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October 30, 2017 Honoring Three Principles of High-Quality Professional Learning

In my role of Director of Innovation in Teaching and Learning at Schoolcraft Community Schools, my favorite tasks are providing innovative classroom strategies to my teachers and collaborating with them to lead to greater student success. After seeing the new report from Educators for High...

October 12, 2017 Investing In Your Future

My husband and I recently bought our first home. You always hear about the challenges of home ownership, but you don’t quite understand them until you actually own your own home. The electricity went out in our neighborhood in our first week, blowing a fuse...

October 10, 2017 True Change Needs Innovation and Creativity

Teacher-to-teacher advice is often the most insightful and most useful tool we have to shape our classrooms. This type of collaboration among teachers can spark new ideas, new approaches, and even improve student learning. Below are three awesome pieces that includes advice from fellow teachers. 1. Get Creative with...

September 26, 2017 Invested in Learning

As teachers we are always looking for ways to help students be more engaged and take ownership of their own learning. Instead of students viewing each task as "just another assignment," how awesome would it be if our students actually saw the purpose and actually set...

September 20, 2017 Engagement Through Learning Target Tracker

Everyday when students walk into my classroom, as they find their seats and I walk around building relationships by commenting on unique statement tees, Skittles for breakfast, and the occasional sick child my students know to open up what I call a “Learning Target Tracker”...

September 12, 2017 Two Truths and a Lie

If you’re like me, one of my favorite things about each new school year is meeting my new students and implementing my new lesson ideas. This week I’ve included a great Buzzfeed list full of seriously creative get to know you ideas from some of our teachers friends...

August 29, 2017 Going the Distance

I'm sure you know all too well, the excitement that comes with the first day of school. All of our summer planning and prepartion can finally be put to good use. The first day sets the tone for the rest of the year, and it's important that we...