Welcome to #pln365 - each question asked tonight will be professionally related to a popular board game. Are you ready to roll? Sorry, couldn't resist.
Paul from NJ here. Scrabble is my all-time favorite. I like the board game better than the current Words With Friends version. Love me some triple word score. #pln365
Hi I’m Kate from Florida and my favorite board game to this day is battle ship...if that can be classified as a board game. I love the strategy and thought and that my dad taught me to play it #pln365
Good evening. Lynette from No here. I loved Candyland. We didn’t have many games growing up with so many of us. Our games were imaginative. But I do remember Candyland and it was a great way to bring us back together and sharing the moment. #pln365
Hi,there, #PLN365 teammates
Cathi from central NJ, HS special education teacher
Game face on! Let's do it!
Favorite board game? Candy Land... Many fun hours spent with my grandmother.
A1: In 2002, I left teaching to enter the business world. After five successful years, I left a career that I loved and returned to the classroom with many new skills and a deeper appreciation of being an educator. #pln365
A1: I would say going from teaching elementary to secondary. I said I’d never do it, but I found a true passion for teaching that age group and now use that RISK as fundamental experience as an AP at that level. #pln365
A1: I went back to Special Education after 11 years in the regular classroom. Now an ED teacher. Such an amazing experience to work with who I get to work with! #pln365
A1: I’m not sure that one RISK stands out, but I appreciate all those who challenge and stretch me to be a better educator and, more importantly, person. Grateful for a great new gig with awesome colleagues and students who make me better. #pln365
A1: i switched from a premed track to an arts education after realizing art is in my blood. I learned so much getting my bachelors in science and apply it in the artroom to this day...stuns the kids when math and science facts come flying out #pln365
Q2: Standardized test data aside, share with us some of your favorite data points that CLUE you in on the planning of future instructional design. #pln365
A1: I went back to college with two toddlers at home and a husband who said go try. Didn’t know if I still had a brain in my 30’s but found my second home in a classroom. Been there ever since and still filled with wonder. #pln365
A1. I took a professional risk by accepting my current role in higher education as a college administrator after 20 years in K-12, with 16 years as K-12 administrator. However, it is paying off because all of my experiences are helping with successes. #pln365
A2: as an art teacher I have no access to the students data so it’s based on if they grasped the art concept, enjoyed the project, improved their skills and use of materials that clue me in #pln365
A2: as a motto of mine....relationships, relationships, relationships! They are the building block of all essential learning and lifetime successes! #pln365
A2: I love providing students with opportunities to give me feedback. If I ask them to consistently get a little better each day I want them to know that I'm ready and willing to do the same. #pln365
A1 Moving from Ksme w a job I enjoyed & a pt job I loved to come home & help my family. 1st yr, no T job, retail mgr. 2nd yr private school for boys with behavioral issues. Hired for Newark & rifted a few weeks later. BD at another school & then found home for 18 yrs. #PLN365
A2: Conversations with students!! Some of my best instructional practices comes from dialogue. What do they want? Need? How? I’m planning an entire 2nd semester finance around standards but what my srs want and feel they need. I cannot WAIT to dig in! #pln365
Looks like we have to make some time for a @SCRABBLE_EA game. That is the default quality game for my wife and me when we don’t have the children around. Wait! Does that sound nerdy? #pln365
A3: Chutes: How failure to communicate with consistency and clarity creates gaps in the ability to grow to our fullest potential.
A3: Ladders: How the power of belief creates opportunities to rise beyond one's wildest expectations.
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A3b: Chutes: When too much time is focused on being right instead of DOING what is right.
A3b: Ladders: How our profession provides us with opportunities to profoundly impact the world each and every day.
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Q4: Our work is truly a labor of love. Here's your chance to scribble...or shall we say SCRABBLE down a response that lets the world know why you love what you do. Bonus points for the neatest handwriting.😉 #pln365
A3: CHUTE: moving targets of expectations for our students. LADDER: Working with brilliant young minds who are eager to learn, coaching those who challenge me to see their potential, and working alongside awesome colleagues along my educational journey. #pln365
A3: the chutes are when I am stuck trying to connect to a reluctant audience. The ladder is as I get older my bag of tricks expands and you usually find that move that pushes you past GO and you collect more than dollars. #pln365
A4: The little and big moments! The celebration of successes with students in the classroom, on the field, stage, or job - this joy and excitement is unparalleled. Best perk of the job. It’s all about the relationships! Invest and show them you care! #pln365
A4: I love what I do because everyday I keep thinking this is a dream and I will wake to see I am really not doing this job that is new and fresh and challenging everyday. #pln365
Q4: Our work is truly a labor of love. Here's your chance to scribble...or shall we say SCRABBLE down a response that lets the world know why you love what you do. Bonus points for the neatest handwriting.😉 #pln365
A3 CHUTES
the complacency of our peers, leading to a failure to thrive for our Ss
Encountering Ss who WON'T do anything because they never had to.
LADDERS
learning every day. Showing them they CAN if they TRY and take the RISK.
Helping them pass go & collect $200! #PLN365
