Ed thought of the day: Middle school teacher's mantra in June: It's not personal, it's a lack of prefrontal cortex. #middleschool Dan Beerens Carla Alblas Andy Spens Tim Cavey Mr. Riley Dueck Angela Laing Harry C. Blyleven Janice MacDonald Janet Vander Heiden Stacy Kaye Kristen Low Shannon Gillespie

You don't just "end up" with a positive classroom community, you gotta be intentional! #disciplinereimagined

Time to go way back to your Educational Psyc classes... If you want to build relationships with kids, you gotta Maslow before they can Bloom #disciplinereimagined

If all behaviour is communication, then it's my job as an educator to figure out what the students are trying to "tell" me through their actions. #disciplinereimagined

Thinking often directs our behavior, and yet Nouwen tells us, "You don't think your way into a new kind of living. You live your way into a new kind of thinking." It's time to ACT in a way that benefits kids, and eventually our thinking will follow. #disciplinereimagined

How different would our classrooms feel if teachers aimed to have the second-to-last word rather than the last? Restorative Group AMLE #disciplinereimagined

Restorative practices aren't about "losing consequences," they are about increasing responsibility and agency for students to respond to their actions. Nathan Maynard Restorative Group AMLE #disciplinereimagined

Two countries, one family! Meeting new middle school friends from across North America at our AMLE and Restorative Group conference. #disciplinereimagined

Learn to live for student generated problems where the teacher doesn't know the answer #alannovember #fisa2016

So proud of these Vocal Ensemble students today as they sang for our… instagram.com/p/BNQUPsqjfPnw…

#IMMOOC is BACK! Ramp your innovation game up to the next level! My latest post daveburgess.com/immooc-is-back/ #tlap #InnovatorsMindset #suptchat

Challenged by George Couros and #InnovatorsMindset to empower my students to make a difference. Here's to beginning a unit on #statsthatmatter

There is nothing better than team! x.com/gcouros/status…

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