Math Coordinator, Ed.D in Curriculum and Instruction, Texas A & M
Comal ISD, New Braunfels, TX
Joined June 2015
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Prepare for the 2019-20 school year by learning with #ComalPreSeason19, our back-to-school challenge! Here's a link to the details - comalisd.org/apps/pages/pre-…
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This thread has some great ideas in it for the first day(s)... it’s worth it to scroll through @MrsLeeber @mich27teach @MsHahnCanyonAlg @lizmbrown94 @KayeGuidry @willhaltom1 @MrRayCHSScience @SpaceGinger @HillAnnt
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We pave our own path... to get to our own desired outcome.... show up, do the work.... #thehawkway #EPIC @CLHSHawks
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You can’t lead someone if you don’t know them. And you can’t motivate someone if you don’t know what motivates them. Relationships drive real motivation!
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"When I like the teacher, I want to do their work. And I'll be like, 'I can learn this.'" Research shows that students who feel safe and supported by adults at school are better able to learn. #HowLearningHappens
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Write for NCTM! Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK–12 (MTLT) will be an exciting new NCTM journal with your unique point of view as a practicing teacher of mathematics. Learn about submitting your own work for the new journal here: ow.ly/UHCS50uXLkG
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"If we're always giving kids steps to solving a problem and not letting them grapple & figure out how to solve it themselves, then they aren't going to be prepared to do that effectively [in the future].”
"Resist the urge to rescue. Learn how to provide strategies, not solutions, when students ask for help." #Visiblelearning ow.ly/eMot50uR0Rw
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What?!? Do y’all know how excited this is?! Wahoo! #comalpl
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🌈 NEW FREE ACTIVITY 🌈
Fit Fights – learn about correlation and fitting lines to data with your pals @Desmos!
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"None of this means that summer learning is pointless... But the kids who study aren’t getting much further ahead, and the kids who play aren’t falling much further behind." edut.to/2WPMq8T by @edutopia #Learning #EdResearch
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The idea of a 3D shape being laid flat to find surface area is a difficult concept to grasp... Until now! Loved these pull-up shapes we made today for surface area and volume! #svusdshines
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WOW! At 17, the valedictorian at a @BryanCoSchools has already graduated high school AND college. She has dreams of becoming an attorney. 👏👏
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One of my favorite quotes from #Relentless is: “Student behavior is feedback on your relationships, preparation, effort, and instruction. As adults, we don’t always want to hear that feedback, but we must not ignore it.” @brewerhm your book is amazing!
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"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
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“We’re not going to do our 50s the way everyone’s telling us we’re supposed to,” author Candace Bushnell says.
Discover how a new wave of women are taking a different approach to midlife.
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Collective teacher efficacy is top of the list.... still!
.@john_hattie continues to review and update his research. View the new chart with the most up-to-date research here! ow.ly/9ZG250uwInA
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A school staff that believes it can collectively make a positive difference for students likely will. This is the absolute greatest impact on learning. Believe in yourself and believe in your team! #teachergoals
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This is the best example of “revolutionizing instruction.” Awesome job facilitating and thank you @edutopia for posting this.
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Researchers find a positive effect for REMOVING numbers from word problems on transfer and relational thinking. researchgate.net/publication… #iteachmath h/t @benblumsmith
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Working on new projects? Use our #PBL project checklist to ensure quality! ow.ly/lZnq305if4k?utm_campai… #pblchat #deeperlearning
