ALT What formative assessments do you use to find out where students are in their learning?
ALT What Works for Me "Kids can be reticent to admit they need help or openly ask for it. So instead of saying, 'Let me know if you need help,' I say, 'Who wants me to come bother them?' and then they go 'MEEEE!' Or I walk by and say, 'You look like you need me to bother you.' Silly change, but it works." —Jessica Kirkland, Teacher
ALT "Teaching is hard, but I'm good at it, and there is nothing more fulfilling than helping students achieve goals and dreams and being able to learn and grow with them." —Teacher Jay W.
ALT When I ask questions, instead of calling on students directly, I first have them share their ideas in small teams. Then I call on students, not to share their own answers, but something they learned from a peer. I have them answer with the phrase, "My friend, _____, said ____." –Teacher Joelie McCrary
ALT "I see my 'lesson plans' as 'game plans.' I have an idea of what I want to do – an objective, a goal, a desired outcome. But if my students throw me a curveball, I change my approach on the fly. Not every plan works – make the necessary adjustments." —Brian Tolentino
![Teaching is a creative profession, not a delivery system. Great teachers do [pass on information], but what great teachers also do is mentor, stimulate, provoke, engage. – Sir Ken Robinson](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FyF4GFEX0AEXFRf.jpg?name=orig)
