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A Time to be Grateful for Family and Friends
As we head into this time of Thanksgiving, I hope that the feeling of gratefulness is on your heart. I realize that not all the hundreds of educators that I collaborate with world-wide, celebrate this...
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4 Steps to a Positive Classroom Community
As a former teacher and school principal, I can tell you that building a positive classroom community takes work. Thankfully, many educators around the globe are striving for the same goal. That...
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A Celebration of a Life Filled with Love
Every year, at her birthday, I share a testimony to the life of my Grandmother, Carmen Gascon. May it inspire you, today. Today is my grandmother’s birthday. She was born on Valentine’s Day, February...
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Read With Me: 5 Tips to Foster a Love for #Reading
“Read along with me: the best is yet to be.” – Lisa Dabbs (adapted from Robert Browning) When I first became a teacher, I was excited to begin sharing the love of reading with my students. I grew up...
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New Teacher Chat 4th Year Anniversary and a Giveaway! #ntchat
GIVEAWAY is now CLOSED as of 6pm PST May 13, 2014. Thanks to all who entered! This week, New Teacher Chat celebrates the 4th Anniversary of our Chat with a giveaway to say Thank You to all our...
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5 STEPS TO BETTER LESSON PLANNING
Learning to write a good, strong lesson plan is the backbone of confident teaching. Without a plan, you can kiss that goal of supporting your learners to succeed goodbye and your students will...
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Reading in Summer Gives You Somewhere to Go
I grew up loving to read and waited excitedly every month for the children’s literary book club order that my Dad made sure I received. As I reflect on this, I consider myself to have been fortunate...
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Join my #ntchat Class on Remind!
The New Teacher Chat mentoring message started as a weekly chat on Twitter on May 5, 2010. The chat is practitioner focused to support new and pre-service educators world wide to receive resources and...
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The H&R Block Budget Challenge–Love this!
Back to school is always an exciting time filled with opportunities to learn and share with colleagues, grade level teams, and friends in your professional learning network. So when H&R Block...
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Five Tips for New Teachers to Become Connected Educators
(Originally posted in August 2012, updated for October 2014.) This month, the U.S. Department of Education kicked off Connected Educator Month, with engaging keynotes, panel discussions, book chats,...
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Join the H&R Block Budget Challenge–It’s Back for 2015!
In September, H&R Block approached me with this great opportunity to share their budget challenge, I jumped at the chance to participate! Now as we enter 2015, it’s exciting to see that they are...
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Ditch the Resolutions and Do the Word! #onelittleword
When I was a classroom teacher I was easily pulled in many directions and got caught up in way too many projects. In my eagerness to serve, I frequently volunteered to be on this committee and to chair...
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Join the New Teacher Academy for 2015! #ntchat
In January of 2012, as a resident blogger at Edutopia, I had the privilege of running a five-part series on my Edutopia blog called the New Teacher Academy. It included key concepts that new and...
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New-Teacher Academy 2015 on #ntchat: Lesson Planning
In January of 2012, as a resident blogger at Edutopia, I had the privilege of running a five-part series on my Edutopia blog called the New Teacher Academy. It included key concepts that new and...
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New-Teacher Academy 2015 on #ntchat: Lesson Delivery
In January of 2012, as a resident blogger at Edutopia, I had the privilege of running a five-part series on my Edutopia blog called the New Teacher Academy. It included key concepts that new and...
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New-Teacher Academy 2015 on #ntchat: Working with Parents
In January of 2012, as a resident blogger at Edutopia, I had the privilege of running a five-part series on my Edutopia blog called the New Teacher Academy. It included key concepts that new and...
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New Teacher Academy 2015 on #ntchat: Building Relationships
In January of 2012, as a resident blogger at Edutopia, I had the privilege of running a five-part series on my Edutopia blog called the New Teacher Academy. It included key concepts that new and...
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We Need to Keep Planting Gardens #earthday
Earth Day 2015 is just around the corner! I just about jumped up for joy when I saw this little Curious Garden video (above) on Twitter this morning. It’s a fun one that can be used in the classroom...
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Giveaway: New Teacher Chat 5th Year Birthday! #ntchat
Giveaway is closed! Thanks to all who participated! This week, New Teacher Chat celebrates a 5th Birthday! I want to say Thank You to all our supporters by sharing a fun Giveaway! To help celebrate...
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Let’s Connect and Share! I Choose to Use @remindHQ
I love to learn and connect with others to do it! It’s a part of who I am and how I was made, and I want to encourage others to do the same. In May of 2010 the New Teacher Chat mentoring message...
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