From the Field
3 days 23 hours ago
from Megan Green
A program can only be as a good as the person facilitating it with the children. The Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) does such a great job of outlining the important skills and qualities of a successful leader as well as the importance of training and use of volunteers. These learnings are specific to AfterSchool KidzLit, but certainly could apply to any good programming we do with...
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1 week 1 day ago
from Ann Marie Corgi...
If this were a blog about what I think, you wouldn’t even have to guess what I’d say about partnerships. You already know. Partnerships are great. They work. They enhance the learning and the thinking and the social development in my classroom. They’re awesome. They rock. I’m the teacher, and I’m supposed to say that.
Yes, you’re right. I strongly believe it...
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1 week 2 days ago
from Peter Brunn
I was on Facebook today and ran across a post by an old friend. I knew once I read it that I needed to share it here. Finnie is somone I have known since we were young soldiers together. He is now a professor at the University of New Mexico, and someone whose thinking I hold in the deepest regard. In his post Finnie writes as a parent who is struggling with what his very young children are taught...
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1 week 3 days ago
from Patrick Graham
When we last checked in with Forrest Elementary, the school had completed a couple of months of Being a Writer™ instruction in every grade from kindergarten through sixth. The writing instruction has progressed even better than we had hoped!
First grade teacher Christine Dreele is finding that her students are able to come up with more detail than in previous years.
Kindergarten...
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2 weeks 1 day ago
from Ann H. Leon
I had the privilege of experiencing a dynamic and stimulating exchange with a group of progressive educators in western Wisconsin recently. They are forward thinking in their practice to examine, collaborate, and adjust their already strong system of teaching; all the while promoting growth by doing the work internally. The goal of our day was to support these teacher leaders to further their...
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2 weeks 2 days ago
from Megan Green
The great folks at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America have learned so much from implementing the AfterSchool KidzLit® program that they wrote a guide on best practices for their sites. They shared this guide with us and we want to share it with you; there is a lot to be learned here, and I hope you find this helpful. Thank you to the National Boys and Girls Clubs of America for allowing us...
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2 weeks 3 days ago
from Lyndsey Williams
To read about how this series came about, click here.
That mantra, by Mahatma Gandhi, has chosen to guide me this year. I wish that I could say I chose it, but I didn’t. Instead it showed up like an unexpected houseguest and made itself at home in my life—following me each day, perched atop my shoulder, whispering in my ear as I make daily choices. Last Monday, Dr. Martin Luther King...
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3 weeks 1 day ago
from Eben Montaquila
Looking back on how little my teammates and I knew about lesson study, I am in awe of how much my teammates and I have been able to grow since we started our journey in October of 2010.
As a rookie teacher, I loved the idea of actually having a structured time and format to sit with my teammates and discuss the planning and teaching of a lesson in detail. Recalling what I actually thought I...
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3 weeks 2 days ago
from Lyndsey Williams
Stories from the Field began as a simple request: Bring a short story or blurb from one of our consultants to a weekly interdepartmental meeting; other DSC members wanted to know about the work being done in Professional Development. The 2-hour meetings could also benefit from a warm and fuzzy interlude.
Since then, this project has grown into something that is truly dear to my heart. In a world...
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4 weeks 3 days ago
from Bill Goldsmith
[Editorial note: we love that Bill was inspired to extend the strategy instruction in the Making Meaning® program. We wanted to note that he teaches these lessons in a small group setting and Making Meaning, as written, is typically taught using whole class instruction.]
As the year progresses it is my goal that students begin to take more ownership of each strategy that I’ve...
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