Something I've learned about collaborative team meetings is that establishing norms for teams that are already high-functioning & collaborative is still a crucial step to success! #collaborativeresponse Jigsaw Learning #getca2022 #alwayslearning

"But the more data you have in your gradebook, the more fair you are to the student and the more precise the final assessment will be," I might have thought at the time. "If every cell in my gradebook has a number, that’s proof of my professional competency." Rubbish.

I’m stunned by Pope Leo XIV apology. I know many delegates who came here and other survivors who long prayed for an apology are feeling a sense of Justice from this action.

“We accept this apology as a gesture of good faith, that he will come to our home, Turtle Island,” to continue the apology, say it for all of our people and family, said Gerald Antoine, Dene Nation, the Assembly of First Nations lead delegate to Rome. AFN

“Easy learning is easy forgetting.” - @PoojaAgarwal watch the full keynote session, Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning, along with the rest of the SXSW EDU 2022 Keynote Sessions with your #SXSWEDU 2022 credentials or After Pass.

(3) No learning is neatly quantifiable. Not all learning will be visible to teachers/institutions. Student work can't be columns in a spreadsheet. Policing behavior, tracking attention, and algorithmic surveillance are not teaching.

It’s #TeacherAppreciationWeek. Don’t exclude those of us who are no longer in the classroom. Some of us are advocating HEAVILY for teachers and students on the outside and just like teaching is HARD, so is activism. Once an educator, ALWAYS AN EDUCATOR.

“Why did Jane get 95% and I only got 90?” It would never fly for a teacher to simply say that Jane’s project was better. Specific, timely, constructive feedback is good not only for students, but for educators as well. ESPECIALLY if the one giving the feedback IS an educator!

Have you noticed that the "teachable" or "AHA" moments in class often have little to do with the lesson plan, but almost everything to do with relationships. Relationships before rigor.

Being a high functioning depressed person is so exhausting because I never really know if I’m actually okay or if I’m just doing things…

Pssst. We’re all behind on our grading. And it’s okay. 27 years. Never not been behind. No one cared but me, so I quit caring. Well, mostly.

Check out @ecsdlearning’s latest: The Learning Curve Podcast hosted by my teammate, Julia McLeod! Thanks @Mrs_Laf & Tim Cusack Ed. D.🇨🇦 for working with us on this fun project for professional learning 🍎open.spotify.com/show/5KQVBRwK9…

Thanks GETCA What a great convention… the learning keeps going!! #alwayslearning #successforall #udl instagram.com/stories/teachi…

The #assessment team is working hard this morning! What can assessment in ⁦ECSD⁩ look like next year? ⁦thewaskiw⁩ #ecsdawesome

This isn't sustainable. Teachers need to be able to do their best work w/ kids when we can give the attention they need & deserve. United Conservative Party of Alberta WMA funding model does nothing to address the ⬆️ enrollment, growth, & ⬆️ complexity of student needs. This govt MUST do better.

Check out the latest episode of The Learning Curve ECSD podcast! Marielle Poulin speaks of Redefining Success Through Equitable Assessment youtu.be/FFX2S9YjF6M ECSD Mother Margaret Mary

Looking forward to discussing Leader Ready with ⁦Vince Bustamante Ed.D.⁩. For information on the April 10th webinar click on the link below. We will be discuss four pathways for preparing aspiring school leaders. #corwinpress #principals #leaders #edchat #ata us.corwin.com/en-us/nam/fram…

📈 We can use informal assessments to guide teaching and learning, without turning them into grades. ✅#LeadInclusion #FormativeAssessment #InformalAssessment #TeacherTools #edchat #edtech #spedchat #sblchat

"Believing that the points we record in our gradebooks are objective, we then further believe that the sum of these points convey truth—truth about what our students have learned. But this, too, is a myth." from Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics by Peter Liljedahl

It's striking how many people fail to understand that quantified evaluations, such as standardized tests and rubrics, are no more objective than narratives & other qualitative appraisals. They just use numbers to conceal the subjective judgments that underpin them.