High school math teacher, researching homework, standards, and standards based grading.
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Jeff Harding retweeted
9 Things Mentally Tough Athletes DON'T DO ...
🚫 Panic
🚫 Complain
🚫 Blame others
🚫 Make excuses
🚫 Take part in drama
🚫 Fixate on the negative
🚫 Stay in the comfort zone
🚫 See their perspective only
🚫 Quit when adversity strikes
Jeff Harding retweeted
It’s my favorite book I’ve written. And I’m giving away some copies to a few winners as part of my #SeasonOfGiving, book give away.
For a chance to win...
1) Like this post.
2) Comment "BEST”.
3) Tag someone who you want to help be their best.
🎁 Bonus points - RT this Tweet!
Jeff Harding retweeted
Teacher:
Plans a great hands-on, fun lesson!
Student:
Slept for 2 hours the night prior because they’re addicted to TikTok
Administrator:
Comes in and notices uninterested, tired student and comments ‘’What do you think you can do for that student to make them more interested?”
Jeff Harding retweeted
Nolan Ryan took 31 no-hitters into the 7th inning during his career. The most amazing thing to the starting pitchers of today is this means he actually got to the 7th inning 31 times.
Jeff Harding retweeted
Maybe instead of “grading policies,” we should have “learning policies.”
Instead of “this is how I will grade you,” we establish “this is how I will support you.”
#Project180 – at Washington, USA
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You don’t have to grade most things to be a good teacher.
The students want you and your energy. They mostly couldn’t care less about your grading policies.
Jeff Harding retweeted
Teacher provides:
•appropriate assignments
•well written rubrics
•accepts late work
•offers retakes
•quick feedback
•leaves parents several messages
Kid: 😜
Parent: Why is my kid failing?
Admin: Lets have a parent meeting. Also, provide the kid with all the missing work
Jeff Harding retweeted
Why Are Teachers So Tired All The Time? 😴
Research shows we make about 1,500 decisions a day! The constant requirement to ‘be on’ becomes DRAINING to our brains and bodies. It is called ‘Decision Fatigue’.
This explains a lot!!
Jeff Harding retweeted
For me, #ungrading started with the highest belief that students do transcendent work without the obstacle of traditional grades, not from the lowest belief that students need to be prodded by numbers + surveillance to do their best. #Ungrading is about high expectations for all.
Jeff Harding retweeted
The odd logic of much homework. If it can be done independently--why am I required to do it? If it can't be done independently who is there to teach me to do it?
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WHAT MAKES A GREAT TEACHER?
•They set high expectations for all students
•They are prepared & organized
•They engage students and get them to look at issues in a variety of ways
•They form strong relationships with students and show that they care about them as people
Jeff Harding retweeted
If we say we truly care about growth, we can’t average grades. If we average grades, our actions speaker louder than our words. The entire purpose of school is learning, so what/how students do the first half of the course shouldn’t impact their grade at the end of the course.
Jeff Harding retweeted
We all say we want to teach students how to be critical thinkers. I wonder if we are doing just the opposite though and teaching kids to be standardized thinkers...the obsession with all things testing has never been greater. – at Winston-Salem, NC
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“In school, you usually get the lesson then take the test.
In life, you usually get the test then it’s up to you to take the lesson.”
Jeff Harding retweeted
For 2022, let’s remember THIS.
Asking teachers to do ‘ONE MORE THING’ and not removing anything else from their plate doesn’t help anyone.
•It doesn’t help Teachers!
•It doesn’t help Test Scores! 🙄
•And it certainly doesn’t help STUDENTS!
Jeff Harding retweeted
I love college basketball….and when I see 8 assistants on the bench I think…omg what Ts could do with 8 assistants!! If schools were treated like sport teams!!
Jeff Harding retweeted
Those who only know what they do, tend to work harder.
Those who know why they do what they do, tend to work smarter.
