-the-stories-feel-too-hard-to-teach-metoo-teaching-triggers.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB

Lesson Study: When Teachers Team Up to Improve Teaching

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/44948/lesson-study-when-teachers-team-up-to-improve-teaching

This kind of detailed observation of student work is the focus of a kind of professional development called lesson study. Wolak can better understand how her students are thinking by having other teachers in her classroom focused on the students (as opposed to evaluating her performance). The teachers are looking for misconceptions, but also interesting ways students approach problems and how well they can talk through what they did.

Reading Tips

Reading Tips for Parents (in Multiple Languages)

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/reading-tips-parents-multiple-languages

10 Hacks To Help A Struggling Reader

http://time.com/10-tech-hacks-to-help-a-struggling-reader/

Adult Literacy Reading Programs

https://ldaamerica.org/adult-literacy-reading-programs/

10 Ways to Encourage Your High-Schooler to Read

https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/learning-at-home/encouraging-reading-writing/10-ways-to-encourage-your-high-schooler-to-read

English Language Learners and the Five Essential Components of Reading Instruction

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/english-language-learners-and-five-essential-components-reading-instruction

Learning How to Read: 10 Ways to Help a Reluctant Reader

https://www.parenting.com/gallery/how-to-read

Ten Things to Help Your Struggling Reader

http://dyslexia.yale.edu/resources/parents/what-parents-can-do/ten-things-to-help-your-struggling-reader/

Summer Madness

Vintage Otter Pop flavors. I favor Louis Bloo Raspberry

Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SFt7JHwJeg 

It would be madness, on a very hot summer day, to eat the whole box of Otter Pops while chillaxin' to this cool music.  Mix up the flavors! Madness, sheer madness!

Educational Links 5/29/18

Teachers may not be so hot on students’ use of digital devices for learning

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2018/05/28/teachers-students-digital-devices-learning/

Building Democratic Classrooms: Every Teacher Can Cultivate Civic Competencies

https://www.teachingchannel.org/blog/2018/05/25/building-democratic-classrooms/

“Best” Lists Of The Week: Thematic Lists For Beginner ELLs

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2018/05/28/best-lists-of-the-week-thematic-lists-for-beginner-ells/

Why Emotions Are Integral to Learning

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/45201/why-emotions-are-integral-to-learning

       Embed literacy into STEM projects

https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=2190

Want to Give Up Grades? Here's How You Can Get Buy-in

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/work_in_progress/2018/05/want_to_give_up_grades_heres_h.html?cmp=SOC-EDIT-FB-TM

The New Librarian: How to lead a tech-integration revolution

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2018/05/07/the-new-librarian-how-to-lead-a-tech-integration-revolution/

Technology is just one component, but a significant one, of a strong school library program. Don’t neglect it or let it become your only focus; instead, use it as a catalyst for moving your program to the next level.

Stay visible, listen to teachers, and ask questions to clarify needs. Offer ideas for practical applications to create learning environments that support and challenge students. Strive to be a facilitator and let students take the lead when possible. And perhaps most important, remember the library does not need to be a physical space—it’s a state of mind.

Life Too Fiberoptic? Take A Cafe Jazz Coffee Break

Cinnamon Spice Mocha, anyone?

Your Own Rhythm - Playing for The Time 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9MNgSd-Ld4

Americana--the Nation's Heart: Grandma Moses and Harriet Powers

The Flag Grandma Moses

Grandma Moses! America's Most Loved Painter of Folk Art!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp8PChMQEbk

Harriet Powers' Bible Quilts

Sewing Stories: Harriet Powers' From Slave to Artist Reading

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sr-ZJFUm2wk

Educational Links 5/28/18

16 Teacher Hacks to Control the Cell Phone Madness in Class

https://boredteachers.com/blogs/the-faculty-room/16-teacher-hacks-to-control-the-cell-phone-madness-in-class?utm_content=bufferb907d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

The Hidden Struggles of being a Teacher of Color

https://theeducatorsroom.com/the-hidden-struggles-of-being-a-teacher-of-color/

Five Options for Creating Animated Videos on Your Chromebook

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2018/05/five-options-for-creating-animated.html#.WwtwVUgvzGI

EXPLORING THE PARENT-CHILD DYNAMIC WITHIN THE IEP TEAM

https://www.thinkinclusive.us/student-centered-iep-parent-child-dynamic/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost

10 Summer Break Tips to Help Parents at Year-End

http://www.teachhub.com/10-summer-break-tips-help-parents-year-end

Helping Students Follow Directions

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/follow-direction-strategies

Building Teams That Stay

https://www.edutopia.org/article/building-teams-stay?utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=facebook

Resilience is the ability to learn from challenges, to bounce back after adversity. The good news is that it can be cultivated, and school leaders can offer teachers time and space to learn how to do so. Administrators need to consider the ways they can offer high-quality PD that includes support on building resilience and preventing burnout.

It’s more necessary than ever to figure out how to retain teachers. To create the schools our students deserve, we know we need consistency in teaching staffs.