Children, Empowerment and Choice
Children become empowered when they are allowed to make decisions and take responsibility for those decisions. Everything we do is a choice. Even indecision is a choice.
Teaching is Selling: Chunking For Recall
A validating example of chunking and color used to make a sign and company name memorable.
Use A Cue Card to Redirect Students
Using a cue card to redirect students can go a long way to minimize power struggles.
Paraprofessionals and Teachers Working Together!
I'm so excited that I'll be presenting my seminar, "Increasing the Success of Paraprofessionals and Classroom Teachers Working Together" next week in Albany, Rochester, and Ronkonkoma, NY as well as Providence, RI and Manchester, NH. I love teaching this session! I'll cover: *Practical strategies, t [...]
On the Same Page: Part Four
This week, we finish up our four part article, On the Same Page: Paraprofessionals and Teachers Working Together with a look at a few things that teachers and paraprofessionals might consider as "discussion starters" and questions when talking about Communication: How and when will professionals and [...]