Posts Tagged ‘learning’
Stepping Stones: My Journey to Becoming a Literacy Consultant (Step Six)
From the desk of Hope… I feel like I am at the half way point with my story — becoming a literacy consultant. My Blog, Stepping Stone Five, was about getting my Master’s Degree. That seemed to be a turning point in my career. As I said in that blog, “I kicked it up a…
Read MoreProductive or Crazy?
One of the things I wanted to accomplish this summer was getting some of my technology updated along with making my life easier. As the summer officially draws to a close, I have been able to reflect on this and am wondering exactly how this has helped me become more productive??? In late May I…
Read MoreStepping Stones: My Journey to Becoming a Literacy Consultant- Step 4
From the desk of Hope…. As I was preparing to write this blog I stopped for a minute to reflect on all of the schools in which I have taught , all of the grade levels I have taught and all of the principals with which I have worked. Here is what I came up…
Read MoreStepping Stones: My Journey to Becoming a Literacy Consultant Step Three
From the desk of Hope… One very important thing I remember doing as a “baby teacher” was deciding what I believed in as it related to teaching and learning. Believe it or not there are quite a few philosophies floating around the world of education. I made a decision to become a constructivist teacher many,…
Read MoreStepping Stones: My Journey to Becoming a Literacy Consultant – Step Two
From the desk of Hope… I am a little leery about saying this right out in front of all you but I am going to anyway…… When I first started teaching school, I had no idea what I was doing. I had gone to college for four years to be a teacher and made good…
Read MoreThe Reading Gods are Coming
Hope and I were talking to today about our company, the hiccups, the successes, and how we continue to feel fortunate everyday to do what we love and still pay our bills. Really- this came up as part of our conversation today. As part of that package, we have had the privilege to meet several…
Read MorePlus One
Today was my first full day back in schools. I had the pleasure of returning to a school I worked in last year and all of my teachers in my project are exactly the same. This is almost an anomaly within my line of work. I get the same people, same project, and have the…
Read MoreStudent Book Clubs
I recently had the pleasure of being part of a book club experience for parents and students who are headed into 3rd grade. The teacher assigned a text for the summer and wanted the readings to be done with the parents as part of their summer learning. We met at a lovely home last week…
Read More5 Things You Can Do to Encouarge a Growth Mindset in Kids (via Wonder of Children blog)
I have spent a lot of time this week with parents and talking about kids, reading, and learning. It is one of the best parts of my job and if I had my wish, I would do much more parent education sessions than I currently do. As I was preparing to write tonight’s blog, I…
Read MoreWhat a Good Idea!
From the desk of Hope… This title is purposefully meant to be sarcastic. Now that you know this, go ahead and read it again with the full tone of sarcasm. You can add the head shake and eye roll too! Alice and I have taken on our first high school project. We are preparing…
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