Husband, twin DaDa, international educator, American expat, traveller lover of cycling, fishing, the outdoors, scuba diving, politics, and global issues!
Luxembourg
Joined March 2014
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Columbia to Dissolve Lucy Calkins’ Reading and Writing Project nytimes.com/2023/09/08/us/lu…
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A fantastic way to finish off the week and raise money for Syria and Turkey. The annual staff v students BB game always draws a huge crowd. Even better when the @ISLuxembourg staff win too! True sportsmanship and fun had by all. Happy weekend #islconnects #GoEagles
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Honored to be part of 4CV @ISLuxembourg class meeting today with written appreciations and compliments around the circle. Great well written compliments. Finished with news #islconnects #islthinks
Looking to have some conversations about scheduling in primary schools. How long are your class blocks? Same weekly schedule or weekly rotation? What’s working for your school? Or what’s not? Appreciate ideas/experiences!
As part of our G4 Illustrating Multiplication and Division math unit, Ss in 4CV fell in love with @grfletchy 's 3-Act Tasks so we decided to make our own! Creativity abound! Ss used @WeVideoEdu to edit and create theirs. @mathsmakesense @ISLuxembourg #islthinks #ISLuxLS
4CV Ss creating natural disaster resistant designs combining research from Rs Workshop, @tinkercad prototypes, and our PYP central idea how living things and structures are impacted by the changing nature of earth. Thanks @jennifercypra & @CchsmitMike! @ISLuxembourg #islthinks
ALT A one story hurricane resistant structure made of "concrete" with hurricane shutters.
ALT A drought resistant home with rain water harvesting to a primary water tank, a filtration system, and well.
ALT Clever well design using a used coffee pod for the bucket!
What whittling? 4CV Ss trying their hand at whittling in conjunction with our Reading Workshop unit on realistic fiction & @KateDiCamillo's book The Tiger Rising. Ss certainly appreciated the craft and challenge! #islthinks #isllearns @ISLuxembourg @jennifercypra @CchsmitMike
What an awesome way to kick off our How We Express Ourselves unit with a visit to a local graffiti park! The walk, the talk, the time outside the classroom, and the conversations were so rich! #islthinks #isllearns #islconnects @ISLuxembourg
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Fountains, statues, airports…G4 students collaborated to build creative communities in the @ISLuxembourg Makerspace #ISLuxLS @CchsmitMike @Chadvdh
Women ministers in the Luxembourg gov't have inspired the next generation of female leaders in my classroom @ISLuxembourg! "Mr. Chad, I want to be a minister like them when I'm older." @DieschbourgC @SamTanson @TainaBofferding #womeninleadership
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Never in a million years did I think I would be co-teaching with my wife, @katevdh, but here we are in G4CV doing it! I yielded to her and yes it was great!
@pvbstweets 😂 I thought you were talking about the use of aluminum foil in makerspace! Haha Wrong post! – at Luxembourg
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During our G4 inquiry into What is the Grand Duchy? Who is the Grand Duke? & What gov't does Luxembourg have? one my Ss came up to me, "Mr. Chad, I have a problem!" I said," how can I help?" S- "I have more questions now than when we started." Mr. Chad- "Perfect." @ISLuxembourg
Iterations of spoons with @jennifercypra during our class introduction to the @ISLuxembourg makerspace! #isllowerschool #islux
The Journal of Adolescence reports that in 36 out of 37 countries, loneliness at school has increased since 2012.
This Is Our Chance to Pull Teenagers Out of the Smartphone Trap nytimes.com/2021/07/31/opini…
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It has been an interesting first year @ISLuxembourg, but it has been a pleasure getting to know so many Ts & Ss in the Upper School while @ #islconnects! I’ll miss this space and its energy, but I’m excited to be joining the Lower School as a G4 teacher next year! #islux – at Luxembourg
Naomi Osaka and the Power of ‘Nope’
When the system hasn’t historically stood for you, why sacrifice yourself to uphold it? Especially when you have the power to change it instead.
nytimes.com/2021/06/01/opini…
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