The Difference Between Projects and Project-Based Learning

http://www.teachthought.com/learning/project-based-learning/difference-between-projects-and-project-based-learning/?utm_campaign=trueAnthem&utm_content=dHesIN&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter#!dHesIN

Mobile Go Center at CHS

The Mobile Go Center offered help with filling out of the FAFSA and TCC application for CHS senior students and parents. We had 60 parents and students take advantage of the Mobile Go Center thanks to our outstanding high school counselors, Mrs. Emshoff and Mrs. Holekamp.

Teacher vs. Student: How Each Actually Uses Social Media

Teacher vs. Student:  How Each Actually Uses Social Media

http://www.edudemic.com/teacher-vs-student-social-media/?utm_content=bufferf068e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Home-School Partnerships

We are in the business of student success.  All stakeholders must hold themselves and students accountable.   Stakeholders that do not hold themselves and students accountable for their actions at home and school make it difficult to have an atmosphere of collaboration and teamwork between the school and home.  It is an essential life skill to guide students at home and in school in order to form appropriate behavior towards others in public.  Certainly, these behaviors include following school rules, home rules, rules of society, and the use of appropriate verbal and nonverbal communication. Students mimic behavior.  Stakeholders must support their student's education, and when they know the student is in the wrong, it is critical to help them understand and accept consequences for his or her behavior.  Accepting the consequences of one's acts is part of an important behavior formation for the child and is an essential component in the learning process of life skills.  Rules and procedures are in place for the safety and educational rights of all learners. Creating dialogue between home and school, and developing the necessary relationships between these two, are important for success.  Children and students will experience greater success when all investors share the same goal and path to achieving that goal. Remember Lions, We Are Achieving Excellence Together!!!

Please post ideas/strategies on building, nurturing and maintaining meaningful relationships between all stakeholders in order to achieve student success.

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Building Positive Relationships - Emaze Presentation

http://app.emaze.com/@AZIWTCQ/positive-relationships-copy1

Think, Pair, Share Cooperative Learning Strategy

https://www.teachervision.com/group-work/cooperative-learning/48547.html

The Use of Scaffolds for Teaching Higher-Level Cognitive Strategies

In the article, The Use of Scaffolds for Teaching Higher-Level Cognitive Strategies, Barak Rosenshine and Carla Meister present various research and examples of the effective use of scaffolding to achieve higher levels of  student thinking.  Scaffolds allow for students to feel supported while closing the learning gaps they may have.  High level thinking and questioning strategies strengthen a student's cognitive ability, confidence, and performance.  Students are held accountable for their learning and can connect learning to their own lives if scaffolding and questioning are done effectively.

With so much for students to gain, how do we as educators effectively scaffold and question our students so that they are successfully answering, thinking and learning at higher levels?

This article gives many examples from across the curriculum of how scaffolding can and should be a part of our daily classroom practice.

     Scaffolds can be used:        

• Presenting a New Cognitive Strategy
• Regulating Difficulty During Guided Practice
• Varying the Context for Practice
• Providing Feedback
• Increasing Student Responsibility
• Providing Independent Practice

Please take time to post your 5 takeaways from the article, comment on my posts and one from a peer. (3 total posts).