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Team norms are crucial to healthy collaboration. Norms help us answer questions like: How will we treat one another? How will we engage with challenging content? What will we do if we disagree? ➡️ The Power of Team Norms: bit.ly/2XDpVo4 #edchat

The interview with Cornelius Minor in EL this month reminds us that EQUITABLE grading practices begin with a balanced and diverse assessment repertoire- one that lets kids show what they know and can do in different ways.

Joe Feldman highlights 4 shifts in grading practices that can both reduce stress and increase equity... a must read in EL this month! Joe Feldman

“...the term 'fall behind' is a social construct. This idea of where a person should be is not a naturally occurring thing. We know from child development psychologist Jean Piaget that all people develop differently & grow at different paces.” Cornelius Minor bit.ly/34wW42P

#NeverForget #TheManInTheRedBandana - youtu.be/S77KYbkmjwc

Today is the big day! Welcome to our newest cohort of OC21 Ss representing 7 regional districts. This will be our 1st "virtual" orientation and we can't wait to see all of you this afternoon! K. A. Keener Randy Hall Diane Cunningham Gregory S. Brown, Ed.D Fred Ende @GregNFredricks PNW BOCES

Before assigning #homework, Christina Torres Cawdery suggests considering the following questions. What Is Homework’s Purpose in a Pandemic: bit.ly/3nloCTW

Back to Basics: Lesson Planning for the Concurrent Classroom catlintucker.com/2020/10/basics… via Dr. Catlin Tucker

Serving kids with disabilities in remote learning: three key strategies inservice.ascd.org/serving-kids-w… via ASCD Inservice

AHHH MY FIRST PODCAST 🤩 I was so honored to be interviewed for Death Before Desk Job because I LOVE this podcast about creative pursuit + process. You can check it out (along with all of DBDJ's episodes) here: deathbeforedeskjob.net/episode-10-ker…

Great authentic ideas here.

Important now, more than ever...

So great to write with two amazing educators, Greg and Randy.

Here’s my statement on today’s violence at the Capitol.

Heard someone today say, “The kids are going to be so behind when they get back.” But, we recognize that the only thing they’re behind is our own perception of where they should be, right? The content we assign to grade levels isn’t inherent to age. We did that. We can undo it.

Here’s a prescription for stress-free teaching and learning. Follow these 4 simple steps: 1- Stop grading everything. No points, no percentages, no letters. 2- Stop assigning homework. 3- Stop giving tests. 4- Stop worrying about lost learning.

Happy to share my latest article on blended learning...formative assessment and feedback emerge again as essential PNW BOCES OC21 learntechlib.org/primary/p/2138…

I’m a gun owner. Do not tell me our Founders conceived of this carnage when they wrote the Constitution. Do not tell me they would have tolerated this madness. Do not tell me that teachers must be armed. And do not tell me your AR15 is worth more than another 14 children’s lives.

There is no such thing as being “pro-life” while supporting laws that let children be shot in their schools, elders in grocery stores, worshippers in their houses of faith, survivors by abusers, or anyone in a crowded place. It is an idolatry of violence. And it must end.