MzTeachuh: Don't Take My Word For It Tweets of the Day 6/5/14...

MzTeachuh: Don't Take My Word For It Tweets of the Day 6/5/14...: Reading Rainbow aims to improve literacy once more http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/06/05/reading-rainbow-kickstarter-421/   ...

Don't Take My Word For It Tweets of the Day 6/5/14

Reading Rainbow aims to improve literacy once more

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2014/06/05/reading-rainbow-kickstarter-421/ 

How Do We Educate Global Problem Solvers?

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/educating-global-problem-solvers-zoe-weil 

Do Educators Really Need Blog Posts?

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/do-educators-need-blog-posts-tom-whitby 

What’s Your Learning Disposition? How to Foster Students’ Mindsets 

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/03/whats-your-learning-disposition-how-to-foster-students-mindsets/

Behind the Headline: Segregation by Ability

http://educationnext.org/behind-headline-segregation-ability/ 

Four Ways to Move from ‘School World’ to ‘Real World’

http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/06/four-ways-to-move-from-school-world-to-real-world/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kqed%2FnHAK+%28MindShift%29 

Boring School Staff Meeting? Here Are Some Ideas

http://www.teachthought.com/teaching/boring-school-staff-meeting/ 

 

 

MzTeachuh: Wherefore, Oh Summer's Day?

MzTeachuh: Wherefore, Oh Summer's Day?: Kindergartener's portrait of Emily Dickinson after reading this poem. The bee is not afraid of me. I know the butterfl...

Wherefore, Oh Summer's Day?

Kindergartener's portrait of Emily Dickinson after reading this poem.

The bee is not afraid of me.

I know the butterfly -

The pretty people in the Woods

Receive me cordially -

The Brooks laugh louder

When I come -

The Breezes madder play;

Wherefore mine eye thy silver mists,

Wherefore, Oh Summer’s Day?

 Emily Dickinson 

Visiting with my busy friend on Sweet Alyssum.

MzTeachuh: Principal's Suggestion Box Letter # 4

MzTeachuh: Principal's Suggestion Box Letter # 4: These letters are absolutely fictional (to protect the innocent and not-so-innocent.) But, with the hint of truth, maybe we can make som...

Principal's Suggestion Box Letter # 4

These letters are absolutely fictional (to protect the innocent and not-so-innocent.) But, with the hint of truth, maybe we can make some adjustments. Principals have the best chance to do that.

Dear Principal,

Since CHS opened, the centralized computer system has not been printing to our own classrooms, as you know. Our stuff prints anywhere in school. This big mess is complicated by the fact that many teachers are just throwing the printed material away and not even putting it in the staff lounge for retrieval. I always put it there--it saves time, paper, and it is just courteous. Some of the things we print are also confidential, and easily identifiable and could be put in our teacher boxes.

I know IT is working on this. But in the meantime, could you also make an announcement so we can have our stuff?

Thanks,
Staff Member Flummoxed by Rudeness 

Making the Most Out of Teacher Collaboration

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/teacher-collaboration-strategies-ben-johnson 

Teacher Collaboration Gives Schools Better Results

http://www.psmag.com/magazines/pacific-standard-cover-story/teacher-collaboration-gives-schools-better-results-34270/ 

My suggestion: Principals have great influence. If courtesy is expected, courtesy will happen. (BTW, this actually briefly happened in a new school I taught in. Still don't know what happened to those IEPs I printed out.)

 

 

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 6/4/14

MzTeachuh: Special Needs Tweets of the Day 6/4/14: Reality and misconceptions about helping kids improve their social skills http://www.specialeducationadvisor.com/reality-and-misconce...