CELEBRATIONS AND TRANSITIONS

As the school year draws to a close, it is time to celebrate success! As a family, create a list of accomplishments for this school year. Look beyond honor roll and perfect attendance to celebrate even the little improvements being sure that each child in the family has a list of successes. Accomplishments worthy of family recognition can include: Improving grades Reading for pleasure No or fewer . . . read more

PLANNING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR 2011-2012

As we are wrapping up the 2010-2011 school year, we are simultaneously planning for the upcoming 2011-2012 school year. It’s the nature of the game for educators. Proper planning includes quality professional development which is based on performance, assessment, and diverse forms of feedback. District and school goals . . . read more

KINDERGARTEN TRANSITION RESEARCH AND RESOURCES

During the month of April, I presented on Kindergarten Transition at each of the Spring Regional Meetings hosted by Moving on Together . At each location we had great discussions about school readiness, developmentally appropriate practice, forming transition teams and sharing responsibility for transition planning as well as ideas . . . read more