End of the Year .......are you getting frustrated? Take a quick look.

           Click here to take the educator's three-step journey to reflect and refocus on student behavior.

THE GROWTH MINDSET COACH

I just started an amazing book for educators but especially teachers and principals - The Growth Mindset Coach - A Teacher's Month-by-Month Handbook for Empowering Students to Achieve

The books is by Annie Brock and Heather Hundley and begins with August:

 Teaching is a practice, not a perfection.

I just love this quote.  Learning is a lifetime of adventure.  Kathy

Visual is Awesome - no words needed

Have you used Mastery Connect for Formative Assessment?

Mastery Connect :  Has anybody had the golden opportunity to use Mastery Connect?  Does it appear to have more benefits than what you are currently using?  I know some teachers who have loved this for formative assessment - but they used it a few years back.  Let me know if you have an opinion on this tool for formative assessment.  Kathy

there is NOTHING wrong with failure

“If I persist, if I continue to try, if I continue to charge forward, I will succeed.” — Og Mandino     “And even if you don’t succeed… there is NOTHING wrong with failure (just get back and try again – and again – and again…).” – Frank Korb  Painting and…

Just what would the kids say after watching this - GRIT

Leaving a high-flying job in consulting, Angela Lee Duckworth took a job teaching math to seventh graders in a New York public school. She quickly realized that IQ wasn’t the only thing separating the successful students from those who struggled. Here, she explains her theory of “grit” as a predictor of success.  This makes me wonder how many students out there think that they don't have what it takes -- when they do.

FASCINATING information today at the WISEDASH training.  This really addresses all of the key pieces that a district must attend to for achievement growth.   How do we provide the support for teachers as leaders with coaching and a systems focus  --- being clear on why we want to do what we are doing and keeping the focus on one thing at a time.  Click here for an interactive model.