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One example of how questions can be asked of teachers...something to think about and use as Anne and I develop a coaching feedback survey. A great way to model the risking-taking part of gathering feedback to improve instruction!

Hail Mary Passes...trying something new at the end of the year

There are many components to the teacher evaluation systems that are being implemented across twenty-six states. I want to take a moment to talk about one of the key components, and it's a biggie - student growth. Many educators are intimidated by the idea of showing student growth in the classroom.

It seems to me that most of these roles apply to us. With our feedback from the surveymonkey, we can think about which of these roles we need to improve upon or diminish as we plan for next year.

Article with specific examples of the importance in failing in order to achieve

Illustrations of the CCSS for math

Potentially an article to share with staff as we build their understanding of feedback from ASCD

From the general diigo website (most popular articles) This is a visual of the 27 ways to increase student achievement- a poster for classrooms, perhaps, to remind teachers how to make sure the students are "doing the doing"

article to re-define "failure" as "the starting line, etc" It also has a mathematical formula as a visual that Anne will like!

A free downloadable chapter written for students to help them read to understand in ELA, SS, Math... References "corncob reading" vs. active, close reading with metacognition

Imagine the intentional focus you would bring to crossing a rushing creek. Each stepping-stone is different in shape, each distance uneven and unpredictable, requiring you to tread with all senses intact. The simple act of traversing water on stones is an extraordinary exercise in concentration.

Have you ever thought about how silly we teachers can be? When we get in front of students, we present ourselves to be the ones with all the answers, and then after we talk to the students, we start asking questions as if we don't know anything we just talked about.

Scale City offers middle school students and teachers short videos, online interactives, lesson plans, handouts, and assessments focused on the mathematics of scale and scaling.