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January 27, 2019
Fundamentals of More Positive Relationships Between Administrators & Teachers
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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While teachers might need to put students first, Dr. Brad Johnson makes the point in his book Putting Teachers First: How to Inspire, Motivate, and Connect with Your Staff that administrators need to focus on teachers in order to help students. He also shares techniques for building positive relationships between administrators and teachers including a different take on classroom visits to make them more positive.
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January 24, 2019
5 Sure Fire Ways to Create Remarkable Graphics
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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Tony Vincent is a pro at creating graphics. His blog and work is full of amazing graphics. Today, he teaches us five sure-fire ways to create remarkable graphics. We can teach our students or use them to promote the causes we care about.
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How Do We Evaluate School Leaders? What Does the Research Say?
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Dr. Toby Travis, Headmaster and leadership consultant, talks about the effective methods of evaluating school leaders, focusing on the research.
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Toby TravisHeadmaster – Arizona
Dr. Toby A. Travis serves as the Headmaster of Desert Christian Schools in Tucson, Arizona (https://www.desertchristian.org/). Previous school leadership roles...
January 22, 2019
Perfect Can Paralyze You
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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You feel like it has to be perfect. So, you don’t finish. Sometimes you don’t even start. You’re not going to write down a goal if you don’t think you have the time to do it perfectly right now. So, instead of just losing five pounds in the next two months, you decide you’ll diet later and so you gain.
Perfect can paralyze you. It can keep you from making progress. It can keep you from starting. And if you don’t star...
No 1:1 devices? You can be an awesome tech using school anyway!
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Gail Charnick and her teachers are using a variety of technologies and showing that you don’t have to be 1 to 1 to be leading edge.
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Gail CharnickIT Coach – Virginia
I have been an Instructional Technology Coach in Prince William County, Virginia for the past 15 years. I am ISTE-T Certified, an avid user of Microsoft 365 products, and a Tech4L...
January 21, 2019
Virtual Valentines and 2 Other Cool, Easy Collaborative Ideas for Teachers
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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Dyane Smokorowski talks about Virtual Valentines, the Awesome Squiggles Project, and a fun trip with teachers to the San Diego Zoo this summer. Now is the time to sign up for Virtual Valentines where you’ll be paired with a classroom in another part of the world. You’ll exchange Valentines and learn geography! Then, the simple Awesome Squiggles Project gives students a mindful collaborative art project to do during...
January 20, 2019
How to Motivate Teachers to Change
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Motivating change in ourselves and others can be challenging but it can be done. Join Joy Kirr, 7th grade ELA Teacher, with surprising insight on why teachers really change!
January 17, 2019
5 Creative Ways to Connect Young Adults to Reading
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Librarian Karen Scott challenges us with some non-traditional practices to get kids interested in reading including organizing her library by genre and using social media and graphics to inspire a love of reading.
January 16, 2019
How We Disenfranchise Students of Color
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis
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Self-examination and reflection are important parts of improving our teaching practice. With this in mind, Josh Parker encourages us to reflect upon our practice as a teacher with working with a diverse population of students. This show is designed to make us think and open our eyes to mistakes we might be making without realizing it. So, for Thought Leader Thursday, today, we’d like to challenge you to consider if...
January 15, 2019
3 Awesome Minutes: Question Formulation Techniques (QFT)’s
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Chris Fancher talks about how to use question formulation techniques (QFT)’s in your classroom by sharing what he does in his. This simple 3 minute technique can change your classroom.
