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Here we go again! Just registered for my first class to earn my MTSS certificate. Ready to grow further in my knowledge and how to best support interventions for curriculum and behavior. #2025growthgoals
An amazing tribute and such an honor for our @WyandotECS students and staff to thank our Veterans on this Veterans’ Day for their dedication and service. 🪖🎖️🇺🇸#BuildingBridges#WEareLakota
Got up early to vote and then headed to @HamiltonCoESC for professional learning on ETR & IEP Essentials. Growing my 🧠 on strengths-based reports and goals.
“The strongest link between parent talk about math & a child’s math performance was detected when researchers didn’t tell parents to do a math activity. Parents who naturally brought up #s or shapes in normal conversation had children who scored higher”
kqed.org/mindshift/64358/par…
The core skills of learning are a critical eye and an open mind.
Critical thinking is refusing to accept ideas at face value. Don't believe information until it's verified.
Openness is refusing to reject ideas at face value. Don't disbelieve information until it's falsified.
Is it time to roll the dice in your classroom? 🎲
According to research, board games can improve number recognition and comprehension, counting, and basic operations among children as young as 3. edut.to/3NqsD7P
The benefits of scaffolding are clear: Advanced learners will have more durable memories, while struggling students receive the support they need. 🏗️
Here are 6 science-backed ways to scaffold student learning, from Edutopia’s @YoukiTerada: edut.to/406S45F
ALT 6 Foundational Ways to Scaffold Student Learning. By Youki Terada, Edutopia Editor. Illustration of a scaffolding structure.
“There’s a lot going on here: a spiraling curriculum that revisits and builds upon themes year after year; an explicit teaching of underlying patterns; new vocabulary words, and a progression from the simple to the complex.”
kqed.org/mindshift/63315/lea…
The antidote to overthinking isn't thinking less. It's rethinking more.
Overthinking is ruminating on old ideas without a new lens. It narrows your focus and wears you out.
Rethinking is revisiting the same issue from a different perspective. It broadens and sharpens your view.