I have a confession to make. As a former ELA teacher, self-proclaimed "reader" and lover of a good novel, I struggle to get into most nonfiction books. I've been this way my whole life. Give me a piece of fiction, and I can read it in a few days. Give me a piece of nonfiction, and I have to annotate, read, and re-read in order to make sense out of it. This makes it difficult for me to read books on the philosophy of education, which is kind of important in my job as an instructional coach. Enter Dave and Shelley Burgess, co-founders of Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc. Dave is the best-selling author of Teach Like a Pirate, and Shelley is co-author of Lead like a Pirate. Together, they are a powerhouse of professional development and book publishing. They have published TONS of books on various topics in education. The great thing about their books is that they don't read like a college textbook on education - they are fun, engaging, and relevant (no offense, college textbooks).
If you head over to daveburgessconsulting.com/dbcibooks, you can see all of the books under their publishing company. There truly is something for everyone. Keep any eye out for former USD437 Elementary Curriculum Coordinator Tara Martin's book Be REAL! Now, admittedly, I've only read a couple of the books, but I'm working on that! I have, however, seen several of these people speak at conferences, and they are amazing educators with so much to offer. I hope you can find something that sparks your interest, and you can sit by the pool this summer (if it ever stops raining) and do a little reading!!
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In today's Digital Tool Tuesday, I thought it would be beneficial not to bombard you with another new tool after you just had a day of learning about a lot of tools, so let's talk for a minute about our awesome staff and the great PD we had Monday. A spark. That's all it takes for someone's curiosity to burst into a roaring fire, a determination to learn something, try something new. Hopefully, you experienced a spark in one of your PD sessions on Monday. Monday provided us with some amazing sessions. I love two things about days like Monday: 1. I love that our district/administration acknowledges how talented our staff is and allows us to share what we know; and 2. I love the willingness that our WRMS staff has to learn new things! The sessions that I was in were full of teachers fully engaged and truly wanting to learn new things to implement in their classrooms. In fact, I know teachers were already using Dasan's Beekast in their rooms today! It's that willingness to learn that we must make sure we transfer over to our students.
If you need any resources from your sessions, or you are curious about a session you were unable to attend, go to our Sept. 25th PD website and go to the specific session you are looking for. I am still adding resources to the site as they come in, so if you don't see something added yet, check back in a couple of days and it may be there. You can access resources from Monday afternoon on the Classroom Instruction that Works website as well. Jeff will be adding resources there as we go through the training. I am hoping that the Aurasma app will be added to the iPads soon so that teachers can start using it with students. Additionally, if you are interested in using virtual reality in your classroom, I have six headsets that you can check out to use. I would be happy to help with either in your classrooms! You guys truly are the best staff around, and you make this job of mine so amazing. I am so fortunate to get to work with all of you! |
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