#caedchat is for California educators, by California educators. All are welcome as moderators and participants discuss issues that emerge in California education, which are generally applicable to other regions of the United States.
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Q1: My name is (if it isn’t obvious) _________, I’m from _______, and my role in education is _______. #caedchat
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A1: My name is Nikki. I am from beautiful Santa Maria. I am a Math & Science TOSA - 1st and 2nd Grade (but get to do lots of fun Tech stuff too!) #caedchat
Hi I’m Leila from Escondido my role in education is love inspire and support the students, staff and community members in my job as Deputy Sup of Ed Services #caedchat
Hi all! 👋🏻 My name’s Amanda, I’m from Campbell & I’m a teacher turned TOSA turned teacher again. 2nd grade this next school year at our brand new Campbell School of Innovation! 🙌🏻 #caedchat
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Q1: My name is (if it isn’t obvious) _________, I’m from _______, and my role in education is _______. #caedchat
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A1: My name is Rick Stevens, I’m from San Francisco. Spent 25 years in classroom and admin. Now my role in education is k-12 consultant and website designer https://t.co/v8Vv9yjHcA#caedchat
A1: I'm Sharon. I’m from rural Lake County, NoCal where fire, weed, & wine come from. My role in education is 2nd grade teacher & site tech teacher. #caedchat
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Q1: My name is (if it isn’t obvious) _________, I’m from _______, and my role in education is _______. #caedchat
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Hi all! I'm Colleen and I teach first grade at a private Catholic school in Whittier. I've also never participated in a live chat before, so I apologize in advance if I do something wrong! #caedchat
A2: The most refreshing part of my summer has been shutting off the alarm because I need more sleep, and to take better care of myself in general. #caedchat
It's all good, Colleen. We've got your back. Just remember to keep the #caedchat tag in your posts to make things a little easier. I teach 2nd grade in Middletown, CA.
A2: The most refreshing part of summer has been getting away from tech for a week and spending time reading non work related books. I am finally getting around to reading Tipping Point from Malcolm Gladwell. #caedchat
A2: The most refreshing part of my summer has been not having to worry about work or summer school - spending more time at home with my daughter and enjoying our time together. #caedchat
Q2: My most refreshing part of my summer has been my trip to Hawaii because I took the time to enjoy the beauty of the earth, sky and sea which always puts things in perspective and re-energizes me #caedchat
The most refreshing part of my summer was a weekend in Santa Barbara because I got to spend some grown up time with my husband. 😊🥂#twinmomof13yearoldboys#caedchat
A2: Most refreshing has been time spent with other teachers because crazy as it sounds, during year it is so easy to get isolated by my classroom
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A2: The most refreshing part of my summer has been travel & exploration time w/loved ones! Need to make sure to maintain that balance of work & family time once school starts back up... #caedchat
A2: The most refreshing part of my summer has been multiple trips with young grandchildren to Oakland Zoo and California Academy of Science. Rediscover wonder through their eyes #caedchat
So very true, Peg. It is quite refreshing to be around like-minded folks who push, encourage, and challenge you to replenish the soul, isn't it?
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A1: The most refreshing part of my summer has been the chance to properly go through my classroom & do a major clean out & reorg. Principal & maintenance dept gave me extra time & I scheduled this time for myself this summer. No rush. Just taking time to reorg/regroup. #caedchat
Yes! Been doing some reading too! Mainly fiction... Liked All the Light We Cannot See and The Storied Life of AJ Fikry, and reread Farenheit 451 😁#caedchat
A2: The more refreshing part of my summer has been realizing who needs me most: my family and my friends.
Honestly, this space is cool, transformative, and inspiring, but I needed my family to see me as a dad and husband a little more.
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A2: The most refreshing thing of the summer so far was backpacking with my dad in the Ansel Adams Wilderness. After a really hard school year, it was amazing to not see other human beings for two days :) #caedchat
A1: The most refreshing part of my summer has been the chance to properly go through my classroom & do a major clean out & reorg. Principal & maintenance dept gave me extra time & I scheduled this time for myself this summer. No rush. Just taking time to reorg/regroup. #caedchat
Q3: The part of my job I am most looking forward to this fall is rolling out subscription based PD because teachers need to have a choice, too. I have been working very hard this summer to make our YOU Cubes AWESOME! #PYLlearns#caedchat
Same here! I forget how much I really miss my family during the school year when work and professional obligations take me away from them - something I am hoping to work on this coming school year! #caedchat
A1 My name is Karla. I am from Hanford CA but teach https://t.co/1vIeoOILLT science, gaming, intervention & organize athletics at NAS Lemoore. Also proud @WeAreCTA member & leader. #caedchat
I know, right?! I'm SUPER lucky in that & many other regards at my school. I love my support teams. I think it is awful how many teachers have to pack up their rooms & are not given time/money/support to do it. Oh, look, I'm getting all ranty! #caedchat
A3 -The part of my job I am most looking forward to the fall is the PL I organized come to fruition because it is something my COE has not done in a long time. #caedchat
I am excited to welcome two new colleagues to our department bc it will be an opportunity for me to learn from/with new folks & for us to expand our Ss access to understanding math
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A3: ....is the kids!! Back in the classroom after 3 yrs has me stoked! Also, doing things differently at our new site via PBL, design thinking, making & co-teaching has me pumped! #caedchat
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I am excited to welcome two new colleagues to our department bc it will be an opportunity for me to learn from/with new folks & for our school to expand our Ss access to understanding math
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Oh my gosh! Will you tell MY principal about this!!!?? We're still doing the all day-that-could-have-been-done-in-the-morning-waste-of-learning-time PD's! It's painful! #caedchat
A3: The part of my job I am most looking forward to this fall is starting my new job as a Tech TOSA because this will be my first time in my 8+ years of teaching that I won’t have a classroom of my own and it will be something different! #caedchat
The part of my job I am most looking forward to this fall is developing relationships with our new Ts and engaging them in support of our mission and vision. Getting to know them and learning how best to support their work. #caedchat
A3: The part of my job I’m looking forward to the most this fall is having to be mindful about everything due to my grade level and content area change. I know it will be exhausting at times, but I’m excited to disable the auto-pilot setting. #CAedchat
A3: The part of my job I am most looking forward to this fall is making new connections with teachers I haven’t yet had a chance to because I know how important relationships are when sharing information. #caedchat
It'll be interesting to follow your journey to see how you take what you've known about MS for so long and use that to influence 4th grade. Super exciting!
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A3: The part of my job I am most looking forward to this fall is _new colleagues_ because _[see quote]_. #caedchat Grateful for @ShsbearsP@SHSBears etc!
Good Q. Part of it is appreciating the privilege given me - maintenance crew has scheduled my room for the last carpet clean on campus in order to accommodate me so I could really tear the room apart & put it back together. #caedchat
Q3: The part of my job that I am most looking forward to this fall is finally rolling out #DailyFive to work in tandem with our ELA curriculum #CATreasuresCurriculum because I truly believe it will transform my students' literacy skills! #caedchat Any tips?
Part of it is the how - I asked for the extra time so it could be slow, relaxed, & pleasant as well as thorough. I have shows running on the SMART board, the air conditioning is on, I've got my iced tea. Just doing my thang. Then seeing stuff disappear. Ahhhh. #caedchat
Have you considered a mini-180Blog? Just a quick thought or two from the day? I mean, I wouldn't read *all* of them, but I would love to see the growth. #selfishrequests#caedchat
A3. Working with the Fresno Unified MIE Community because the district is going 1:1 to help teachers transition to Teaching with Technology! #caedchat#MIEExpert
A3: Funny, but my answer to this seems to be the same every year. I'm most looking forward to...SCIENCE INVESTIGATIONS! Also, trying out the new ideas I get from the Twitter #edchat communities, articles, books, blogs, etc. #caedchat
A2: Actually the highlight of my summer (still in session) has been redoing my room (got another couch), designing chromebook buckets, spending down the tech budget, and building my little pond. #caedchat
Some colleagues and I just went to a great conferences put on by the CA Science Project and UCR - it was all about science notebooking and the new NGSS. One of the most useful conferences that I’ve been to in a while! #caedchat
A2: Actually the highlight of my summer (still in session) has been redoing my room (got another couch), designing chromebook buckets, spending down the tech budget, and building my little pond. #caedchat
Q4: The one aspect of my job I hope to change this year is being present in more classrooms with help from the 1200 amazing teachers in my district. #caedchat
A2: The most refreshing part of my summer has been going to Ocean Beach with my family because we got a hotel instead of rushing to the beach and rushing home #caedchat
A3 The part of my job I am most looking forward to this fall is using eduprotocols by @MarlenaHebern & @jcorippo & all my new STEM activities & career connections from #MDASTEM in because both will make my class more student centered, interesting, and fun. #caedchat
A4: Hope to spend more time in my colleagues' classrooms & be more proactive in getting them into mine, too-w help from my admin & #observeme ideas
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A4. More time in the Fresno area. I'm focusing on registering Microsoft Schools and turning down training at schools that are not Microsoft Schools. FOCUS! #caedchat#MIEExpert
A3: The part of my job I am most looking forward to this fall is trying out all of the new things I've learned this summer. It's going to be an excellent year, I can feel it #caedchat
A4: The one aspect of my job I hope to change this year is _my interconnectedness_ with help from _new PLN friends on Twitter and Voxer_. #caedchat Help me out by tagging any awesome HS assistant principals or principals!
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The one aspect of my job I hope to change this year is better meet the needs of the teachers in my county. I need help from those that are successful in offering PL in their counties. I would love to find a model that works for a small county.
A4: The aspect of my job I hope to change this year is celebrating teachers' successes connecting risk-taking teachers across our district and beyond. Of course, I'll need help from @Lohstorres1, my hometown bully... I mean, colleague.
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A3 #caedchat The part of my job I am most looking forward to in 2 weeks are my students because they continue to aspire me to be a better teacher #caedchat
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The one aspect of my job I hope to change this year is better meet the needs of the teachers in my county. I need help from those that are successful in offering PL in their counties. I would love to find a model that works for a small county.
Fun experience w/ summer school after getting an idea for a lesson using UV-sensitive beads from a fellow educator in the Twittersphere. Next thing ya know, Steve Spengler is joining our Tweet-conversation & I'm sharing results - the kids loved it - #edchat has legs. #caedchat
A4: The one aspect of my job I hope to change is organization of my science units new & old and find more efficient ways to grade and with help from my team, my students & PLN. #caedchat#caedchat
A3: The part of my job I am looking forward to this fall is implementing what I learned at @CVTechBootCamp & #NotAtISTE18, working w new colleagues & watching our school take an on a greater tech, #STREAM, #makerspace, #coding footprint w help from our awesome staff. #caedchat
A3 (part 2): I am also looking forward to some awesome PD I have planned for the next 12 - 24 months w help and support of my admin. #qualityPDfiresmeup#caedchat
A4: The one aspect of my job I hope to change this year is stepping outside of my comfort zone with help from my teaching partners/friends - doing things (like public speaking) that I haven’t done before! #caedchat
A4: The one aspect of my job I hope to change this year is _my interconnectedness_ with help from _new PLN friends on Twitter and Voxer_. #caedchat Help me out by tagging any awesome HS assistant principals or principals!
A4: The one aspect of my job I hope to change this year is stepping outside of my comfort zone with help from my teaching partners/friends - doing things (like public speaking) that I haven’t done before! #caedchat
A4: The aspect of my job I hope to change is helping teachers integrate more technology into their lessons with the help of our amazing SMBSD teachers! #caedchat
A4 — The one aspect of my job I hope to change this year is to really create a k12 tech plan with help from our new academic dean. (Who’s going w/ me to better together on Friday) #caedchat
Oooooooh, Science notebooking. Is it weird that those two words together give me the feels? I'm such an EdGeek! I'm also really into useful conferences & trainings . They're a little too like unicorns - so rare. #caedchat
Oh man. Word of mouth. I wow’d one district Supt. At the following LEA Supt meeting, he couldn’t stop raving about the work and what his teachers were doing. How do we partner to support each other? #caedchat
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@mremathteacher, @CAedchat, @MrsNewell22
Q5: The professional book that has inspired the most change is my classroom is #EduProtocols. This book is teacher-life changing. I have about 10 teachers in an asynchronous book study right now. So powerful #caedchat
A2: The most refreshing part of my summer has been FINALLY giving myself permission to turn 'off' school for a while (thank you @Angela_Watson). It has made all the difference this summer. Getting lots done for next year AND completely relaxing, too. #caedchat
A2 - I don’t get summer break so no vacation yet HOWEVER, The most refreshing part of my summer has been Sat matinees because I enjoy forgetting busy-ness while escaping in a good movie #caedchat
A5 - The prof book that has inspired the most change in my instruction/PL has been Embedding Formative Assessment from Dylan Wiliam and Mathematical Mindset from Jo Boaler #caedchat
Q5: The professional book that has inspired the most change is my classroom is #EduProtocols. This book is teacher-life changing. I have about 10 teachers in an asynchronous book study right now. So powerful #caedchat
Went 2 a "Rigorous PBL by Design" training. It was facilitated by the author, @mmcdowell13. Liked it. Had legs. My colleagues & I still use the vocabulary or common language from the program. We've been implementing it in pieces. Again, trying to go relaxed & groovy. #caedchat
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@KristinOropeza, @Jstevens009, @mmcdowell13
A5: There’s too many! I am a big fan of Laura Fleming’s Makerspaces books - lots of inspiration. I also read Randi Zuckerberg’s “Pick Three” - put things in perspective! #caedchat
A5: This is a hard one! Probably #becomingmath even though I haven't put as much of it into practice yet, but there's so much good stuff in it #caedchat
A5: The professional books that have inspired the most change is my classroom are “5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions” by Margaret Smith & “Powerful Problem Solving” by Max Ray Rick . #caedchat
I encourage you to take your A5 and SHARE IT with a colleague, a new teacher, a friend. If you found value in it, then please do pass along the ideas to others in your circle.
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A5: The professional "book" that has inspired some big changes is my classroom have been NGSS standards & Twitter chats. The new book going into practice this year is Eduprotocols. #caedchat
A5: The professional book that has inspired the most change in my classroom (this year) is Becoming the Math Teacher You Wish You'd Had (and anything else @cmmteach tells me to read!). #becomingmath#caedchat
A5: The professional book that has inspired the most change in my classroom (this year) is Becoming the Math Teacher You Wish You'd Had (and anything else @cmmteach tells me to read!). #becomingmath#caedchat
A5: Also "Promoting Purposeful Discourse" by Beth H-E which chronicles the work of Ts in a research study, developing their individual approach to discourse intensive classrooms
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A5: This is tough!! The Professional Book that has inspired change is probably Jo Boaler’s Mathematical Mindset. But I can think of a bunch more that would qualify! 😊📚📚📚 #caedchat
A5: Just finished "The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels" by Jon Meachem. It deals with how to engage in complex and controversial topics - such as race and civil rights, https://t.co/qklKmtZrpD#caedchat
been there! when my nephew was in little league my husband coached and I was team mom!! but he moved to high school and the games are right after school
BTW my husband didn't "get out" until a couple years after my nephew left (we made some really great friendships) #caedchat
A6: A great edublog that I regularly follow is _NOPE_. What I love about it is _I don't feel guilty for not following blogs anymore_. #caedchat Now...if someone I trust points me to a post, I'll read it! But this is one past practice I've let go.
OMG! https://t.co/DwseE4TasZ> I found a bunch. Is it "Science Notebooks: Writing About Inquiry"" by Lori Fulton? I also found one with the intriguing title of "Story Starters and Science Notebooking: Developing Student Thinking Through Literacy and Inquiry." #caedchat
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A6 - Oh, to choose only one? A great edublog that I regularly follow is @TeacherAndAdmin
What I love about it is there is always something that I challenges my thinking a bit and inspires change. #caedchat
Q6: A great edublog that I regularly follow is https://t.co/zQMR5aoyL8. What I love about it is that @WickedEdTech provides thoughtful resources and stretches my thoughts about our purpose as educators. #caedchat
I think I want to amend my answer just a bit. I think podcasting is the new blogging. I follow multiple #edupodcasts , and learn daily from them! I think I need to write a blog post about all my podcast faves! LOL #caedchat
A5: To be honest, I have been super behind on my Professional Development reading... I've been reading "A Framework for Understanding Poverty" by Ruby K. Payne-- really helpful for building equity into the classroom
I think I want to amend my answer just a bit. I think podcasting is the new blogging. I follow multiple #edupodcasts , and learn daily from them! I think I need to write a blog post about all my podcast faves! LOL #caedchat
A6: I don’t regularly follow blogs - but @MrsBarnett_Tchr and I just started our own https://t.co/b6L3FhJ08y - it chronicles edu-tools and things we’ve tried in the classroom, and how well they work/fail, etc. Definitely teaching me about my own teaching! #caedchat
A6: A great edublog I follow is @ShakeUpLearning . I love it because it is chock full of great Google tips and it’s lots of fun. (She also has an amazing professional learning book!) #caedchat
A6: I don't follow a blog regularly, but one I enjoy is Lucky Little Learners - However, @KristinOropeza and I have a baby blog @TechTribeEDU - We want to share tech +s and -s that we have done in the classroom. Ts learning from Ts #CaEdChat
Let's get this started, friends!
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Q1: My name is (if it isn’t obvious) _________, I’m from _______, and my role in education is _______. #caedchat
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A6: I don’t regularly follow blogs - but @MrsBarnett_Tchr and I just started our own https://t.co/b6L3FhJ08y - it chronicles edu-tools and things we’ve tried in the classroom, and how well they work/fail, etc. Definitely teaching me about my own teaching! #caedchat
A6: A great edublog that I regularly follow are posts by @edutopia & @npr_ed. What I love about both are updates on Ed politics, learning studies & practices in a variety of areas that I should know as an educator. #caedchat
I was a little afraid you'd ask! Here we go:
Unearthed
EdTech Confessions
Principal Center Radio
The Cult of Pedagogy
The Bedley Bros. EdChat
Check this Out
Better Leaders Better Schools
Hack Learning
Principal Matters
Transformative Principal
#MyBad
Teaching Tales
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Well, #caedchat, you have been an hour of inspiration and things to consider. Thank you for taking the time to chime in and be a part of the conversation. Hopefully you gained some new insights, as I certainly did.
A5: I am really intrigued with this whole #teachlikeapirate craze, though! Maybe I can squeeze that one into the #summerreading pile before school starts? #caedchat
A6: Do not read any blogs daily but read EDWeek regularly, subscribe to Fritzwire & National Ed Policy newsletter for education policy happenings
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As we wind down for the evening, be sure to follow some folks and continue the conversations on Twitter.
Keep using #caedchat throughout the week to post ideas and questions.
Have a great week, all!
A3 The part of my job I am most looking forward to this fall is coaching & mentoring staff because learning together will allow my entire staff, myself included, to learn & grow! #caedchat
