Teacher of Gifted Students; Advocate for Creativity and Innovation; Educational Leader; Instigator of Deep Ponderings and Meddler of Minds
Sunny Florida
Joined March 2016
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A silver lining of being a highly sensitive kid is heightened social and emotional intelligence.
New study of elementary schoolers: The more they feel things deeply, the better they are at recognizing emotions and handling conflicts.
Sensitivity is not a flaw—it's a feature.
Today's PD was a quick (30 min.) awareness on perfectionism and how we must build structures and routines to not only keep the focus on learning, but also equity of voice, growth and perseverance.
I moved so fast, they got whiplash!
#thinkdeeply
#keepthemthinking
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The best part of my job is getting to go out to schools, work with teachers and see the students engaged in conversations, laughing and building good relationships.
#joyfullearning
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I held another training on adding intentional movement in the classroom. Just received a message from a new teacher that she added 1 small movement strategy this morning into her phonics lesson.
"This is just what we were missing." ❤
#purposefulplay
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Another great day of training with middle school teachers and administrators on the many benefits of movement in the classroom! #joyfullearning #purposefulplay
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#SEL is critical to learning to trust, to learning how to grow, how to fail, how to be a friend, how to be a leader.
Educators know that #SEL works because their students SHOW THEM that it works!
Social and emotional learning is proven to build teacher-student relationships and a sense of belonging and community for students at school.
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It may not be easy, but sometimes the effort is worth it. If we claim kids deserve it, then shouldn't we at least consider some of these ideas.
the74million.org/article/why…
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I got to go visit classrooms yesterday. Every single room had intentional calm corners or zen dens.
Refreshing to see!
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Mrs. Taylor retweeted
#WednesdayWisdom - May you never be the reason why someone who loved to sing, doesn't anymore. Or why someone who always spoke so excitedly about their dreams, is now silent about them. #NoMoreBullying #KindnessMatters
#NotesToAYoungerMe #JoyTrain #StarfishClub @btharp22 @lilybearjoy @BethFratesMD
@melanie_korach @BiscottiNicole @SmrtAleks @Jim_dEntremont @CoachGoodman @KariJoys @JK45PE @gdorn1 @donna_mccance @KippPomra @DesireToInspir7 @bbray27 @MPHickie @iamashukhanna @drwilliams7777 @NicoletteEus @Bob_Lazzari @AnitaBGreen @coachadam34
Never ruin the relationship over a pencil. Is that really the hill to die on?
Cheers to all of the teachers who give out pencils every single day knowing that they'll never get them back.
#education #teachers
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I remember the last time we tried merit based pay. And I also remember a pay for play scandal in Atlanta, where administrators and teachers ended up losing their careers. And some received jail time.
Just pay teachers a decent wage.
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Nothing will kill a person's energy and passion for a new project like hearing, "in the past, we've always done...." or some version of that.
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Years ago, during a staff training on Socratic Seminars, I had a teacher tell me,
"I teach math. Not reading. This training is a waste of my time."
What do you think my face said??
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There's a new episode of #soldastory. Guess I know what I will be listening to on the drive home. #readingislit
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