https://padlet.com/hknigge5/wo0lh4osk9vs48nu Summaries from Guest Speakers - Fall 2022 en-us 2022-11-17 04:44:42 UTC 2025-11-10 14:24:33 UTC hello@padlet.com hknigge5 https://padlet.com/hknigge5/wo0lh4osk9vs48nu/wish/2387718341 Definition of Assessment:
Giving an accurate picture of where your students are academically and socially/emotionally

Go-To Assignments:
- AEPs, Get the family's perspectives
- My Egdees, (pre-k level) How to best tailor 
- Dial 4 Assessment, Preschool

Work Smarter, not Harder:
- Create systems and routines within routines
- Focus piece by piece daily 
- Help students to become more independent 

Most remarkable advice for new teachers:
Take help from other teachers in the school and the community, they want to help you - they were once in your position. Lean on them for support. 

Hot Topic Tools:
- Any book that teaches us to challenge our own biases
- Instagram, The Conscious Kid
- "How to Build an Equitable Classroom"
- "Easy to Love, Difficult to Discipline" by Becky Bailee

Advice:
- You have to sit down and work one-on-one with a student to truly understand what they can do and their individual skills. Be intentional so that students can show what they know. Without sitting down and looking at their individual skills it's hard to tell what an individual can do

Why Teach?
So many jobs are out there where you can make more money, but there is no job that brings you the joy, fulfillment, and purpose teaching gives you. You wake up every day knowing you will make a difference. 



]]> 2022-11-17 04:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/hknigge5/wo0lh4osk9vs48nu/wish/2387718341 hknigge5 https://padlet.com/hknigge5/wo0lh4osk9vs48nu/wish/2387718526 What is Assessment? 
Assessment is simply a procedure for making inferences. I ask you to do something, I observe that, and I'm going to make an inference based on that. There is no valid assessment, only valid or invalid interpretations. 

His Story:
He learns relationally and as a student in a Geometry class, he didn't want to learn the distance formula. So he used the Pythagorean theorem, which turned out to be in the distance formula. After it was pointed out, he was able to understand it better. 

Go-to assessments:
- Whiteboards (keeping opportunities to respond high, cognitive engagement high)
- Scaffolding and reteaching (going back and being able to teach it the same way)

Work smarter not harder:
- Plan your assessments strategically
- Understanding different assessments have different purposes

Advice to a New Teacher:
Teach to the test. We should always be starting with our assessment and ask "what do we want our kids to know" and design our instruction from there. 

Hot Topic Book:
- Teacher Clarity Playbook
- IES Practice Guides
- John Pegg on Solo Taxonomy
- Dillan William
- How Learning Happens by Paul Kirchner and Carl Hendrick

Why Teach:
You won't know until you meet your kids. Then you'll know. We all get into teaching for different reasons, right or wrong, and then you meet your kids and you won't ask why again.



]]> 2022-11-17 04:47:57 UTC https://padlet.com/hknigge5/wo0lh4osk9vs48nu/wish/2387718526 hknigge5 https://padlet.com/hknigge5/wo0lh4osk9vs48nu/wish/2387718701 Definition of Assessment:
Getting to know what the students know and how I will use that information in any way possible. What did I do today that they took away with them that I need to or don't need to do tomorrow

Go-To Assessments:
- Exit tickets (something they can produce to show they were listening and they got it)

Work Smarter, Not Harder:
- Make them do it, the more they do the less you have to do
- Have them work together, assess each other
- Sticky notes, whiteboards, and markers

Story:
She worked at summer school where they did exit tickets every day. This really taught her about her students and showed her what they knew. She was able to bond with her students and with the other teacher. 

Advice to a New Teacher:
- Relationships (give nicknames, ask about their lives, reach out to families, sit with students)
- You can never do too much procedure (go slow to go fast)

Hot Topic Books:
- Stuff You Should Know
- Culture Code
- Leadership books
- Ender's Game

Why Teach:
- The smilies
- Teaching things they've never thought about
- Knowing that your students will be out there, the future of America, you want them to be okay!
- Satisfied when helping students who do not enjoy school in the first place]]> 2022-11-17 04:48:13 UTC https://padlet.com/hknigge5/wo0lh4osk9vs48nu/wish/2387718701 hknigge5 https://padlet.com/hknigge5/wo0lh4osk9vs48nu/wish/2387719002 Definition of Assessment:
Our kids are assessed all the time. Her go-to is "show me what you know". Assessment starts as soon as the students walk in the front door. How ready are they to learn today, how are they feeling, and where are they at? She wants every kid to grow!

Go-To Assessments:
- Whiteboards
- Show me what you know
- Learning Continuum
- Small groups

Work Smarter Not Harder:
- Collaborate (with your team)

Story:
Small groups are amazing and help to show you what your students to know. The high students still need to grow. The struggling students are allowed to ask questions they wouldn't in front of the class. Small group environment has changed her life!

Advice to a New Teacher:
Don't walk alone, accept the support and motivation from your fellow teachers. Go into others' classrooms and see what they have done. 

Resources/Books:
- Twitter (seeing other classrooms)
- Look for new things (YouTube)
- Core books/mentor texts
- How Do You Hug A Porcupine

Why Teach:
I can't imagine another job where you go home with the stories like teaching does. Some are sad, some happy. There are seniors that come back and say you were their favorite teacher. You're going to have a tough year, but it's those memories that remind you why you do this. ]]> 2022-11-17 04:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/hknigge5/wo0lh4osk9vs48nu/wish/2387719002 hknigge5 https://padlet.com/hknigge5/wo0lh4osk9vs48nu/wish/2387719114 Definition of Assessment:
Some assessments are informal, which is pure observation based on what you can see in the classroom. That can go all the way up to standardized assessments. 

Go-To Assessments:
- Reading (running records/FMP's, benchmark assessment)

Work Smarter, Not Harder:
- Know where to pull resources from and being at the school longer
- Using your veteran teachers, asking how to do it efficiently 

Story:
An interesting student came to the school and no one expected much from him, but getting to know him and connecting with him was amazing. He took assessments and had a high IQ. He could do so much and had some serious skills. 

Advice for a New Teacher:
- Be careful who you surround yourself with 
- There's so much fun to have when you surround yourself with good and remind yourself why you started. 

Hot Topic Books:
- Filtering out the stuff
- Twitter feed in Olathe
- Anything with own kids
- Behavior Snap

Why Teach:
There are kids that you will be there for, that will be there for you. There are kids that don't have anyone else believing in them, and they need you to be there.

]]> 2022-11-17 04:48:39 UTC https://padlet.com/hknigge5/wo0lh4osk9vs48nu/wish/2387719114 hknigge5 https://padlet.com/hknigge5/wo0lh4osk9vs48nu/wish/2387719253 Definition of Assessment: 
When you have a goal in life. And you have to assess whether or not you can complete that goal. To see where you are, and how much more you need to work on. Or if you have accomplished your goal. Believer in SMART goals

Go-To Assessments:
- Educator rubric ( Make it your own, to match your expectations)

Work Smarter, Not Harder:
- Rubrics help, no guessing games
- How can we use formative assessments to see what your students know (less homework = less grading)
- Thumb up
- Whiteboards

Story:
Using rubrics helps teach students what is expected. They're able to self-assess and have conferences with the kids to help them work towards their goals. When students reach their goals they have more confidence to reach that next goal. 

Advice to New Teachers:
- From day one, have procedures and routines. Don't try to wing it at the beginning of the year and then try to establish rules. By then, students are in a set schedule and routine. If they do not pick up the routines and rules you need to take the time to reteach them. Students love and need structure. 

Hot Topic Books:
- Learning by Doing
- Excellence in Every Classroom by John Wink
- The Cult of Pedagogy (Podcasts/Articles)
- Think Again Podcast by Adam Grant
- Simon Sinic Podcast

Why Teach:
I teach for the kids, I love my content area. I care that they have a connection with adults. I care that kids are given an opportunity to show their gifts and strengths. That they have an opportunity to grow and develop into independent, strong-thinking, brave individuals. It's a unique privilege to be able to have this impact on kids.



]]> 2022-11-17 04:48:52 UTC https://padlet.com/hknigge5/wo0lh4osk9vs48nu/wish/2387719253 hknigge5 https://padlet.com/hknigge5/wo0lh4osk9vs48nu/wish/2387719409 Definition of Assessment:
Assessment is necessary. A tool that helps determine what your students know and what they're ready to learn next. It helps guide me as their teacher on what they're ready to learn.

Go-To Assessments:
- Hands-on activities
- Fast and easy! (Attention spans!!)
- Tool kit

Working Smarter, Not Harder:
- Have a good work-life balance 
- Work with your team, plan & take different workloads
- Make the copier do things for you

Story:
Didn't plan to be a teacher, planned on being an accountant. But after two years, switched majors and had to start over at Emporia State. Education was right for me. 

Advice to a New Teacher:
- Be extra nice to the secretary and custodian
- Listen to your team and coworkers, they want to help you!
- Take a risk, try something
- Don't reinvent the wheel every day
- Stay off your phone
- Don't take yourself too seriously, you're going to make a fool of yourself
- Laugh with your kids
- Leave your home problems at the door
- It's your best day if all your kids are there!!!

Hot Topic Books:
- Out of my Mind, Sharon Draper
- Represent all your students in what you read
- Read aloud every day!

Why Teach:
Teaching is not for everyone, but for the right person, it is the best job! You are impacting the future. "Teaching is not for everyone, but everyone needs a good teacher."]]> 2022-11-17 04:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/hknigge5/wo0lh4osk9vs48nu/wish/2387719409 hknigge5 https://padlet.com/hknigge5/wo0lh4osk9vs48nu/wish/2387719538 Definition of Assessment:
(Very Holistic person) Can students apply the knowledge? Don't care how they show it, just can they show it. Can they show what that standard is asking for?

Go-To Assessments:
- Learn at different speeds
- Have students keep track of their standards 

Working Smarter, Not Harder:
- Anything instructional technology
- Support Folks
- Start slow, it'll be hard sometimes
- A lot becomes routine
- Look at things like a compass, not a map
- Relationships!

Story:
His dad was a teacher for 32 years. It was the impact that he had on his students, the respect that he commanded, and gave the underdog the opportunity to grow.

Advice to a New Teacher:
- You need to know and understand your kids
- Be in their spaces and spend time building that relationship
- Check-in on everyone and see how they are doing

Hot Topic Books:
- Culture Code

Why Teach:
This is the time we need teachers most. People are scared, especially with mental health. Having stable, consistent, loving people in their lives is what they need. ]]> 2022-11-17 04:49:16 UTC https://padlet.com/hknigge5/wo0lh4osk9vs48nu/wish/2387719538 hknigge5 https://padlet.com/hknigge5/wo0lh4osk9vs48nu/wish/2387719654 Definition of Assessment:
Make observations in the classroom. Day to day, you observe what your students are mastering and what they are still struggling with. Your role as an educator and what you can support them with. Not that paper-pencil assessment, more the day-to-day of what you're noticing and wondering.

Go-To Assessments:
- Small groups, the opportunity for every level of student to get your time
- Need to make small groups! They are worth it, need to have small groups every single day with every kid

Working Smarter, Not Harder:
- Be a team (everyone has different strengths, divide and conquer)
- Use students that have mastered the topic, they can "teach" in a better, more understandable way for students

Story:
She was a 3rd-grade teacher of two students. Both students were diagnosed with dyslexia. She listened to the parents and also did research. She read "The Gift of Dyslexia" a book written for teachers to understand what to do on a day-to-day with a student who has dyslexia. She had the students in reading groups, and she realized that these two students had no comprehension. She found that there were colored strips to put over the words in a story. These helped the two students become more confident with their skills. During the morning meeting, the boy shared about his dyslexia and he thanked them for helping him, for being patient, etc. Then the girl wanted to share her story. The boy chose to share because he trusted his classmates, and the girl became brave because of the boy. These two students are now ready for middle school, they are becoming ready for the real world.

Advice to a New Teacher:
- You need to make relationships with your students, parents, and the staff
- Take the time, it's important in the beginning
- Find out what every child loves, and show that you care
- Don't just leave an email, take the time to call
- You don't have to love everyone on your staff, but you have to love something about every one

Hot Topic Books:
- The Gift of Dyslexia
- The Morning Meeting Book
- Books that make a connection with you, that you can implement
- Despite the Best Intentions

Why Teach:
- The impact
- Teaching is an important job
- You are having your students think about what they can do in their lives
- Encourage and motivate your students
- Teaching matters, you make a difference love and support kids, but also challenge them
- You get to be part of their story!]]> 2022-11-17 04:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/hknigge5/wo0lh4osk9vs48nu/wish/2387719654 hknigge5 https://padlet.com/hknigge5/wo0lh4osk9vs48nu/wish/2387719829 Definition of Assessment:
An estimation of the quality/nature of something. A snapshot of a kid on that day in that particular setting. "There are no valid assessments, only valid interpretations" Dylan Wiliam

Go-To Assessments:
- Your MTSS Assessments
- Having good diagnostics
- General education assessments
- Day-to-day exit tickets
- Snapshots on how they are taking in information
- All students are general education students
- Cognitive deficit assessments

Working Smarter, Not Harder:
- You have to have a process, work efficiently
- Teamwork

Story:
Had a student who was 4-5 grades behind others his age and was struggling. He had gone through the foster system and had a poor academic file. The teacher and his foster parents worked together to find that he had a poor communication score but a high non-verbal score. They worked with him knowing the impact of trauma and saw huge progress. The school and parents worked as a team to get the students the appropriate help. 

Advice to a New Teacher:
Respect your impact. You can be a first-year teacher or a minute teacher, but students look up to you to form relationships. Your impact is huge! Regardless of the age group you're with. All roads lead back to intervention. You can look at the assessment results, but it's all about what you do from there. 

Hot Topic Books:
- Thinking Fast and Slow
- Learning Disabilities from Identification to Intervention by Jack Fletcher
- Child's Rights to Respect

Why Teach:
- Kids need you
- You have an instant impact
- Lasting work
- Cool getting to shape our future
- You're positively shaping and impacting students
- The honor of being that special person in your student's lives]]> 2022-11-17 04:49:36 UTC https://padlet.com/hknigge5/wo0lh4osk9vs48nu/wish/2387719829