⁦Holland Elementary⁩ #hollandstrong Dedicated teachers working on the Sunday before school starts!

We could all learn more about working on a team. #hollandstrong

A new study finds that greeting students at the door increases engagement by 20% and reduces disruptions by 9%—effectively adding 1 hour of learning per day. edut.to/2N8NH65

Do you want parents to ready your newsletters? lauracandler.com/why-no-one-rea…

Comments during dinner from a MS honor student: ughhh I hate Schoology! The teachers don’t even know how to use it! It’s less compatible with Google docs and requires more tabs. I had to redo my whole virtual learning assignment because she didn’t know how to use it right.

Larry Cuban research quoted in Student Centered Coaching text: “effective teachers have 200-300 mostly unpredictable interactions with students each hour, demanding that they improvise-deciding on the spot- as they deal with both the routine and unexpected.”

In some corners, independent reading time in the classroom is seen as a waste of instructional time. I've found it the best one-on-one time to teach and support readers and build reading relationships with students. #bookaccessforall

Teaching teachers how to form productive groups and teaching students how to contribute to that group. #vblitfam@vblit4kids

#lipsyncNorfolk

Breakfast Club for parent strategies at Holland. Parents learned what GRIT is and how much grit THEY have-and how to build it in children. Title I VBCPS Holland Elementary

System 44 and breakfast. Everyday- even early release!

Great idea

My 11-year-old: “I was just thinking. Remember that kid in my grade who got bullied for being a germaphobe and using hand sanitizer all day long? I bet no one ever bothers him again.”

A poem: 'Everything is going to be all right' Amid the sad news and anxiety the Covid-19 crisis is causing us all, here are words from one of Ireland's most famous poets, Derek Mahon

I love that this article ends with "Most importantly, says Short, “I am going to be honest and as understanding as possible to let students know we are all in this together and will likely all need a little grace.” We all need to hear that. edutopia.org/article/7-ways…

Goodnight Zoom! Story time with Holland students nightly. Averaging around 30 students each night. #VBAlwaysLearning

Candace Owens We cannot expect the American people to jump from Capitalism to Communism, but we can assist their elected leaders in giving them small doses of Socialism, until they awaken one day to find that they have Communism. -Nikita Khrushchev That day is about here.

Kids don’t learn from teachers they don’t like! Title I VBCPS #VBRippleEffect Laura Silverman

This is a little bit of comfort for those who need it. Over the Rainbow #songsofcomfort

Character counts! 🙌