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May | 2016 | Principal MKelly's EduMic
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Principal MKelly's EduMic. A Middle School Principal's perspectives on leadership, school culture, instruction, assessment and grading. Transitioning to a Continual Grading Period. Last April, I published a post. The End of Marking Periods. Traditional Grading Flaws and Fixes. Late last spring, my assistant principal and I met with our central administration, made a short presentation to our school board, and with their support, moved forward with our pilot. Throughout the implementation this year, we co...
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Sometime We Fail! | Principal MKelly's EduMic
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Principal MKelly's EduMic. A Middle School Principal's perspectives on leadership, school culture, instruction, assessment and grading. October 29, 2015. As a leader, it’s hard not to feel guilty and down about these experiences with failure. After all, when I look at social media, all I see is success stories and celebrations. But how often do schools share their failures? In what way do we discuss these situations? Failure Can’t Stop Us! Where do you discuss your failures openly and honestly? You are c...
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Happiness is…. – teach4spclneeds
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Let your tank overflow with LOVE. You’re quite perseverant at age 3. I pulled over to take a picture of the moon. My tires screeched as I stopped in my tracks. On March into Kindness. On My tires screeched as I stoppe…. On My tires screeched as I stoppe…. On Show love & kindness. Kelli Suding on A letter to our students:. December 27, 2016. Do you need anything? I sat down to start coloring an image when I felt my daughter’s eyes watching me. “Mommy, can I please color in your book? 8221; However…&...
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November 2016 – teach4spclneeds
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Let your tank overflow with LOVE. You’re quite perseverant at age 3. I pulled over to take a picture of the moon. My tires screeched as I stopped in my tracks. On March into Kindness. On My tires screeched as I stoppe…. On My tires screeched as I stoppe…. On Show love & kindness. Kelli Suding on A letter to our students:. Why Must I Strive to Be. Our daughter stood with shock and said, “Mommy, you’re not going to look like mommy anymore with glasses.” At that exact moment, I did not...To me, “perfe...
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Why Must I Strive to Be.. – teach4spclneeds
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Let your tank overflow with LOVE. You’re quite perseverant at age 3. I pulled over to take a picture of the moon. My tires screeched as I stopped in my tracks. On March into Kindness. On My tires screeched as I stoppe…. On My tires screeched as I stoppe…. On Show love & kindness. Kelli Suding on A letter to our students:. November 20, 2016. Why Must I Strive to Be. Our daughter stood with shock and said, “Mommy, you’re not going to look like mommy anymore with glasses.” At that exac...To me, “perfe...
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April 2016 – teach4spclneeds
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Let your tank overflow with LOVE. You’re quite perseverant at age 3. I pulled over to take a picture of the moon. My tires screeched as I stopped in my tracks. On March into Kindness. On My tires screeched as I stoppe…. On My tires screeched as I stoppe…. On Show love & kindness. Kelli Suding on A letter to our students:. Having a heart is one thing we’ve ALL got in common. April 30, 2016. Man in the Mirror. 8220;Im gonna make a change, for once in my life. Gonna make it right…”. Who am I, to be blind?
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Transitioning to a Continual Grading Period | Principal MKelly's EduMic
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Principal MKelly's EduMic. A Middle School Principal's perspectives on leadership, school culture, instruction, assessment and grading. Transitioning to a Continual Grading Period. Last April, I published a post. The End of Marking Periods. Traditional Grading Flaws and Fixes. Late last spring, my assistant principal and I met with our central administration, made a short presentation to our school board, and with their support, moved forward with our pilot. Throughout the implementation this year, we co...
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Making School Culture Our Focus | Principal MKelly's EduMic
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Principal MKelly's EduMic. A Middle School Principal's perspectives on leadership, school culture, instruction, assessment and grading. Making School Culture Our Focus. August 6, 2015. In curriculum or instruction sessions I’ve heard teachers express concern about not feeling safe to take risks. Or not having autonomy in their classroom to try new things. These concerns relate back to school culture. So why isn’t there more of a focus on school culture? I was recently asked by a participant in a school c...
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We Have a Mental Health Crisis in Our Schools! | Principal MKelly's EduMic
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Principal MKelly's EduMic. A Middle School Principal's perspectives on leadership, school culture, instruction, assessment and grading. We Have a Mental Health Crisis in Our Schools! We have a mental health crisis in our schools, and the lack of a sense of urgency is alarming. Anderson and Cardoza (2016) report “Up to. So why aren’t politicians, school boards and educational leaders addressing this crisis the way they should? Where is the sense of urgency? What can our education system do better? Blad, E...
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October | 2016 | Principal MKelly's EduMic
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Principal MKelly's EduMic. A Middle School Principal's perspectives on leadership, school culture, instruction, assessment and grading. Teacher Evaluation and Supervision: You’re Doing it Wrong. In a recent course I took as part of my doctoral program at Widener University, I was required to read. Teacher Supervision and Evaluation. By James Nolan Jr. and Linda A. Hoover (2010). When I got the book, my attitude was, as it normally is toward textbooks, “yuck! Supervision and Evaluation are Different.