Instructional Routines are essential for effective & efficient teaching. These 5 vocabulary routines are tools every teacher should use. I put them on card stock & on a ring as essential resources for supporting vocabulary instruction. Get them all here :bit.ly/VocabRoutineCa…

"This is about kids. It’s about doing what’s right for them." -Hanford NEW bonus episodes! features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/

Summer professional learning is coming up fast, and we are kicking off our featured speakers with Really Great Reading!! Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity around research-aligned early literacy instruction. #gvbocessit bit.ly/3p1nMkU

NEW FOR 2023-2024! Norman Webb has stated the #DOK Wheel is inaccurate Te edutopia.org/article/how-us… Use this #DOK Grid for #Teaching & #Learning to define & determine Depth of Knowledge levels. Download more resources at solutiontree.com/truedok #dokchat Solution Tree #teachers

Please join me in welcoming Nicholas D'Amuro to the School Improvement Team (SIT)! 🤩👏Nick's background is in Social Studies. You can learn more about him and his expertise here: bit.ly/405NMcQ #gvbocessit

A new SIT session has been added to the 23-24 catalog! 🙌 #gvbocessit Register Here: bit.ly/3tX77RB

Writing instruction aligned to evidence informed practices is what you can expect with our upcoming asynchronous session called The Science Within Writing.#gvbocessit Kevin R Kirkwood Registration: bit.ly/3sN4rWB

In the most basic terms, reading lessons involve a mixture of reading text and responding to it (i.e. discussing text or producing written responses). And I think that in many (if not most) primary schools the balance between these two things is *way* off. A thread... 🪡

Direct or explicit instruction seems to be widely misunderstood. It's often characterised as boring lectures with little interaction and not catering to the needs of all students. Nothing could be further from the truth. A short thread 🧵⬇️

Thank you for sharing these great examples of paragraph writing Jeanette Breen. #education

Brad is coming to the GV Region! Don't miss it! #gvbocessit Kevin R Kirkwood Nick D’Amuro Jessica Petrosino

Episode 9 of Sold a Story is out today. Episode 10 is coming next week. features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/

The Reading League released its Curriculum Navigation Reports, using its Curriculum Evaluation Guidelines (CEGs), to generate information that can assist stakeholders in curriculum decisions. 5 publishers declined; 7 Reports were built; more to come... thereadingleague.org/compass/curric…

SIT & Sip is back! #gvbocessit Nick D’Amuro Kevin R Kirkwood Jessica Petrosino podbean.com/ew/pb-d5mux-16…

SIT & Sip is back Kevin R Kirkwood Stephanie Burns with a breakdown of the Blue Ribbon Commission recommendations on grad requirements. Some shoutouts to Erik M. Francis’s new work Inquiring Minds. As 𝕁𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕒 ℂ𝕣𝕒𝕞𝕖𝕣 says this show is pure 🔥 #gvbocessit podbean.com/eas/pb-j7wqs-1…

Have you heard that advocates of knowledge-building reject comprehension strategy instruction? Don't believe it. Any good knowledge-building curriculum will teach whatever strategies are appropriate to the content. @ClassroomWonder nataliewexler.substack.com/p/clearing-up-…

All things leadership at the 2024 Genesee Valley BOCES Leadership Institute! 🤩👏🏻 #gvbocessit Kevin R Kirkwood Jessica Petrosino Nick D’Amuro

My new book is out! The Other Teachers explores how workplace bullying, fear-based administrators, & collective burnout impact educators' psychological safety & efficacy. Read a sample chapter at: bit.ly/3BvYsJv #edchat #teachersoftwitter #teachertwitter Corwin