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Episode 228 Transcript

…know, there have been a lot of cases of fraud and misuse of tax dollars, not only with private school choice programs but with charter schools. And then there’s also what I find really interesting right now with this rise of ESAs. GONZALEZ: That’s education savings accounts? FITZPATRICK: Right. GONZALEZ: Where people can, can use basically government money to spend on their kid’s education. FITZPATRICK: Yeah, where you could, you could pay for, like, online classes or tutoring or tuition. It’s very, very flexible. One of the things I think is interesting with that right now is that you have…

Notebooks for Classroom Management, Part 1

…teacher get into a calmer state of mind so he or she can make a smart decision, rather than a knee-jerk one. I guess it could be argued that it’s a negative strategy, that it’s not putting kids first, but I think a minute of student anxiety may be worth it for what they get in return: A demonstration of an adult who chose not to lose control emotionally, who self-regulated, using writing of all things to accomplish that. They don’t get the abandonment that one of my classes must have felt the day I simply left right in the…

A Day in the Life of a School Psychologist

…to be at the meeting, knowing it will require the perfect balance of data-sharing, empathy, and encouragement. She practices what she will say, checks her notes one more time, and arrives at the conference room only to discover the mother has cancelled the meeting at the last minute. Argh. So back to her regularly scheduled day. Allison grabs her bag and forces herself not to glance at her baby’s empty car seat as she sets off for her other building. She spends the next thirty minutes driving to the inner-city high school where she works, the one that recently made…

Episode 199 Transcript

…call a mini lesson. So a quick, here’s your learnings for the day. You don’t necessarily have to do it today because you might be in a different place in your writing process, but probably at some point in this unit, you are going to need this teaching point. And, you know, off you go, and you’re working on your independent pieces. So during that independent time, and in my head, there are two 20-minute solid blocks of independent writing time. So you’ve got your 7- to 10-minute full group lesson that everybody’s listening to, you’ve got your 20 minutes…

Episode 32: How and Why We Should Let Our Students Fail (Jessica Lahey)

…first, to warn them, to steer them toward a different path, but if they keep going, what comes next? Do we rescue them at the last minute? Do we let them off the hook? Do we try to get the punishment revoked, or get the bad grade changed? For some parents, the answer to all of those questions is yes and yes and yes, stop at nothing to protect our kids from pain. As teachers, many of us are probably familiar with the parent who begs or threatens to have a grade raised, who “helps” with homework using a very…

Episode 134: Repairing Harm: A Better Alternative to Punishment

…Like, not everyone, you know, you’re not hardwired with empathy. You’re not hardwired with a lot of those skills on how you affect others. So being tardy the first time might be you have to apologize to the teacher, you know. If you continually be tardy, you know, if you came in two minutes late, you might have to stay two minutes after. So what’s going to happen is that when you take away my time, you’re going to have to make that time up is a very common thing you do with being tardy. But what’s more important than…

4 Things I’ve Learned About Teaching from CrossFit

…review game, then a quick write, followed by two student read-alouds of pieces they are working on. The next day could start with a 15-minute session of Philosophical Chairs to practice speaking skills, followed by 15 minutes of self-selected silent reading, and finishing up with a fast proofreading exercise. In a math class, students could start with a Reciprocal Learning activity to review learning from the day before, followed by a Number Talk, and finally a team competition with Kahoot. The next day could include some work with manipulatives, then a Gallery Walk where groups solve problems together, finishing with…

Lessons in Personhood: 10 Ways to Truly Lead in Your Classroom

…people off mid-sentence. Have sensitive conversations in private. Respect other people’s time. 7. Lead with quality. Take a few extra minutes to get something right. Do what you say you’re going to do. Proofread. 8. Lead with humor. Laugh. Be silly. Don’t take yourself too seriously. Avoid mocking or ridiculing your students. Mock yourself instead. 9. Lead with enthusiasm. Share your obsessions. Geek out on the things students think are uncool. Show them that it’s possible to fall in love with a forest, a perfect pizza crust, the moment when a song changes key. 10. Lead with humility. When you…

Student-Made E-Books: A Beautiful Way to Demonstrate Learning

…of E-Book Are We Talking About? When you hear the term “e-book,” you might be thinking about the kind of thing you can read on a Kindle or Nook, and yes, those are e-books. But a broader definition includes PDF files, which don’t require any kind of special device to read. They also don’t require any high-tech software to create; I’ll show you how that works in a minute. To get these templates, see the link at the end of this post. Because this kind of e-book is ridiculously easy to create, having students make them is an…