Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Building a Community of Readers (Storify Archive)


Tweetin' Tuesday Building a Community of Readers

#vdvchat for Building a Community of Readers
  1. RT @NicholasDiaz1: Thank you to all who participated in the first#vdvchat! Great meaningful conversation!
  2. RT @NicholasDiaz1: Thank you to all who participated in the first#vdvchat! Great meaningful conversation!
  3. Thank you to all who participated in the first #vdvchat! Great meaningful conversation!
  4. RT @SchoolSup: Great work with the first Tweeting Tuesdays! Thanks for including me. #vdvchat @VDVprincipal@NicholasDiaz1
  5. #vdvchat The iLearn video was very helpful! Great job.
  6. RT @SchoolSup: Great work with the first Tweeting Tuesdays! Thanks for including me. #vdvchat @VDVprincipal@NicholasDiaz1
  7. Great work with the first Tweeting Tuesdays! Thanks for including me. #vdvchat @VDVprincipal @NicholasDiaz1
  8. #vdvchat I appreciate the iLearn video suggestions on your website. How can they be modified for older students?
  9. #vdvchat Fun first chat!! Have a great Tuesday!
  10. #vdvchat @NicholasDiaz1 @VDVprincipal Thanks for inviting me over this morning, what a great idea!!!
  11. #vdvchat Q3: IPAD Reading, Series/Genre study, Book Clubs
  12. #vdvchat Q3: What are some creative reading ideas?
  13. RT @Ms_Santangelo: #vdvchat I inspire reluctant readers by helping students make connections to the text through their own personal experiences.
  14. @VDVprincipal #vdvchat A2 Exposing the children to as much literature as possible . Reading with the children for enjoymenmt.
  15. #vdvchat I inspire reluctant readers by helping students make connections to the text through their own personal experiences.
  16. RT @GColon32: #vdvchat A2 Teachers can serve as models by sharing their own enthusiasm and love for reading, possibly inspiring others.
  17. RT @MsKuboski: #vdvchat Q2: Find motivating texts, often non-fiction, that interest students. Partner reading and Book Buddies are always fun!
  18. #vdvchat Q2: Find motivating texts, often non-fiction, that interest students. Partner reading and Book Buddies are always fun!
  19. #vdvchat A2 Teachers can serve as models by sharing their own enthusiasm and love for reading, possibly inspiring others.
  20. #vdvchat A2:Teaching is personal. Making meaningful connections with the student-engage kids in what they love and trick them into reading!
  21. #vdvchat A2 By using just right texts and praising students' success.
  22. #vdvchat A2: we try to tap into their interests and find topics that would appeal to them.
  23. RT @GColon32: #vdvchat A1 I try to use culturally relevant texts when possible so that our diverse community of students can make real life connections.
  24. #vdvchat Q2: How do you inspire reluctant readers?
  25. #vdvchat Throughout the day, I engage students by promoting real-world related texts though reading partnerships.
  26. #vdvchat A1 I try to use culturally relevant texts when possible so that our diverse community of students can make real life connections.
  27. #vdvchat A1 I infuse reading across all content areas. i.e. We are reading about forces and gravity as we study these topics in science.
  28. RT @VDVprincipal: Congrats to our third grade team for creating first grade level PLN! #vdvchat @SchoolSup @NicholasDiaz1 http://pic.twitter.com/4oVCx2QC
  29. #vdvchat A1: I create multiple opportunities for small group work. Our new math pilot prog. also provides stories that infuse math skills!
  30. #vdvchat A1 During the day I teach reading in small groups.
  31. #vdvchat A1: IMHO- Engaging the students, in all cont. areas, in authentic tasks that require reading is the best way to infuse reading.
  32. #vdvchat A1 During the day, I review the small lesson we intoduced previously.
  33. #vdvchat Good morning! Megan Lazarte - 3rd grade Special Ed teacher
  34. #vdvchat Good Morning VDV!! Jen Mitchell 3rd grade
  35. #vdvchat Q1:How do you infuse reading throughout the instructional day in a meaningful way?

Friday, January 25, 2013

Servant Leadership: Are you on the right leadership path?



 "If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all." - Mark 9:35

Servant Leadership can be defined as the natural desire of a leader to serve first rather than to be served. The striking difference between a servant leader and other leadership styles is that the servant leader seeks to ensure that other people’s highest priority needs are being met. There is some debate as to the number if characteristics that define a servant leader.  This blog will focus on five characteristics that will help you determine if you are on the path of service.

1. Empathy: The servant leader attempts to truly empathize with others. Staff members must be considered not only as employees, but also as people who need (and desire) respect and appreciation for their personal development. 

2. Awareness: The servant leader possesses a general awareness and especially self-awareness. Through reflection, he/she is not afraid of acknowledging his/her weaknesses.  He/she has the ability to view situations from a more integrated, holistic position.  This characteristic helps the servant leader base decisions on what is best for others.

3. Healing: The servant leader has the ability to heal others (emotionally) and his/herself. A servant leader finds solutions for his/her staff and resolves conflicts to boost morale because he/she sincerely wants to encourage and support the personal development of each individual.

4. Listening: A servant leader has the motivation to actively listen to his/her staff and supports them in decision-making.  The servant leader also pays particular attention to non-verbal cues and "listens" to what his/her staff members' body language is communicating.

5. Persuasion: A servant leader does not take advantage of his/her authority and status by coercing compliance; they rather try to convince those they serve.  Dale Carnegie (How to Win Friends & Influence People) describes persuasion as "arousing in the other person an eager want."

We'll end this blog with a quote from a champion of servant leadership, Robert K. Greenleaf,

“This is my thesis: caring for persons, the more able and the less able serving each other, is the rock upon which a good society is built...If a better society is to be built, one that is more just and more loving, one that provides greater creative opportunity for its people, then the most open course is to raise both the capacity to serve and the very performance as servant of existing major institutions by new regenerative forces operating within them."

Friday, September 21, 2012

iLearn Academy



iLearn Academy is coming soon!  
See the videos below to learn more.