Weston Kieschnick
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Husband | Dad | @TEDx Speaker | Bestselling Author | Coach | Podcast #TeachingKeating | I Love Teaching! Seriously. It's a problem.
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Homework is less valuable than a child’s extracurricular activities.
They gave school 7 hours today. Now let them put their work down so they can pick up a ball, piano, play, family time.
Don’t let your content trample their passions.
#FridayFeeling
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In a single year’s time, our nation’s children have endured:
-Global Pandemic
-Racial Unrest
-Food Scarcity
-School Closures
-Isolation
-Violent Political Insurrection
Check in on them. Hug them. Tell them you love them. They are not okay.
#ThursdayThoughts
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Want to help fix education?
Some parents better stop expecting teachers to put more effort into teaching than they’re willing to put into parenting.
Don’t @ me. I said what I said.
#tuesdaythoughts
#edchat
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The schools we walked out of won’t be the same schools we walk back into when this is all over.
Educators are developing new skills as we speak. Every day they get better. Our schools won’t just be different, they’ll be better.
#satchat
#BoldSchool
#edchat
#SaturdayThoughts
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3 Truths Every Teacher Knows:
💡To love this job, you MUST love kids. This is a non-negotiable.
💡Be prepared, but flexible. Plans will change. If they don’t, you’re not listening.
💡Your most successful moments may be invisible. You learn of them years later.
#BoldSchool
#edchat
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Schools spend so much time talking about tier 2 & tier 3 interventions. The things we do for some kids, sometimes.
We can nullify the need for so many of these conversations if we’d just dial in to great tier 1 instruction. What are we doing for all kids, all the time?
#edchat
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Don’t mistake educators’ concerns about
#COVID19
for weak-mindedness. Think about it. Educators aren’t weak. We aren’t afraid. We aren’t cowards.
We’ve been conducting active shooter drills at our jobs for years. Have you?
#ThursdayThoughts
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The difference between good teachers & GREAT teachers...
#edchat
#KidsDeserveIt
#BoldSchool
#backtoschool2017
#suptchat
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No test a child takes this month will measure their:
📍Passion
📍Gratitude
📍Grit
📍Creativity
📍Fitness
📍Resilience
📍Leadership
📍Self-Discipline
📍Curiosity
All of which will carry them farther than their state test score.
#BoldSchool
#satchat
#SaturdayMorning
#KidsDeserveit
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Teachers:
Those aren’t just my children who arrived in your class today. They are my hope for our future. They are the living legacy of my family’s past. They are a piece of me. See them. Love them. Give them what they need. Even when it’s difficult. Thank you for all you do.
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The single greatest gift we can give a child is not more content, assessments, or standards.
It is a relationship with an adult who believes with relentless tenacity in their ability to succeed.
#edchat
#BreakingBold
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I’m done hearing “our schools are broken”. Point to another industry during this crisis that has more quickly adapted to change, supported our most vulnerable, & served the community at large...without a bailout.
I’ll wait.
#BoldSchool
#TuesdayThoughts
#TeacherAppreciationWeek
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Remember that time your kids came home from their first day of school & exclaimed, “My teacher has the best rules!” Me neither. Make sure day one is more about relationships than rules. 😉
#BoldSchool
#edchat
#FutureDriven
#Culturize
#kidsdeserveit
#SundayFunday
#Back2School
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Getting mad at kids for making mistakes doesn’t teach them how not to make mistakes...it teaches them how to hide their mistakes.
#ThursdayThoughts
#edchat
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There is a new level of badass that emerged amongst teachers who stayed in the game after Covid.
If you are one of these badasses... We see you. We thank you.
#edchat
#teachertwitter
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After seeing Clay Matthews get penalized for roughing Kirk Cousins in the 4th quarter on this play, I can now say with all honesty...I have no idea how a defensive player is supposed to tackle a quarterback.
#GreenBay
#Packers
#NFLSunday
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What educators/parents are prioritizing to help kids right now:
-Instruction
-Technology
-Relationships
What nobody is talking about to help kids:
-State Tests
Let that sink in, & think hard about what might need to change when we return.
#BoldSchool
#edchat
#QuarantineLife
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Online teaching is NOT the future of education. It’s simply a necessary part of our present.
The future of education is in the realization that our most important lessons can’t be replicated exclusively online.
People need people, & that requires proximity.
#BoldSchool
#edchat
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Work ethic is more valuable than talent. Talent simply measures how easy it is to learn something. Work ethic determines how good you’ll get at it.
#BoldSchool
#edchat
#SundayMotivation
#LeadUpchat
#futuredriven
#SundayMorning
#SundayThoughts
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5 things that are “Always Right”:
1: Listen to kids as much as you talk.
2: Learn something new daily.
3: Separate feedback from grading.
4: Collaborate & share with peers.
5: Believe all kids can achieve.
#BoldSchool
#KidsDeserveIt
#edchat
#MondayMotivation
#MLKDay
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These people all taught us things. And we felt like we had real relationships with them despite only having virtual proximity to them.
Teachers: We can do this.
#BoldSchool
#BreakingBold
#edchat
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On the 1st day of school, if you spend more time talking about rules than connecting with kids...
#BoldSchool
#leadupchat
#satchat
#edchat
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Rigor doesn’t not mean more work.
Rigor does not mean faster.
Rigor is about the challenge. When work is rigorous, it means the intellectual acuity required to complete a task is profound.
#edchat
#wednesdaythought
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Comfort is the enemy of growth. Try early. Fail often. Pursue excellence with joy. And be an omnipresent model of lifelong learning.
#BoldSchool
#TuesdayThoughts
#edchat
#leadered
#edtech
#blendedlearning
#edtechchat
#digilead
#futuredriven
#futureready
#kidsdeserveit
#leadupchat
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The fact that state testing returned before all of our students did says a lot about some folks’ priorities.
#wednesdaythought
#edchat
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“A leader’s job is not to be in charge, it’s to take care of people in their charge.”
@simonsinek
#MSC2019
#edchat
#BoldSchool
#leadered
#WednesdayWisdom
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Trust; nobody wants schools open more than I do. Nobody.
Also trust; anyone willing to sacrifice 15k of our children, & even more of the adults who care for them, while threatening to take their money, should not have a say in that choice.
You can tell
@BetsyDeVosED
I said it.
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Take a deep breath. Here’s how we’ll tackle quarantine closures:
- Read with/to kids
- Encourage them to write daily
- Practice numeracy
- Create problem solving scenarios
I’ll be posting updates with my kids for the next few weeks. We got this!
#BoldSchool
#edchat
#satchat
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5 Lessons All Kids MUST Learn:
(Hint: They’re not in the curriculum.)
- Happiness is a choice
- Truth is a necessity
- Change is inevitable
- Hard work pays
- Good health is a treasure
#LeadLAP
#SaturdayMorning
#satchat
#edchat
#BoldSchool
#KidsDeserveIt
#leadered
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Unpopular Opinion:
Snow days should be snow days.
Miss me with your rebuttal. The challenge of a snow fort & the competition on a sledding hill beats that assignment in Google classroom 10/10 times.
Childhood is finite my friends.
I said what I said.
#edchat
#ThursdayThoughts
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“Engaging” is not a synonym for “Fun”.
When kids are engaged they are Curious, they Participate, and they Persevere despite the difficulty of the task.
#EducatorsATLAS
#edchat
#ThursdayThoughts
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A Reminder for Educators:
When you feed the source, you feed the resource. Get what you need this summer so we can give kids what they need next year.
#BoldSchool
#Leadered
#edchat
#leadupchat
#suptchat
#JoyfulLeaders
#edugladiators
#teachergoals
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To close the achievement gap we have to close the relationship gap.
The single greatest gift we can give a child is not more tests or standards; it’s a relationship with an adult who believes with relentless tenacity in their ability to succeed.
#BreakingBold
#ThursdayThoughts
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Next year, people expect schools to:
-Catch kids up who fell behind
-Address pandemic trauma
-Keep kids healthy
-Feed more kids than ever
-Operate traditional/virtual/hybrid
All while receiving less money than they did last year.
On behalf of educators everywhere...
#edchat
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Students should leave school knowing as much about themselves as the content. Start here:
❓Who/What do you love?
❓What drives you?
❓What are you best at?
❓Where do you need to grow?
❓What do you give time to?
❓What makes you curious?
#BoldSchool
#SundayMorning
#edchat
#k12
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Consider this. Every teacher in existence sacrifices time with their kids to help you raise yours. Every. Single. One. Give thanks.
#edchat
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This year, our kids’ school became a No Homework campus. Since then, I’ve seen them play more, read more, & laugh more. Today, my son & his friend were so excited about a project, they came home to put in extra work. Voluntarily. On a Friday!
#edchat
#homework
#BoldSchool
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In addition to academic skills, teach:
- Generosity
- Kindness
- Gratitude
- Patience
What good is an education if it belongs to a person who has no consideration for others?
#boldschool
#edchat
#ThursdayThoughts
#joyfulleaders
#leadupchat
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The 4 Stages of Learning. Don’t stop at “Ouch”.
#BoldSchool
#edtechchat
#edtech
#leadered
#KidsDeserveIt
#edchat
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For your
#blendedlearning
initiative to succeed, you must be as excited about PEDAGOGY as you are about TECHNOLOGY.
#BoldSchool
#LeaderEd
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Success has a price. It costs:
▪️Time
▪️Effort
▪️Hardship
▪️Disappointment
▪️Criticism
Despite the sacrifice, it’s never as costly as a life lived in fear of failure.
#BoldSchool
#edchat
#TuesdayMotivation
#RunLAP
#kidsdeserveit
#JoyfulLeaders
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Most kids are gifted and talented. The problem is that too many schools only recognize a select few gifts and talents.
#FridayFeeling
#FridayThoughts
#edchat
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Make sure this day at school is preparing kids for more than just tomorrow’s day at school.
#WednesdayWisdom
#BoldSchool
#leadered
#edchat
#teachergoals
#tlap
#FutureReady
#KidsDeserveIt
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A3: Reciprocal Teaching needs a more prominent place at the table in our nation's schools. Too many think it's simply a strategy where students teach other students. It's not. It's a close reading strategy w/ a .74 effect size whereby students do the following:
#BoldSchool
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📍30% of US teachers are over 50.
📍64% of
#COVID19
deaths in the US are people over 50.
Conversations about taking care of our kids going back to school have to include conversations about taking care of their teachers.
#BreakingBold
#ThursdayThoughts
#BoldSchool
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School may be mandatory but learning is optional. Students can only find success if they understand their role is active; not passive.
#BoldSchool
#edchat
#kidsdeserveit
#leadered
#MondayMotivation
#TeacherLife
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Technology is NOT pedagogy.
#EdTech
is most effective when it's an invisible aid to masterful instruction.
#BoldSchool
#edchat
#leadered
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Too many instructional coaches operate under a false assumption that their job is only to coach a teacher towards a better practice.
In fact, for many of our best teachers, their role is to coach teachers towards greater confidence.
#EducatorsATLAS
#edchat
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Classroom teachers ask between 300-400 academic questions every day, with some asking between 100-150 per hour. (ASCD 2009) Dial it back. Here’s a tool to help plan some questions & get back to quality vs quantity. Via
@TeachThought
#BoldSchool
#edchat
#MondayMotivation
#k12
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A3: You are who you surround yourself with. Be intentional about how you influence others and who you allow to influence you.
#BoldSchool
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A child’s effort will rarely exceed that of his/her teacher. Think about that the next time you’re tempted to give less than your best.
#BoldSchool
#KidsDeserveIt
#edchat
#satchat
#leadered
#CultureEd
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#BoldSchool
is one of the hottest selling books in
#edtech
. Buy it here or on Amazon!
#leadered
#edchat
#edtechchat
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Pedagogy trumps technology. Embrace innovation. But don’t be confused about what really drives success.
#BoldSchool
#edchat
#leadered
#KidsDeserveIt
#FutureReady
#FutureDriven
#edtech
#edtechchat
#blendedlearning
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We can nullify the need for so many tier 2 and tier 3 interventions if we just get tier 1 instruction right.
Less some kids some times.
More all kids all the time.
#EducatorsATLAS
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The least realistic part of Magic School Bus is not the magically transforming bus; it’s a public school teacher with only 8 students. 😉
#BoldSchool
#edchat
#FridayThoughts
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Humility is the soil in which seeds of learning are planted. It’s difficult to quell ignorance in the presence of arrogance.
#BoldSchool
#KidsDeserveIt
#JoyfulLeaders
#leadupchat
#edchat
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Every educator in America about to get that “Exceeds Expectations” on their next evaluation. 👊
#BoldSchool
#edchat
#TeacherLife
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Let me say clearly:
These are not “Covid Kids”, “Struggling Learners”, or “Kids with Learning Gaps”.
These are OUR CHILDREN.
They are gritty, they’re resilient, & they deserve to be defined by more than the trauma we’ve endured.
#SundayThoughts
#edchat
#BoldSchool
#BreakingBold
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Leadership is NOT a title.
It is your:
- Mindset
- Passion
- Vision
- Creativity
- Commitment
- Communication
- Attitude
- Intuition
- Confidence
- Empathy
- Generosity
- Humility
Don’t just call yourself a leader. Be one.
#BoldSchool
#satchat
#leadupchat
#SaturdayMotivation
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Parents don’t give us their children to make them masters of silence and compliance. They were built for curiosity, wonder, and exploration.
#BoldSchool
#edchat
#teacherlife
#kidsdeserveit
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Friendly reminder that “doing your best” does not mean working to the point of a mental breakdown. Work. Pause. Rest. Recharge. Repeat. You can’t fill from an empty vessel.
#BoldSchool
#edchat
#satchat
#SaturdayMotivation
#SaturdayMorning
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Teaching is an act of delayed gratification. Your hard work may not show up when you test kids. It will show up when life tests them.
#edchat
#BoldSchool
#SundayThoughts
#SundayMorning
#SundayMotivation
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In all we teach kids; remember to include these 10 things that require zero talent:
#edchat
#FridayFeeling
#BoldSchool
#K12
#learnfwd17
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We don’t teach content. We teach children. Period.
#BoldSchool
#edchat
#ThursdayThoughts
#ThursdayMotivation
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Grades don't measure tenacity, courage, leadership, or guts. Kids can succeed even if they don't get A's.
#BoldSchool
#edchat
#KidsDeserveIt
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The single greatest gift we can give children is not more content, more assessments, more technology, or more rigorous standards.
It’s a relationship with a caring adult who believes with relentless tenacity in their ability to succeed.
#FridayFeeling
#BreakingBold
#edchat
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You’ll never reach kids from behind your desk.
📍Engage
📍Connect
📍Relate
#BoldSchool
#satchat
#edchat
#TeacherLife
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School should be a place where kids learn how to do things, not a place where they learn they can’t do things.
#edchat
#TuesdayThoughts
#BoldSchool
#TuesdayMorning
#TuesdayMotivstion
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Surround yourself with people who share a common goal, not a common complaint.
#BoldSchool
#ThursdayMotivation
#ThursdayThoughts
#edchat
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3 Lessons I Wish Kids Learned in School:
💡Surround yourself with people who see your greatness.
💡Don’t compare yourself to others. It steals your joy.
💡Life is a gift. Wake up each morning with gratitude in your heart.
#SundayMotivation
#SundayMorning
#BoldSchool
#edchat
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More than 75% of the nation’s teachers are women. Grateful for strong women raising strong women.
#edchat
#InternationalWomensDay
#BoldSchool
#LeaderEd
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If you want 2019 to be your year:
📍Get up early
📍Give your all
📍Smile more
📍Try something new
📍Be positive
📍Give gratitude
“The secret of change is to focus not on fighting the old, but building the new.” -Socrates
#BoldSchool
#FridayFeeling
#edchat
#FridayMotivation
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Students can’t succeed in classrooms where there is a tool surplus and a strategies deficit.
Pedagogy before technology. Always.
#BoldSchool
#satchat
#edchat
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Our job is to love the students we have. Not the ones we wish we had. Then, allow that love to be reflected in the words we say to them. Today, and every day. Happy
#ValentinesDay
!
#edchat
#boldschool
#TeacherLife
#leadered
#JoyfulLeaders
#kidsdeserveit
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Patriotism does not live in a yearly flying of a flag, or a daily pledging of allegiance. It lives in the slow & steady grind toward improvement. Not because you dislike your country, but because you love it so much you want to make it better than it was yesterday.
#4thofJuly2020
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Educators, Parents, Students, Anyone Who Needs to Hear This:
Take a deep breath. Go easy on yourself. You’re not failing. This is just really hard.
You don’t have to be perfect today. All you have to be is a little better than you were yesterday.
#MondayMotivation
#BoldSchool
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“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” – John Wooden.
#BoldSchool
#edchat
#MondayMotivaton
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The most worrying sentiment I heard from parents during remote learning was, “I feel like I’m doing the teacher’s job.”
I hope we were all reminded; Educating children is not your job or my job. It is unquestionably OUR job.
#TuesdayThoughts
#BoldSchool
#BreakingBold
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Choose your teaching strategies like you choose your clothes. Make sure they are the right fit, at the right time. And for the love...change them every now and then! 😉
#BoldSchool
#edchat
#MotivationMonday
#Teacher2Teacher
#teachergoals
#teacherlife
#kidsdeserveit
#MondayMood
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Meet negativity with OPTIMISM.
Beat back sadness with JOY.
Resist anger & embrace CALM.
You control the day.
#motivation
#edchat
#SundayMorning
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Our children’s school experience will be shaped less by the grade you give them, and more by the relationship you have with them.
#BreakingBold
#ThursdayThoughts
#edchat
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Think long and hard about the people you influence and those who influence you.
“You will never outperform your inner circle.”
- John Wooden
#BoldSchool
#FridayFeeling
#FridayMotivation
#FridayThoughts
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A child who’s lost faith in the adults around them finds difficulty believing in anything. Be caring. Be consistent. Be the one.
#BoldSchool
#KidsDeserveIt
#edchat
#parenting
#SundayMorning
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Matt Stafford cleared to play after this. Don’t tell me the NFL takes concussions seriously.
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Our schools have been dating instruction and married to assessment. Time to rethink our relationship status.
#mondaythoughts
#edchat
#suptchat
#BoldSchool
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If you’re serious about growth,
If you’re serious about change,
If you’re serious about progress…
Then you have to be seriously comfortable with discomfort. You can’t dodge the process.
#SaturdayThoughts
#satchat
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I’m a firm believer that not a single one of us gets out of our profession alive, much less has any success, without the benefit of some really great coaching and mentorship. Who is your mentor? Who will you mentor tomorrow?
#BoldSchool
#edchat
#leadered
#satchat
#LeadUpChat
#k12
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#COVID
ー19 has proven:
Accountability is not the driving force behind great teaching.
We’ve removed state tests, teacher evaluations, and even grades in some cases. What happened? Teachers are working harder than ever!
#BoldSchool
#satchat
#SaturdayThoughts
#leadupchat
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The single most common factor for children who develop resilience is at least one stable and committed relationship with a supportive adult.
- CDC; Harvard University
#BoldSchool
#edchat
#FridayFeeling
#KidsDeserveIt
#LeaderEd
#teachergoals
#suptchat
#k12
#leadupchat
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“Successful mediocrity at the expense of innovation and progress is bad for teachers and worse for kids. Try early, fail often, pursue excellence with joy, and be an omnipresent model of lifelong learning.”
#BoldSchool
#edchat
#blendedlearning
#edtech
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Helping one kid might not change the world. But who the hell cares?! When did world changing become the metric that mattered? Let’s be okay to change one kid’s world. Then repeat that process over time. Let history decide the impact.
#BoldSchool
#MondayMotivation
#mondaythoughts
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Parents can support teachers in making sure children get the most from every school day. Make sure kids:
🔹Get plenty of sleep
🔹Eat more than mac n cheese
🔹Play outside. A lot!
🔹Read. Every night.
🔹Have routines
🔹Hear “I love you” early & often
#edchat
#parenting
#BoldSchool
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“In order for students to feel comfortable, sometimes adults need to feel uncomfortable.” Via
@TyroneCHoward
re Bridging the Equity Gap.
#MSC2018
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Teachers are paid shockingly little considering the future of our country depends almost entirely on how seriously they take their jobs.
#BoldSchool
#edchat
#FridayThoughts
#FridayFeeling
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And so we begin another year. In 2018/19, I hope kids:
✅Feel valued
✅Know they belong
✅Become problem solvers
✅Build positive relationships
✅Experience joy
✅Believe in us & themselves
Let’s make it a great school year!
#BoldSchool
#edchat
#BackToSchool2018
#KidsDeserveIt
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Being positive doesn’t mean you’re happy all the time. It means even when life is challenging, you’re still hopeful better times are ahead.
#BoldSchool
#MondayMotivaton
#mondaythoughts
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We’ve taught too many kids to pursue grades instead of learning.
Kids. Want to know how many times I’ve been asked about my grades since grad school? Zero
The only system that cares about your grades in school, are the schools that give those grades.
#wednesdaythought
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A1) Remember the 3 R's for Summer Success:
1: Rest - You can't give what you don't have. Use summer to recharge those batteries!
2: Read - Find literature that feeds you intellectually & emotionally.
3: Relationships - Connect with people who move you forward!
#BoldSchool
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