It can be challenging to engage 8th graders but this front-loading activity for WWII nails it! #conradyjaguars

We made it to Atlanta! #ESEAconference #conradyjaguars

Today’s the big day! So proud to represent all of our hardworking teachers back in Hickory Hills. #conradyjaguars #ESEAconference

ASSETs is almost over for the 1920 year! To help our kids celebrate all their hard work and dedication after school, I created this fun little 15 day countdown. Here’s the full link: docs.google.com/document/d/1UJ…

I found some media center ideas! Christine Droba Kara Smit

Congratulations to our Sertoma Club essay contest winners! #conradyjaguars

3 Strategies for Personalizing Feedback Online catlintucker.com/2020/04/person… via Dr. Catlin Tucker

10 ways to succeed with zero talent: 1. Be On Time 2. Show Up & Do the Work 3. Give Your Best 4. Be Positively Contagious 5. Have an Attitude of Gratitude 6. Seek Solutions 7. Have Passion 8. Be Coachable 9. Do More Than What’s Required 10. Believe in Yourself

As we use Google Meet to learn, grow as educators in this important time, and connect with students - these updates might be of interest. #infusedclassroom #GoogleEdu #chromebook

9 Ways Online Teaching Should be Different from Face-to-Face goo.gl/fb/dLTibE

These 5 tips can help educators create effective videos for learning. 🙌🏾

I “met” Nadine Gilkison👩🏻‍💻♥️ through the Smekens Educator Growth Day and was wowed by her techy ways. I would strongly recommend following her to catch some of her sparkle! 🤩

Check out these strategies for everything from organizing content and communications to building routines and planning activities. These tips will serve teachers well whether they're in school, online, or a little of both. edutopia.org/article/how-pl…

By subtracting the phrase "I don't know" from her classroom – and adding this list of sentence starters – educator @Ms_Manning20 makes more space for #StudentVoice. #MTBoS #ITeachMath

4 Ideas for Building Relationships During Remote Learning buff.ly/2XpGKAn

Thank goodness for instructional leaders like Caitlin Tucker to provide us with thought-provoking guidance catlintucker.com/2020/03/3-ways…

Equity-minded reflections on videoconferencing: COVID-19 and Videoclassism: Implicit Bias, Videojudgment, and Why I’m Terrified to Have You Look Over My Shoulder linkedin.com/pulse/covid-19… (Thanks Taharee Jackson for the piece and Alex Shevrin Venet for putting it on my radar.)

Here is some great advice as we move into asynchronous assessments.

.Secretary Betsy DeVos announced that schools nationwide should be prepared to administer federally required assessments in spring 2021. This makes our Illinois Priority Learning Standards even more important. isbe.net/Documents/Secr…

A colleague shared a video of a teacher putting stickers on her face every time a new student participated. I tried out the idea, and my classes were determined to get as many stickers on my face in an hour! Needless to say, I looked crazy by the end of it! 🤪 #whateverittakes