Posted by Chip on August 13, 2010
If you are a teacher, what is better than standing in your classroom alone on an August day and envisioning the year ahead? JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share your own thoughts! —If you’re reading this entry on the blog site, click “Post a Comment” or the word “Comments” below the entry [...]
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Tags: birthday cluster, first day of school, knowing the children we teach | 
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Posted by Chip on August 10, 2010
It’s nearing the beginning of another academic year when the educational accountability machine starts cranking out new sets of data—data to be sorted and scrubbed by so-called professional learning communities who will disaggregate the information to identify deficits and plan interventions to be responded to and evaluated in the continuous improvement cycle of teaching and [...]
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Tags: building relationships with children, data-driven decision making, first day of school, knowing the children we teach | 4 Comments »
Posted by Chip on August 26, 2008
As parents and as teachers, we’re especially aware as a new school year starts of the importance of the teacher-student relationship. It’s at the forefront of our children’s minds, too: ”Who will be my new teacher?” they ask. “Will my teacher be strict? Will she like me?” JOIN THE CONVERSATION! Ask Chip a question or share [...]
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Tags: challenging children intellectually, cognitive bonding, getting ready for school, knowing the children we teach, Schoolwide Issues, start of the school year | 6 Comments »
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