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1 year

Had to put my desks in rows today for an assessment. Hate rows. One of my kids: “Ah, back to the factory setting.”

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3 years

Ah, you’re preparing kids for the real world... So, you’re... ...allowing retakes. ...extending deadlines. ...allowing resources on tests. ...letting them pursue their passions. ...giving them evenings/weekends off. Thank you. It’s important to prepare them for the world.

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6 years

Meg fell asleep in class yesterday. I let her. I didn't take it personally. She has zero-hour math, farm-girl chores, state-qualifying 4X400 fatigue, adolescent angst, and various other things to deal with. My class is only a part of her life, not her life. No, she did not use

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3 years

I don’t have high, low, or in-the-middle students. I only have where-they-are students. And that’s where I meet them. #Project180

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1 year

Dear Teacher, Your kids missed you. Not your classroom. Not your content. They missed you. You did that. No easy thing to be what kids need. But it’s less-hard when all they need is you (to be you). Let that be the lift you need tomorrow. Sincerely, Not-So-Secret Admirer

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2 years

I was a teacher for (many) years before discovering I really wasn't teaching. I was talking, assigning, grading. And I thought I was teaching. Truly. I wasn't. I didn't start teaching until I learned to respond to each kid's learning. That is where/when I become a teacher.

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1 year

Thank you to all who are preparing kids for the “real world.”

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2 years

I am not an ideal teacher teaching ideal students in an ideal classroom in an ideal building in an ideal district in an ideal state in an ideal nation in an ideal world. I’m a real teacher teaching real students...in a real world. And it’s real fucking hard. Sorry to swear.

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2 years

“I am not assessing your work to grade you. I am assessing your work to help you. I am simply joining you in your learning, so together we can build better.” I used to think teaching was assigning and grading the work. Now I believe it is framing and supporting the work.

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5 years

I let Ss go to the restroom when they want. No tickets, point deductions, or games. It’s a basic human need. Passing time? It’s their 5 mins. of freedom. If they choose to go then, great. If not, they may go during class. It’s not about power. It’s about people. We teach people.

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5 years

1)Summers off? Yes, I am away from school. Yes, I am enjoying not "being on." But school, my charge, my calling is ever on my mind. Mowing lawn: How am I going to get kids to read more? Taking out the trash: What if I had kids write comics for argument? Teachers live in Everland.

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3 years

Once upon a classroom, I thought I gave students a voice. But it's not mine to give. I cannot give what they already own. But I can give an ear. That is mine to give. Student voice is already there. It's not something we give. It's something we honor. And we do when we listen.

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2 years

When I made the jump to a gradeless classroom, losing grades wasn't the most consequential learning benefit. Losing power was, for I could no longer use & abuse the power of grades to create conditions of compliance. I had to learn to create & teach in conditions of commitment.

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9 months

She needs a reteach. He needs food. They need sleep. She needs empathy. He needs attention. They need directions. She needs time. He needs therapy. They need a shower. She needs friends. He needs money. They need a smile. And that's just one fraction of one period of one day.

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2 years

If I were a school leader visiting a classroom, before I asked kids what they were learning, I’d ask them how well they knew the people in the room. If the people who spend months together don’t know each other, then we’ve missed an opportunity, missed the point. #connections

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5 years

Proud of my principal today. He asked us to please not handout our syllabi the first day, asking us instead to focus on getting to know our kids. It’s nice to work in a place where relationships are valued. 🙂

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2 years

Admin. Those teachers who step up and take on the harder cases because they can work with “those kids.” Write them a card this week. We’re only a quarter of the way through the year, and they’ve already spent a full year of empathy. Lift ‘em up. Long road ahead.

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4 years

I dream of a system where instead of kids asking, “Is this gonna be graded?” They ask, “Is this gonna help me grow?” Kids ain’t to blame. We created the script. We can change the script. Time for a new conversation. Change the conversation. Change the system.

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2 years

I wrote the first sentence for him. I wrote the second sentence with him. He wrote the third sentence with me. He wrote the fourth sentence for himself. He kept writing. It was an assessment. But that will skew the grading. Who said anything about grading? We were learning.

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2 years

Sometimes, "getting going" is as much a challenge as "getting done" for our kids. Here's how I support either endeavor when my kids need a nudge. #Project180

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6 years

essay done. In fact, serendipitously, she proudly told me so when I ran into her at the grocery store at 6:45 this morning. She was getting some breakfast before her 7:10 math class. She'd been up since 5:00 doing chores. #myroom #project180

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5 years

No, I don’t write kids up. Don’t have to. Interestingly, my peers who criticize my “soft” ways, frequently send Ss to office. Treating Ss like people isn’t turning a blind eye. I am in tune & touch with my room’s culture. While my peers are “catching” Ss, I’m connecting w/kids.

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3 years

I am as many teachers as I have students. The teacher I am for John is not the teacher I am for Sally. And Jimmy needs me to be a teacher I didn’t know I could be. And Sue. Well, I haven’t found the right fit for her. Maybe I won’t. 😔 I will try to be 142 teachers this year.

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5 years

I am not a great teacher, not even good. I am a better teacher, not better than you, him, her, them—not better than anyone. I am just better than I was. Good and great suggest an end, I am more interested in my next better around the bend. I just keep chasing better. #project180

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4 years

Email from kiddo who got her wisdom teeth out today: “Would it be possible to turn my work in on Saturday? I am in a lot of pain, and...” Me: “Nope. Not possible. Saturday is too soon. Please take all the time you need.” In 25 years, I’ve never given work that couldn’t wait.

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3 years

And so, the longest Sunday of the teacher’s year is here. August.

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3 years

Could you teach kids without using grades? Would kids learn without using grades? Should we be using grades?

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3 years

When I came to accept that everyone I teach matters more than anything I teach, the experience changed for everyone.

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5 years

#MyRoomMessage

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1 year

#MyRoomMessage

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1 year

“You’re my favorite teacher.” From the kid who does nothing. Still trying to figure out how to wear this hat.

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4 years

Student: "I hope you don't mind me turning this in tomorrow instead. My brain is fried." Me: I'm fine with tomorrow or tomorrow or tomorrow. We can always give our kids another tomorrow. Always. Deadlines and due dates are artificial ends. Empathy exceeds. Empathy endures.

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4 years

13 yo daughter on our bike ride yesterday: “Dad, I think some teachers forget that we don’t have their skill set with the subject. It might take them 20 minutes to do, but it takes us like 70 minutes. I think they should remember that.” Me: “Yes, they, we-I-should.” #KidsKnow

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5 years

In a slip of the tongue during this stressful time, I engaged in negative self-talk, calling myself an idiot. Apparently, that did not sit well with one of my kids. She left this on my computer. They are always listening. I needed this today. Words matter. #WeAreModels

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1 year

Grading v. Learning Dear Parent, Your child is failing my class. Dear Parent, I am concerned that your child is not learning. #Project180

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3 years

Pacing guide? Oh, you mean my kids. Yeah, I got a pacing guide.

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11 months

I have a strict "no-late-work" policy. There's no late work. There's only work. Work worth doing. It's due when it's done. Done matters more than when. #Project180

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5 years

I imagine a world... Any kid anywhere: Can I retake the test? Every teacher everywhere: Yes. Doesn’t have to be fit of fancy. It can be a reality. Possible or impossible. It’s a choice. We choose our kids’ realities. (And, yes, there are retakes in the “real world.”)

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10 months

When my (former) principal literally pulled my projector screen up to make sure I had a learning target during a walkthrough (despite the live, kick-ass learning experience going on in front of him), I quit learning targets. Oh, I post them, but they're not for us. #playthegame

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1 year

Pssst. We’re all behind on our grading. And it’s okay. 27 years. Never not been behind. No one cared but me, so I quit caring. Well, mostly.

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1 year

I remind myself how hard it is for me to sit through two 30-minute staff meetings a month when I see kids struggling to sit through roughly 400 minutes of school each day. Wonder what parts of their day could’ve been an email?

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1 year

People throwing shade at those experimenting with grading. People forgetting no one taught us how to grade. People pretending what they've done, what they're doing, and what they will be doing isn't made up. People, please. It's all made up. So, let's make it better.

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6 months

Every time a kid walks in my room, I feel the weight of responsibility. Thing is. They never really leave the room. After 28 years, they're still in the room--all of them. Heavy job, ours.

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6 years

But I can give her a break. She was not being rude or disrespectful yesterday when she nodded off. She was tired. So I gave her a break. I can do that. And I want to believe, I have to believe--else my life is a lie, that it will come back in the end. And it did. Meg got her

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1 year

Dear Teacher, It’s Sunday night, and I promised I’d remind you that you’re okay. That weight-of-the-world-on-your-shoulders feeling is just your heart filling up for kids. You’re okay. In fact, you’re pretty damn remarkable. There’s your reminder. ~Not-So-Secret Admirer

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4 years

Here’s the problem with putting so much weight on the daily, “by-the-end-of-the-period-students-can” learning targets. It presumes learning is on a schedule and learners are all the same. Learning is not something easily “canned.” Learning is an experience, not a target. #journey

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10 months

They're okay with a C. Their parents are okay with a C. I'm okay with a C. As long as they are okay. Low expectations? Not at all. Their well-being is among the highest of my expectations. But? But, what? I should care more about grades? I'd rather care more about kids.

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4 years

#MyRoomMessage

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5 years

“Sy, I need a place to cry.” “Wanna talk about it, or do you just wanna cry, kiddo?” “I just need to cry.” “Okay.” Sometimes, they just need to know that we see their humanity, that we understand. #biggerthancontent #myroom

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2 years

#MyRoomMessage

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2 years

Once upon a classroom, I thought myself the host of the house, "My Teaching." Now, I humbly accept that I am a guest in the house, "Their Learning." Their Learning guides My Teaching. This changed everything for me. #Project180

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6 years

if it goes against the grain, for I am not always convinced the grain best considers kids. In a different room, Meg may have been written up for sleeping in class and given a zero for a missing essay, but she wasn't in a different room; she was in my room. My room.

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6 years

her time wisely in class yesterday. She didn't get her essay turned in. She knew that. I knew that, but I didn't beat her up about it. Didn't have to. She emailed it to me last night at 9:00 PM. On her own. I know we all somewhat subscribe to this notion that there's a right way

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6 years

of doing things, and letting kids sleep in class falls outside the boundaries. I get it, and I'm not suggesting that we make it a permanent part of repertoire /routine, but I am suggesting that we sometimes trust our instincts, even if it goes against the grain, maybe especially

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2 years

"You can't fail my class. I want you to focus on finding learning, not avoiding failure." This is a day-one pledge. No matter what, I won't fail kids. I set the bar high. Focusing on passing is low-bar, gate-keeping thinking. Focusing on learning is only-up, growth thinking.

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5 years

7th grade daughter on our way home tonight. “Dad, my favorite class changes all the time. It depends on the mood of the teacher.” The mood of the teacher. Fair or not, we wield a power to make or break days. We do our best to make their days. Sadly, some days we don’t.

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3 years

My mom called during class today. She thought it was my lunch break. I answered. We talked briefly. I told her I loved her. Then, I told my kids, "When Mom calls, you gotta answer." We laughed. We got back to work. Phones aren't ruining education. Ed's got bigger problems.

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25 years. 25 Lessons. #23 -Penalizing late work is punishment. Period. Another lesson learned late. Ran the full gamut here for years. Tried to rationalize it as teaching responsibility. Eventually realized I was just punishing kids for not complying with my arbitrary rules.

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Forgive me. I have sinned. We have 2 weeks to go, and I am done (got nothing left). I know I shouldn’t be. I don’t want to be. But I am. Could have kept it hidden. Maybe I hoped a confession would help. It didn’t. Let my guilt be my penance. Teaching’s hard. 😔

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"There are too many kids on their phones." Yes, the school-as-a-microcosm phenomenon is in full effect. We teach who society sends us. "Just take their phones." It's not on us to stem the tide. Starts at home. You CAN take their phone away. But you won't. Phones are here.

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6 years

And in my room there are lots of things I CAN do. I can't control the world outside. I can't offer Meg a math class later in the day. I cannot feed her horses (many horses) in the morning or evening. I cannot run 6 race-pace 300's for her. I cannot spirit away her teen trouble.

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2 years

Do Date v. Due Date I tell my kiddos... “Do is more important than due. For now, let’s just make today the ‘do date.’ We’ll worry about the other ‘due date,’ then, when it’s done. Do first. When done, then due. Do. Done. Due.” The power of “do” over the power of “due.”

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3 years

John lingered after class today. He waited till all his peers were gone. Me: “What’s up John?” John: (voice cracking w/emotion) “The board message really hit me today. I really needed to hear that.” Most of the time I have no idea if my messages matter. Today I know.

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1 year

Once upon a time in a grading classroom: “Sorry, kiddo, there’s nothing you can do to improve your grade.” Now, in a learning classroom: “Yes, kiddo, there’s plenty you can do to improve your learning.” It’s my job to pave the way, not keep the gate. Learning doesn’t end.

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5 years

Not, by any means, suggesting that an ELA teacher's job is any harder than anyone else's, but sheesh man, if you wanna see a teacher earn his bucks, watch him help kids with their writing. Tall task on the Monday after spring break. Gotta find my sea legs again.

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1 year

Teachers are trees.

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1 year

Said the word. "Bullshit." With love. Had to call a kiddo out yesterday. And this is how I had to do it. Professional? No. Appropriate? Probably not. Effective? Yes. With THIS kiddo, in THIS moment. Officially endorsing swearing at kids? Nope, just revealing reality.

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1 year

Once upon a classroom, I would have ardently argued for the need to penalize late work. Now I cannot imagine such a place. So, consequently, I don't judge others' journeys when they share from such a place. For, when we journey, we don't stay in places. We move. We grow.

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3 months

Teachers. Young, new, old (all). Take the day off. Took me too long to figure this out. Trust me, I know it’s often harder to be gone, but it’s just school. “It’s just school.” I can finally say that and mean it Living and learning go on. Take the day.

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3 years

I didn't ask for permission when I changed my grading practices. Whom would I have asked? The same person who gave me permission to use traditional grading practices? I looked. I couldn't find him. It's almost like he never existed. And that was all the permission I needed.

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5 years

Been moved a bunch by kids’ words the past few days, but this anonymous letter shook my core...

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1 year

Making shit up about making shit up. Year 1: No late work. Year 3: 50% penalty. Year 6: 10% every day late. Year 9: 30% penalty. Year 12: 2 weeks from due date (no penalty) Year 15: By the last week of the term. Year 27 (now): Work is work. Learning is learning. #Project180

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3 years

I have learned that when I have my compass set to kids, I find my way. Kids are the way. #Project180 @edutopia

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2 years

We get the “hard kids.” Because we can “handle” them. No, we “get” the hard kids. Is there a stipend for that? Because, sometimes, we get them too much. And it feels like an extra-curricular gig. Ain’t complainin’, just sayin’ #AboveAndBeyond

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5 years

Funny how adults seem to be able to learn without points or grades. Wonder if kids could do the same? Of course, if we took those things away, we may well have to imagine a different way to teach. Might be uncomfortable, even scary, for awhile, but it might be better in the end.

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If I’ve gotten better at teaching English over the years, it’s not because I’ve learned more about English; it’s because I’ve learned more about kids. And the more I’ve learned, the more I want to learn about being a better teacher. Best PD (personal development) ever. Kids.

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2 years

As the story goes... "Your unconventional grading is impacting my room, our department, our school." To which I reply, "I know. That's the plan. Your conventional grading was impacting my room, our department, our school." Plans change. Glad mine is changing. #Project180

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Me (quietly): “Shit.” Kids close by: “Sy, language.” Me: “Oh, sorry. Dad just went to the hospital with a heart attack.” Kids: “Oh. Swear all you want.” Shit happens at school.

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3 years

Not once. Not once did someone teach me how to grade in college. Not once in my 25 years has someone in a position of authority asked me to explain/defend my grading policies. It’s almost as if I made them up on my own.

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2 years

Maybe instead of “grading policies,” we should have “learning policies.” Instead of “this is how I will grade you,” we establish “this is how I will support you.” #Project180

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3 months

Teachers don’t get burned out from working with kids. We get burned out from playing school. There’s a simple, sustainable joy in working with, even for, kids. Let us teach. We’re pretty good at it.

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4 years

Once had a counselor question a comment on a midterm report card. “How can a student who’s failing your class be a joy to have in class?” I tried to explain. Not sure I succeeded. Grades mark learning, not character. Some of my favorite kids have been my worst students.

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Not every kid wants an A. Not every kid wants to go to college. Not every kid wants to play a sport. But every kid wants to matter. No matter what they want. #Project180

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2 years

When I made the leap from a grading-centered classroom to a learning-centered classroom, I had to change much, including my beliefs (and kids' and parents' beliefs) about learning. Still wondering about and wandering along this path. With grades gone, how would I go on?

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3 years

Unexpected student feedback on a recent Check-in Chapter for their Learning Stories. "I am being nicer to people because of how you treat us in here." If I am never remembered for anything else...

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A1: Once I discovered & accepted that I don't have high, middle, or low kids, I embraced that I only have where-they-are kids. It's the only place they can be, and that's right where they need me to meet them. #TheJuiceChat

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Me: “What ya doin’ on the floor, kiddo?” Student: “Needed a different point of view.” Maybe we should all sit on the floor from time to time. Maybe my new mantra should be... Do. Reflect. Sit on the floor. Do better. 😉

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Thinking about starting an honor roll for the kid who can fix my car, or the kid who works 20+ hours per week, or the kid who takes cares of younger siblings, or…the list goes on. Seems there’s honor in those roles. #Project180

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1 year

"You can't accept late work without penalty." Sure you can. #Project180

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3 years

Support Cycle Template for incomplete tasks in Google Classroom. #Project180

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3 years

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1 year

When a kiddo whose life is harder than most can imagine turns in multiple assignments after the quarter is over during spring break... Of course, I'm gonna honor her efforts. "But..." But what? Grades aren't do till Wednesday when we get back. I can, so I do. #Project180

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4 years

Yesterday one of my students of color “called me in” on a misunderstanding from the day before. My privileged ear did not hear, & she wanted me to hear. So she, with stunning grace, sat & talked with me. I listened. I learned. I’m grateful she let this set us together, not apart.

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Behavior is communication. Kids’ apathy is speaking volumes right now. But I’m not sure we’re listening. A return to normal is a tone-deaf response. Seems if we were truly tuned in, we’d be wondering how we might evolve. Kids are talking to us. Let’s listen.

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Yep, kids cheat. We invite them to. It's part of the grading game we force them to play. If it were simply and only about learning, then there'd be no forcing, no cheating. Can't force or cheat learning. So, let's quit playing games. #Project180

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#MyRoomMessage

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Heading into year 24 with a student teacher, I don’t see myself as a “master teacher.” And I’ll tell her so. I’ll suggest, instead, I’m an “experienced experimenter” as I ask her to begin her own career-long experiment we call teaching. And then, together, we will learn forward.

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Mistakes should be greeted as welcomed guests, not intruders. #Project180

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"It is hard 'human work' not to react. Such toil takes tools." Meeting kids where they are includes how we respond (not react) when we engage their behaviors. My wife's and my evolving idea of using "Response Cards" with our students this year. Detailed blog post tomorrow!

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