Cory Heiman Some will claim that students won’t try their best unless the assessment is graded, but research finds the opposite...students are more engaged in the learning process when they know they will be able to fix their mistakes.

This is genius!!!! 50 Different Coping Skills for Kids:

PD Day 1 2018-2019 great work by the team today working on meaningful relationships.

Great day of PD at OOMS. Focus on 1. Discussion 2. Feedback 3. Self regulation. drive.google.com/open?id=1feGNv…

Do we have the will and skill to support students? U.S. Students Work Better in Teams, New PISA Test Finds blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-… via Education Week

Wonderful article on grading reforms by courageous, modern educators! districtadministration.com/article/no-mor…

Standards-Based Learning: Why Do Educators Make It So Complex? blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding… via Education Week

Quote #8 of 100 in 2018. “In the best classrooms, grades are only one of many types of feedback provided to students.” Dr. Douglas Reeves, International Keynoter, Researcher and Author. Douglas Reeves. And a really great guy.

Quote #10 of 100 in 2018 "Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other." John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States of America. "Every teacher is a leader, some just better than others." Me.

Quote 12 of 100 "The man who graduates today and stops learning tomorrow is uneducated the day after." Newton D Baker, American lawyer, politician, government official. Served as the 37th mayor of Cleveland from 1871-1937. He was a Georgist, which I had to lookup. Now you do too

Quote 13 of 100 "Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition." Jacques Barzun, French-American historian known for his studies of the history of ideas and cultural history. 1907 - 2012. I HATE that this tradition continues and continues. Time Mag 1956

Quote 15 of 100. "The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education." Martin Luther King, Jr. Clearly one of the greatest orators of our time, who's legacy started too soon.

Quote 17 of 100 "The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people." Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President, and a damn good one. Ranks 4th or 5th in most ratings. Quote seems like a unique concept for some world leaders today.

Quote 19/100 "Education is a debt due from the present to the future generations." George Peabody An American-British financier widely regarded as the "father of modern philanthropy." Was born in South Danvers, now named Peabody. Hmmm. A philosophy I STRONGLY agree with today.

Quote 23/100 "Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people." Steve Jobs, same guy as yesterday. Personally believe no truer words have ever been written! Tis our practice Solution Tree Solution Tree AU @MaraznoResearch REL Central

“When we know better, we have to DO better.” The Leadership Team at @EASTSIDE_gbrAR discussing conflict and what we’re willing to confront. #PLC4AR #leadership

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Quote 60/100 "We have a ever-expanding 'to-do' lists, trying to build momentum by doing, doing, doing-and doing more. And it rarely works. Those who built the good-to-great companies, however, made as much use of 'stop doing' lists as 'to do.'" Jim Collins It is so hard to do!

A great guide to help frame feedback that promotes growth. Good stuff. x.com/solutiontree/s…

Specific strategies that teachers use to truly make sure that all students are learning at high levels by not only knowing, but also living the phrase, “student by student, target by target": bit.ly/2q7TNFi #atPLC Scott A. Cunningham