Guest Blog Post
Guest authored blog post regarding grading practices for AllThingsPLC.info at http://www.allthingsplc.info/wordpress/?p=2989
Guest Blog Post
Guest authored blog contribution regarding grading late work for Pearson Assessment Training Institute: http://wp.me/35iOd
Response*Ability
A reverse poem is a poem that can send two very different messages, all depending on the direction it is read: Read forward and the message is extremely negative, but reverse the same words, and the message is surprisingly positive (see “The Lost Generation” poem at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42E2fAWM6rA as an example). Data can be like that. […]
Convocations
When my daughter entered college, she and all the incoming freshmen participated in a convocation ceremony. The ceremony was brief but meaningful. It was impressive so simple that it left me wondering why we don’t do something of that nature for all of our learners experiencing a significant transition between schools. To begin, the students […]
Work as a Calling
Today, many of us are stressed: work has become difficult with so many financial cuts, increased workloads, and the technologically enhanced option of 24-hour-7 day-a-week connections to the job. At the same time, however, many of us are grateful we still have work. Some might argue that there is no ‘gift’ in work, no value […]
The Teaching Baton
It is never acceptable to operate from the place of assumptions in the teaching and learning process, and yet it is challenging to avoid generalizations in the context of predictable patterns. Consider the following scenarios: The fourth grade team is upset because many parents are not stepping up to help their kids at home. The […]
Fulfilling Destiny
A co-authored contribution with Amanda Ellis, Director, Instructional Development Now, the Star-Belly Sneetches Had bellies with stars. The Plain-Belly Sneetches Had none upon thars. Those stars weren’t so big. They were really so small You might think such a thing wouldn’t matter at all. Dr. Seuss, The Sneetches By third grade in most classroom […]