One of my goals is to provide our teachers with enough professional development to help them continuously improve their craft. It is easy for teachers to become insular and only think in terms of what happens only within the four walls of their own classroom, so a powerful method of improving practice is to observe others. Think about it -- when a business is successful, others want to know what that business is doing to be so successful.
In keeping with our theme of finding joy this year, I recently challenged the teachers to find joy in their colleagues. Their assignment was to observe two of their colleagues in action. To add a 21st century spin on the project, I asked the teachers to take a picture of something they were awed by in their colleague's classroom and add a caption. I collected the teacher pictures and captions in a web-based pin board called Padlet and shared this with the teachers, so they can see the great teaching happening in the rooms of their colleagues.
In keeping with our theme of finding joy this year, I recently challenged the teachers to find joy in their colleagues. Their assignment was to observe two of their colleagues in action. To add a 21st century spin on the project, I asked the teachers to take a picture of something they were awed by in their colleague's classroom and add a caption. I collected the teacher pictures and captions in a web-based pin board called Padlet and shared this with the teachers, so they can see the great teaching happening in the rooms of their colleagues.
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| KB celebrates Dr. Seuss in a BIG way! |
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| Making good use of the Surfaces, Smartboard, and Google Docs in one lesson! |
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| Learning goes beyond the four walls for formation. |
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| Mrs. Pederson provides edification about why the cartoon is an opinion rather than propaganda. Look at the source! |
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| Problem solving in computers! |
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| In 3rd grade, while learning adverbs, each student took a turn using the Elmo and Smartboard to lead a lesson using their notebooks. |
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| Watch out Rihanna, Katy, Taylor, and Ariana! These beauties are raising the bar when it comes to composing new music. |
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| PE PRETZEL POSE! |
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| Engineers Making Connections with Connectors! |
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| EC4A writes about leprechauns! |
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| Making colorful music with Mrs. LeFloch! |
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| The look of concentration says it all - science is serious business! |
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| Spanish Story Time |
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| Comfort Level |
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