The structures, routines, and strategies I learned while implementing structured literacy transferred almost instantly to every other aspect of my day.

Wondering if the two certified “IEP mentors” and a bunch of coordinators on salary in the district special education department will be filling the plentiful vacant SpEd teaching positions we have on the first day of school. 🤔

Totally agree. 1. Stamina 2. Being bored Only in the last 4 years have I seen eleven year olds that will choose to stare at a wall or complain loudly instead of figuring out how to fill 10 minutes with one of the choices I’ve provided. It’s…wild

It’s not something constructivist education would ever admit, but it comes out in whispers: “progressive” teaching isn’t designed with strugglers in mind. It subverts Tier 1 prevention by refusing to break down and explicitly teach complex tasks, overwhelming Tier 2 & 3 support.

It’s almost time… welcome back!

- Classroom phone bans reduced academic inequality: lower-performing students gained most, whilst high achievers showed minimal change. - Classroom spot checks showed fewer disruptions, more engaged teachers, and fewer off-task behaviours. - Interestingly, while students felt a

Let’s say it again together: “Vibes aren’t evidence.” We must band together and use evidence-based practices to expect that basic reading proficiency is a reasonable expectation for *all* students by third grade — regardless of race, SES, trauma history, or zip code.

I’m watching a training video? where the speaker’s voice goes up? at the end of every sentence? like she’s asking a question? and it’s driving me nuts? …please stop doing this? signed, the world

Schools are about to have a major reckoning: how to justify keeping a device with a screen out of classrooms while making kids in classrooms do every task on a different device with a screen

Many of our students enjoy coming to school because of all the great electives we offer. This time of year, elective teachers are often sitting in useless PD. If you know an electives teacher, give them a shout out for being the reason lots of kids get on that bus. Thank you! 😊

I keep coming back to this valuable, succinct book. Our students need clear explanations and worked examples but so do our teachers. When we develop PD we need to give clear examples to our teachers so we can have greater success in our classrooms. Zach Groshell

How about a career in Special Eduction guys

Update: NOPE

PBIS behavior matrices are my Roman Empire. Behavior Expectations do not have to be this complicated, and students likely aren’t ever reading whatever you spent a day in a meeting deciding what to type in all these little boxes.

Getting my team together for the first time today. Hoping clear, consistent expectations across our grade level will have a lasting impact.

Great early activity in any secondary classroom: have kids independently finish the sentence “Getting an A means…” Then call on each student in the room to share out their answer one at a time while you record:

Many proponents of self-directed learning owe their existence to the fact that there is only one kid being taught, through tutoring, homeschooling, or otherwise. Their ideas don't scale to a class full of 30 kids, and they don't care too much about that little detail.

This is way too much to fit on a t-shirt, but if I could, I would wear it every day, all day. Bravo Tom Bennett OBE

“But a good relationship is the outcome of good behaviour management, not the other way around. It’s a product, not a cause.” 🔥 🔥 🔥

The best thing so far: this board of advice from last year’s 6th graders.