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August 2007 - Posts

"Change is good" is the new mantra

Posted Sunday, August 26, 2007 7:38 AM by mz.w :: 0 Comments
In our staff meeting on Friday(they waited until Friday!!!), our principal mentioned that our vp was making him repeat "change is good" over and over again any time he complained. I am hearing it all over school, sometimes varied to "I embrace change." Read More...

it's PI time

Posted Friday, August 17, 2007 12:50 AM by mz.w :: 0 Comments
well, bad news is, our school is Year One Program Improvement and our overall STAR scores went down. the good news is, hella my kiddos went up on their STAR scores. some serious personal growth happened last year. i'm so proud of them! i can't wait to Read More...

i is in ur classroom, teachings u da histories

Posted Friday, August 17, 2007 12:24 AM by mz.w :: 0 Comments
random aside: lolcats is heelarious!!! my schedule this year: 1-2 Periods: Proficient 7th Lang Arts Core 3 Period 7th grade social studies 4 Period 8th grade social studies 5 Period Prep 6 Period 7th grade social studies and 7 Period 8th grade social Read More...

strategy, ha!

Posted Tuesday, August 07, 2007 1:18 AM by mz.w :: 0 Comments
so, a colleague of mine had to do a peer conference for his CLAD(multi-cultural) certification...most of what was discussed was just best practices in getting to know and educating any of your students, multicultural or not. it seems that aside from explicit Read More...