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Professional Development versus Professional Learning Communities1 comment

kquinnspu wrote 3 weeks ago: Our focus this week in my Collaboration and Communication class was comparing traditional Profession … more →

Tags: Collaboration - Standard 7, Communication - Standard 6, Instructional Planning - Standard 1, Collaboration, Distributed leadership, effective schools, Professional Development

Mod. 5: Professional Learning Communities1 comment

epowerkozloff wrote 3 weeks ago: The focus of current professional development in most schools surrounds the essential question: What … more →

Tags: Standard 12 Professional Citizenship, Standards 6 & 7. Communication & Collaboration, Collaboration, EDU 6600, PLC, student achievement, student learning

Week 5 reflection1 comment

Kyra Stenslie wrote 3 weeks ago: I was surprised at some of the ideas that came up this week, in exploring the difference between pro … more →

Tags: Standards 6/7 Communication and Collaboration, development, Improvement, Professional Development, school culture, shared professional goals, Sustainable Change

Unit of Study Fiction Writing Grades 3-5 4 comments

bestbookihavenotread wrote 3 weeks ago: Here are my notes from my first session at TCRWP Reunion Weekend. The presenter was a dynamo! Writin … more →

Tags: Calkins, Professional Development, tcrwp, Writing Workshop, Fiction, unit of study

'Star Wars - Medstar I: Battle Surgeons, A Clone Wars Novel' - Chapter 4 (Part 2)

jedicouncil wrote 1 month ago: Well, it’s Thursday and I can’t believe it’s Thursday!  Where the heck did my week … more →

Tags: IIG - Star Wars: Medstar I, Binghamton City School District, cdl, Fringe, Survivor, C. S. I., NYS DMV, five guys, Michaels

Dear Education, Let's Keep it Simple

hougan wrote 1 month ago: “Do we juggle too many things in education?”  “Are we trying to take on too many t … more →

Tags: Education Policy, Committee, Education, Education reform, Feedback, initiative, Marzano, Marzano Characteritics of Effective Direct Vocabulary I, or activity

Day One... The Teachers College Reading and Writing Project 16th Annual July Institute on the Teaching of Reading: Teach Me in the Key of Life6 comments

bestbookihavenotread wrote 4 months ago: Whew! What a great day! I am now sitting in my very dorm-y dorm room. Two major differences from whe … more →

Tags: Calkins, independent booksellers, Professional Development, Reading, Reading Workshop, reading-writing connection, School, tcrwp, literate culture

Professional Learning Communities Wrap Up

April Hayman wrote 8 months ago: If you’re like me, you don’t have a lot time to spend, well, on anything that isn’t important. You t … more →

Tags: online community, PLC, Creativity, out-of-the-box

Thinking Skills aren't just for students. Educators also use them in Professional Learning Community.

gregtw wrote 8 months ago: Since leaving the classroom, it’s been great to help teachers teach thinking skills to their s … more →

Tags: Thinking Skills

Getting up early (again)

bestbookihavenotread wrote 8 months ago: I’m up at the crack of dawn to attend the 76th Saturday Reunion for The Teachers College Readi … more →

Tags: Authors, Calkins, Professional Development, Reading Workshop, reading-writing connection, tcrwp, units of study, writing, Writing Conferences

Making a Difference: Media and Technology in Education

danaekaklamanos wrote 9 months ago: The process of integrating media and technology into the classroom has proved to be a challenging fe … more →

Tags: No Child Left Behind, technology leadership

Teachers College of Reading and Writing Project3 comments

bestbookihavenotread wrote 9 months ago: I have a dream.  I dream of attending seminars at Teachers College of Reading and Writing Columbia U … more →

Tags: Calkins, Reading Workshop, Writing Workshop, lucy calkins, teachers college

Learning Community=Learning Together

bestbookihavenotread wrote 11 months ago: I had the opportunity to meet with a great group of teachers from my district as part of an ongoing … more →

Tags: School, coaching, Reading Workshop, Professional Development, literature groups, Book Clubs, Choice Literacy

Leading Into the Future

thebizguy wrote 1 year ago: The subject of leadership goes to the root of organized human behavior. Leadership is so integral to … more →

Tags: Professional Development, development, Business training, Career Training, communication training, computer training, Corporate Communications, Corporate Training, diversity training

Teaching with Intention by Debbie Miller and a little bit of a meander5 comments

bestbookihavenotread wrote 1 year ago: “How do you get so much reading done?” I am frequently asked by colleagues. Well, number … more →

Tags: Books, coaching, Inservice, Professional Development, blogs, Kidlitosphere, Literacy, Professional reading, Debbie Miller

First Grade Authors

bestbookihavenotread wrote 1 year ago: I had the privilege of accompanying a group of first-grade teachers to visit another another element … more →

Tags: School, Books, writing, coaching, units of study, Calkins, Writing Workshop, reading-writing connection, mentor texts

Our Professional Learning Community at Work8 comments

Martha Rankin wrote 1 year ago: We’re thrilled to launch our 2008-09 Professional Learning Community at NMUSD Adult School!  T … more →

Tags: Adult School - NMUSD, PLC Work, Adult Education, PLC

Kelly Gallagher

bestbookihavenotread wrote 1 year ago: This is not Kelly Gallagher’s finest photo but I had to include it. Once again the Literacy Co … more →

Tags: School, writing, Reading, Professional Development, adolescent literacy, Workshop

Spelling Strategies and Patterns

bestbookihavenotread wrote 1 year ago: I picked up this book at the Lakota Literacy VIEW conference this summer, but have just recently had … more →

Tags: Calkins, units of study, writing, spelling, Writing Workshop


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