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This article was not the traditional decision-making skills. Instead, it focused on making the reader think about the ways they teach. Many people want to fall into how they were taught things instead of giving other ways of teaching a chance. I really enjoyed this article.
Tyler McIntosh

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I began reading your article about teachers changing the world. I loved it because teachers are so undervalued. I then just kept on going and read your article under it about mentoring teachers. It spoke to me as I never had a mentor teacher and I think a lot of my struggles would have been eliminated if one had been assigned to me. It also pointed out that the best mentors are not what we often think, the tenured teachers. It is often a fairly new teacher with enthusiasm, new ideas, and a willingness to share.
Thanks Sandra!

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While initially reading this article, I felt that it did not really give me any insight into decision-making. Most of the article stated questions aimed towards the reader. After rereading the article, I felt as if it was speaking to me directly. The questions helped me to reflect on my own teaching experiences which lead to more insight on the topic. I found it very beneficial that this article included real life scenarios. I have heard other coworkers state several times "when I was a kid.." when discussing classroom management, classroom climate, student participation, etc. It is refreshing to see an article that incorporates this type of information. Teachers make hundreds of decisions a day, and focusing on the future rather than the past is the only way us teachers can make the best of every day in the classroom. Change is inevitable and being prepared is the key to success. Thanks for sharing this article! It really helped me with self-reflection.

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Sandra,
I really enjoyed the article by OBrien, as it focused on increasing teacher voice in the decision-making process. It is important for administrators to understand that communication and collaboration must be conducted prior to making school decisions. As well, principals should value and respect their member's opinions and ideas in order to increase their participation and motivation. Therefore, the 3 step methods is an adequate way to improve working relationships and establish a positive campus culture. Thank you for sharing this great article, as it can help future leaders learn how to improve their decision-making skills.

Elyssha Enriquez
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Reference

OBrien, A. (2016). 3 step method to increase teacher voice. Edutopia. Retrieved from https://www.edutopia.org/blog/increasing-teacher-voice-decision-making-anne-obrien

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Sandra,
Staying organized is of utmost importance for instructional supervisors, principals, and teachers. The article you shared by Lisa Dabbs,

"Let’s Not "Fall" Behind: Three Tips to Help You Stay Organized" gives practical strategies for maintaining organizational balance.

Though the author directs her suggestions to new teachers, the organizational tips can be helpful to any individual trying to stay away from being unprepared and disorganized. Create a method for organizing, write things down, and have support system with colleagues are good essentials to staying organized. Evernote is suggested as a  web-based tool for storing notes, presentations, and recording messages. Utilizing Google calendar, a desk planner, and a journal are also helpful for organization.

For teachers, the purpose of being organized is to enjoy teaching and provide a positive classroom environment for their students. I agreed with the Dabbs that planning with a colleague or grade-level group is advantageous. The time spent planning is more productive with shared ideas and resources. The first tip, create your personal organization method, is more difficult to achieve. Some people are less skilled in organization then others or their personalities do not make them natural organizers. Falling behind is never a good feeling. Principals, instructional supervisors, and teachers need to support each other in ways to stay organized. Therefore the focus can more easily stay on educating the children.

Debra Hiler

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Hi Sandra:
The article you posted for decision-making doesn't follow the usual path (which is a great thing). Rather than discussing strategies for how "I" make decisions, you  have chosen an article that really does a great job of explaining how best to support teachers as they make decisions.  Awesome!
Thanks,
Ernie Aguilar

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Peer-Review: Organization   Dabbs,  Let's Not "Fall Behind..."

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Hello Sandra D,

Feedback to Dabbs' (2012) article include:
Paragraph 1. It is extremely hard to establish a method when one fails to know where to start. It reminds me of our assignments weekly in this course. I have not established a method because my brain hits overload and I fail to find a starting point.  I manage to read the module information then hop around until I find my direction.  Huuum, I guess that is my method.
Paragraph 2.  I write items everywhere then forget where I placed the written document containing the information.  I also notice the author suggests multiple locations; it would be wonderful for a suggestion of a primary and backup location.  I guess that is why paragraph 1 is significant.
Paragraph 3.  Excellent suggestion... the power of two works wonders.
Thank you for posting this article.

Sandra B.

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Dabbs, L. (2012). Let’s not “fall” behind: Three tips to help you stay organized. Edutopia. Retrieved from https://www.edutopia.org/blog/dont-fall-behind-stay-organized-lisa-dabbs

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Sandra,

I enjoyed your article on Leadership. It's great to have a leadership article with such specifics with a new principal. Our principal is new this year and going through this right now. I particularly like the details of a teacher-focus group. At my school we have a volunteer leadership team that helps facilitate this. Thanks again!

David

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Teachers Are Frustrated

A new survey from the Center on Education Policy (CEP) reveals just how frustrated educators are with the state of their profession. One startling headline that came from its release: " Nearly half of teachers would quit now for a higher-paying job."

Although that survey found that 49% of respondents either strongly or somewhat agree with the following statement, "If I could get a higher paying job, I'd leave teaching as soon as possible," it's not very informative.

Why Are America's Teachers so Frustrated?

It turns out that the most significant challenges that teachers report facing are systemic -- number one being "state or district policies that get in the way of teaching," followed by, "constantly changing demands placed on teachers" and "constantly changing demands placed on students." These challenges far outweigh the issues we talk much more about in education, including the need for more collaboration with families and opportunities for professional growth.

What Most Teachers Believe

So perhaps unsurprisingly, the survey also revealed important findings about whether teachers perceive that their opinions are factored into decision-making. In general, they don't. Just one percent of teachers felt their opinions impacted decision-making at the national level; just two percent did at the state level; and nineteen percent did at the district level.

The school level fared better -- 53% of teachers felt their opinions were factored into decision-making at their school. Unfortunately, that means that nearly half of teachers did NOT feel their opinions were considered. And the survey also found that teachers' perceptions of whether their opinions are factored into school-level decisions appear to be related to job satisfaction.

This is not the first survey to note this connection. The Teacher Voice Report 2010-2014 found that the exact same percentage of teachers (53%) agreed with the statement, "I have a voice in decision-making at my school." That report also found that teachers who are comfortable expressing honest opinions and concerns are four times more likely to be excited about their future career in education.

And it found implications for students. When teachers have a voice in decision-making, they are four times more likely to believe that they can make a difference and three times more likely to encourage students to be leaders and make decisions. Other research has found that compared with lower-achieving schools, higher-achieving schools provide all stakeholders -- including teachers -- with greater influence on decisions.

How to Increase Teacher Voice

So how do we ensure that more of our educators have a voice in decision-making?

It starts with school culture. Both teachers and administrators have to be willing to move past the us versus them mentality that characterizes some schools and districts. Both parties also have to be willing to put in the time necessary to build the relationships and trust that will allow educators to feel safe in voicing opinions and administrators to feel comfortable sharing control.

3-Step Method

In addition, Russell Quaglia, president and founder of the Quaglia Institute for Student Aspirations, and Lisa Lande, executive director of the Teacher Voice and Aspirations International Center, have recently proposed three steps that school and district leaders can take to ensure teacher voice is represented in decision-making:

1. Listen

Seek out the opinions of all teachers on a regular basis (not just during staff meetings or an annual survey); and make sure you're not only connecting with those who speak the loudest or most often. Also, provide alternatives to face-to-face communications. For example, set up a Google document for brainstorming solutions to a particular concern. Personally invite the individuals whose voice tends to be missing to join the conversation. Do not wait for teachers to come to you, and do not identify a few teachers as token representatives for the entire staff.

2. Learn

Be prepared to learn from others and expand your comfort zone. Trust your teachers, and be willing to adopt an idea different from your own. Do not dismiss opinions you disagree with or do not understand, and do not be afraid to ask questions.

3. Lead

Spend less time directing and more time facilitating. Provide teachers the support and time they need to be successful both in the classroom and in the leadership opportunities that emerge when they are asked to share their input and generate solutions to school- and district-level problems.

What are strategies that you've used to increase teacher voice in your school or district? Share with us in the comments section below.

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Module 6: Student Engagement

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Teachers: How often do you think something like, When I was a kid, I always did what my teachers told me to do and never questioned their authority, or I hated silent reading, or I loved learning about ancient Greece/making dioramas/participating in science fair? And do these reflections surface when you're making decisions about what to do in your classroom around instruction, management, or curriculum?

Perhaps, for example, you decide to replace the silent reading block that's supposed to happen right after lunch with a read-aloud time, and maybe you reflect that this is because you hated silent reading when you were a kid and you loved hearing your teacher read a novel to the class. Does this scenario resonate?

Teach-The-Way-We-Learned Pitfall

I'm going to guess that we've all been guilty of this kind of decision-making, especially when we were new to the classroom and there were one thousand decisions to make every day. We drew on what we knew and had experienced -- that was the data that drove our decisions. Sometimes our decisions may have yielded great results. Perhaps the kids did not learning about ancient Greece. And sometimes we might not have seen what we wanted to see, or what we hoped our students would learn.

Whenever I hear a teacher say, "When I was a kid...," I press pause in our conversation and then probe this decision-making point. Embedded within this kind of statement are often a lot of beliefs about kids, learning, instruction, and behavior. This kind of statement allows me to explore the assumptions and beliefs that a teacher might be bringing into the classroom about learning and her students. I want to make sure that we unpack those so that we can identify what kinds of data points they are using.

What we need to be reminded of is that what worked for us, individually as kids, may not necessarily work for the group of kids we're standing in front of right now. There are all kinds of reasons why that might be the case, including differences in our generations, race and ethnicity, economic status, backgrounds, gender, and so on. It's risky business to make decisions based on our own learning preferences, styles, and experiences.

Reflection Leads to Change

Usually when I "press pause" on a conversation with a teacher and ask her to reflect on what she "loved as a kid" and how that might, or might not work for her students now, the teacher is appreciative. I'm an instructional coach so I can engage in this conversation from a coaching stance: I'm here to help you think through your decisions, not castigate you. Teachers often appreciate the reminder to use a wide range of information to make decisions.

So what do we use instead? What kinds of data do you use to make decisions about classroom management, instructional strategies, and curriculum? I'm aware that in many schools teachers may have limited decision-making about some of these areas -- there might be mandated curriculum or school-wide management systems.

But there are still 950 decisions that are within a teacher's sphere of control to make every day. How do you make yours?

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Teachers: How often do you think something like, When I was a kid, I always did what my teachers told me to do and never questioned their authority, or I hated silent reading, or I loved learning about ancient Greece/making dioramas/participating in science fair?

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The start of a new school year is a great time to reflect on what's really working for you and what isn't quite cutting it. When it comes to staying organized, there's no one-size-fits-all solution. It's all about finding a system that works for you and picking apps or tools that you will actually use. There isn't a tool that will work perfectly for everyone-you may love a particular feature of one tool but use another that colleagues prefer to connect and collaborate with them.

As you sort through the following free tools, don't try them all at the same time. Pick one or two, use them for a month, and then reflect on how well they're helping you stay organized. You may choose to add a website or app to your tool belt as you explore another resource, or you may decide to scrap it and try something new.

Many teachers use Pinterest to find and organize ideas for their classroom. It's become a go-to search engine when you want inspiration for lesson plans, activities, anchor charts, and more. It's important to stay organized by grouping pins on boards, which makes it easy to find them later.

Participate ( web browser)

Participate has a Collections tool that lets you search for resources and add your own to curated lists. For example, you might want to organize resources for a new unit on the solar system. You can create a Collection, add links to resources like a YouTube video or website, and upload files like a PDF of an article you want to share with students. In addition to keeping your own favorites organized, you can search within Participate to add resources vetted by other educators and invite your colleagues to collaborate on a Collection with you.

Paper53 ( iOS; upgrades available at a cost)

Do you make sketches and write notes during brainstorming sessions, professional development workshops, or faculty meetings? You may want to try out Paper53 to keep them organized. This iPad app is perfect for taking notes and drawing pictures, and it lets users create notebooks to organize their thinking.

With this walkie-talkie app, you can connect with your personal learning network (PLN) or colleagues to quickly share information. Some educators use Voxer to check in with mentors, mentees, or fellow teachers that they're coaching. Others use it to connect with like-minded teachers at different schools. This app can help you keep correspondence organized and easy to scroll through when you're catching up on new messages.

If you're using Google Classroom this year, there are lots of ways to stay organized. I shared some of my takeaways from reading Hacking Google for Education earlier this year. You can add tags on different assignments to make it easy to locate resources you've shared with students, or create templates for different activities and share them with students.

Keeping student work organized and easily sharing creations with families can be a challenge. I'm a big fan of Seesaw and how easy it is for students to snap a picture of their work, record their voice talking about their accomplishments, and share their creations with their teacher and families.

With this app and website, you can bookmark articles to keep them organized for easy reference. You can add tags so your articles are easy to locate or revisit. My in-box and Twitter feed are full of things that I want to check out but don't have time to read immediately, so I save them in Pocket.

Staying on top of your Twitter feed can be a challenge for connected educators. Create lists within your Twitter account to group people who share common interests or who are part of an organization. For example, I have a Twitter list full of fellow Apple Distinguished Educators. You might decide to create a list of favorite education Twitter feeds that includes Edutopia, a favorite news organization, and someone you met or heard speak at a conference.

30/30 ( iOS; upgrades available at a cost)

This task manager for iOS is perfect for teachers with a long to-do list. Whether that list is totally professional or a mix of personal and work items, the app lets you assign color-coded icons to different tasks. Open the app, assign how much time you want to spend on a particular item, and the countdown clock will start. It's great for staying focused on less exciting tasks and for not getting caught up in the more exciting ones when you still have a long list of things to do.

The Common Core State Standards app by MasteryConnect lets you view the standards offline on your mobile device. You can type in keywords and search through the standards or just tap on your screen to jump between different grades or areas of study. If you're not using the Common Core, MasteryConnect also has apps that connect to standards in different states.

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10 Free Apps and Tools for Starting Out (and Staying) Organized

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The start of a new school year is a great time to reflect on what's really working for you and what isn't quite cutting it. When it comes to staying organized, there's no one-size-fits-all solution. It's all about finding a system that works for you and picking apps or tools that you will actually use.

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Hi Sandra,
I found it interesting that teachers feel they don't have a voice in their district.  I haven't been a teacher that long but I have worked in corporate America and find that teachers have way more influence in what is happening in their school and districts than in most industries.  Teachers are, for the most part, their own bosses.  While they do have to follow policies and procedures they are essentially in charge of their classrooms. I think most teachers would be surprised to find out that, at least in some areas of Texas, they are paid relatively well in comparison to other industries.

Alesha Gilleland

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It's about that time of year: the turning of the leaves, the excitement of the holidays . . . the falling behind in your process.

I can't tell you how many times during my work as a principal that I would frequently come upon new teachers sharing the woes of falling behind. They would hit the ground running in September, excited to be teaching. And by November they'd be feeling completely unprepared and disorganized. This isn't to say by any means that they weren't good teachers. It just speaks to the fact that they weren't as prepared as they thought for the challenges facing them in the classroom. The lesson planning and delivery, tech tool integration and keeping kids engaged in a positive classroom environment are all very hefty and time-consuming goals.

In all seriousness, the need for new teachers to stay focused and organized is going to be critical not only to their own success, but to the success of their students. And in my opinion, finding that organizational balance in his or her work is key to a teacher's happiness in the classroom.

So how can we support ourselves to stay organized? You may be feeling that you've reached the end of your rope with mounting paperwork, parent conferences and that first grading period coming up. But fear not! You can get back on track and feel more at ease, and you can do it soon. Just take a deep breath and consider these Three Tips to regain your focus.

How does a new teacher get started?

1. Create Your Personal Organization Method

Here is an excerpt from David Allen about this process in his book Getting Things Done:

Creating a method for organizing your thoughts and actions depends on five key stages. Remember that trusting your method is essential, so don't feel pressured to use a particular tool if it really doesn't work for you. You'll need to use or create a system that allows you to move between these stages quickly and easily: collecting information; processing that information; organizing the processed results; reviewing those results; taking action.

These are five basic ideas, but they're great ideas to support us as educators seeking and using our own personalized organization method. David goes on to share that it may take some time to train yourself to take these five steps, but that once you do, it will become second nature to you. Think about how you might begin to develop this in your work, and try using the steps for your next classroom project. See if you aren't more successful.

2. Write it Down!

Have you ever felt that things were getting out of control in your planning process? Did you take a minute to sit and write it down? And after you did . . . did you feel better?

Here's what David Allen shares about that simple action:

If you figured out why that works, you probably wouldn't keep anything in your head ever again! Your brain is not for holding commitments . . . it doesn't function very well that way. That's why writing it down didn't change any thing "out there," but something changed in how you're now better engaged with that issue.

Makes sense, right? Isn't this the whole idea behind why we "write up" lesson plans? In my opinion, it is! Doesn't it feel great to be able to write up a lesson plan in an organized manner and share it with your students? Why not insure that you do this in all your daily work to increase your organization? Student issues in the classroom? Write them down. Parent coming with a complaint? Write it down. Principal coming to do an observation? Write down all the important aspects that they require. Just by taking the action of writing down the simplest task, you will feel much better when it's completed and checked off!

Consider using a Web 2.0 tool, such as Evernote, to support you. Evernote is my go-to tool for everything -- notes, photos, links and resources -- that I want to share. I can also record parts of a speaker's presentation, colleagues' messages or an Evernote message to myself to help me to remember the contents. I feel much more organized knowing that I have these items available to share or access at a moment's notice.

Are you a paper planner person? I am, too. Although I use a Google Calendar, I still keep a Franklin Planner on my desk as well. I also keep a small lined journal with me at all times for note-taking and capturing ideas that I want to be sure not to forget. As a new teacher, get into the habit of writing down the things that require your attention daily, and you will feel much more organized. I guarantee it!

3. Plan with a Colleague or Mentor

I simply can't stress this one enough! As a new teacher, it's such a challenge to stay on top of all the important work that is presented to you. One way to support your resolve to stay organized is to take advantage of planning with a colleague. Developing lessons and getting feedback on their potential success is too hard to do alone. Find a teacher buddy that can do this work with you, and I assure you, the time spent planning will be much more productive. The strongest teams on my campuses were those who planned as grade-level groups. Shared thoughts, ideas and resources never failed to produce happier teachers and excellent results with students. Don't have a planning buddy? Here is a list of over 100 educators worldwide who have committed their time to mentor and plan with you! Find someone on the list that is a good match, and send an email! Let me know when you connect.

Let's Not Fall Behind

Staying organized at this time of year will support you in staying focused. It will free you to create great lessons with your students and keep instruction moving ahead. You won't always be struggling to keep up or feeling like you are behind the eight-ball. In the process, be prepared for potential setbacks on the road to getting organized. Don't be discouraged. Keep working on refining your process. Get feedback from an experienced teacher who has found the sweet spot for organization.

David Allen's work is inspiring, and I highly recommend you consider reading his book. In the meantime, check out a recent video created by David if you are interested in learning more about keeping pace with your daily work and feeling less stressed. It's worth the 45-minute viewing!

How do you manage to stay organized during this time of the year? What tips would you like to offer fellow teachers? Are you on Twitter? Join us for an upcoming New Teacher Chat (#ntchat) this November on Tips to Stay Organized!

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It's about that time of year: the turning of the leaves, the excitement of the holidays . . . the falling behind in your process. I can't tell you how many times during my work as a principal that I would frequently come upon new teachers sharing the woes of falling behind.

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Changing the world sounds like a tall order. But in reality, educators play their role to help change the world every single day. The summer is a great time to start planting seeds of change in our personal or professional practice. Here are a few quick ideas to keep in mind over the next few weeks before we gear up to go back to school.

1. Share

Sharing is a key theme in the speech I gave at ISTE this year. It is a key theme of education in general. Learning is inherently selfish. We need to share what we learn and know with others -- that, after all, is what being an educator is about. All educators (all learners, really) have so much to offer each other -- from ideas and concepts that are tested, tried and true, to kernels of thoughts that are not yet fully realized.

Spend some time sharing this summer. You can share with your colleagues at school, write blog posts or tweets, or open up some Google Docs with ideas you'd like think through and invite others to collaborate on that thinking. You might be surprised by how many people benefit from your sharing. I have found that even sharing a link to a cool app or an article that I found interesting can really inspire, motivate and help others out.

Many of you are saying, "Well, I share all the time." Excellent -- continue to do so. This advice is for those that, for whatever reason, are not as inclined to share. Maybe that's because it takes extra time or because you might be unsure of the result or doubt the impact of what you have to offer. Share anyway.

2. Care

We all have personal passions. Take some time this summer to come up with a charity fundraiser that relates to your passion. If you're really into bike riding or writing or singing, whatever you're personally interested in, it would likely make for the start of a great fundraiser. I have found that, as an educator, sharing my personal passions with students is a great way to bond with them, and if we tie in the act of doing something for the greater good, it becomes even more meaningful to us as a community.

One idea would be to organize a back-to-school event where the proceeds go to a charity that you, your school, or your community is interested in supporting. This can be a talent show, a carnival, a relay race, a game night or pretty much anything you're interested in. These are usually very easy ways to show students a little about charity work and also bring staff, students and parents together for a valid and noble cause that can help emphasize the impact and importance of selflessness and small change adding up.

While you can plan a school-wide event and let your imagination run wild, this can be also be on a much smaller scale, like decorating some coffee cans and putting them around the school with a link to a PollEverywhere poll that changes each week or month. Then students and teachers can text in a charity that they want to get involved with and donate the money from that period of time to the charity of the school's choice. Helping students experience acts of caring is much more valuable than trying to teach them how to care. Get them involved and experiencing how great it feels to help others, and it is likely something they will continue to do long after the school bell has rung.

3. Connect

Being an educator today is wonderful, but it is also challenging. The only way to make change is to see these challenges that we face as opportunities. And many times, others have already faced these same challenges and either overcame them or pointed out what they learned from the experience. Summer is a great time to connect with others. Whether you physically attend a professional development opportunity like an EdCamp or virtually join a Twitter chat, take this opportunity to strengthen your personal learning network of passionate educators.

Summer is also the perfect time to start learning from those with differing opinions. Seeking out people with thinking unlike our own is helpful, as it gives us a chance to cogently solidify our own notions, and often allows us to see and really understand an alternative view -- and begin to find middle ground or bridge a gap between the two ways of thinking.

Many schools are continuing to contemplate initiatives like BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) or rewriting the RUP (Responsible Use Policies) for their students -- and this is a great time to connect with other schools, staff, students and parents to learn more about the benefits and challenges so that you can hit the ground running next year.

4. Reflect

Take some time to think back on what worked this year. Why did these moments or lessons or projects stand out as highlights? What didn't work as well as you hoped? Don't belabor the point, but if there was something that didn't turn out as planned, now is a perfect time of year to explore alternatives. Your brain needs time to rest, and your body needs time to relax, so sit back and dream about things you'd like to try and ways you'd like to make the learning opportunities in your classroom even bigger, bolder and more impactful for the learners you're about to encounter.

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Hi Sandra,
Your article made several points I agreed with concerning using communication to motivate your students, get to know them, and understand problems they may have. I also think it is important to remember, as the article points out, that communication is just as important for the student to understand our expectations, knowledge, and skills. I often use humor in the classroom. I was glad to see your article supported my theory that it makes a teacher more approachable. It ended with a good point for us all to remember. Good communication skills facilitate the fluid transmission of knowledge.
- Tracy Rees

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Hello Sandra, Thank you for sharing the article on communication.  I found it very interesting.  The part that stood out to me the most is how communication is a two sided process or transfer of information.  Unfortunately some teachers feel that if they presented the content that they have done their part in teaching the content.  This is so far from the truth!  Communication is the transfer and comprehension of the content.  As we prepare for a leadership role, I think it is important for administrators to help educators understand effective communication.  Graciela Ruiz

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Hello Sandra, Thank you for sharing the article on communication.  I found it very interesting.  The part that stood out to me the most is how communication is a two sided process or transfer of information.  Unfortunately some teachers feel that if they presented the content that they have done their part in teaching the content.  This is so far from the truth!  Communication is the transfer and comprehension of the content.  As we prepare for a leadership role, I think it is important for administrators to help educators understand effective communication.  Graciela Ruiz

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Hi Sandra, I really enjoyed reading your communication article. You don't have comments allowed so I hope it's okay I make a post! Verbal and Nonverbal communication is extremely important! Do you think its as important between teachers and their administration as it is in the classroom between students and teachers?

- Jessica Davis

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