Melissa Echtner

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@trev_mackenzie @kwiens62 Yes! I wrote CONNECTION on my board this morning to remind myself of what matters.

This one really struck home for as an inquiry or practitioner. Connections✨ Connections✨ Connections✨ Connection is the curriculum. Keeping this as a reminder for the coming weeks. Thank you @kwiens62

@jkenney @AdrianaLaGrange How dare you mislead the public into thinking you know how best to approach the curriculum and diminish the amazing strides teachers in this province have made and that Alberta has made as an educational leader in the world.

“[The new curriculum] will move the province's schools away from approaches known as "discovery" or "constructivist" learning, ⁦Education Minister @AdrianaLaGrange⁩ said” #abed cbc.ca/news/canada/ed…

@jkenney @AdrianaLaGrange At its core, constructivism means that each individual constructs their own meaning of the world based on their own knowledge and experience, which is further influenced by social and cultural factors. Are you going to tell me this is a false concept?

Here’s help from IPA World. Read it and share ! ipaworld.org/resources/for-…

@MisterPella @PrairieWaters @Gr4MPWE @mrswambura @MsMrak Every year the grade 4 artists @PrairieWaters put me in awe. This year did not disappoint. You were my first Kindergarten class at PWE, and I am so proud of all of you! Congrats @MisterPella @Gr4MPWE and @mrswambura 🎨❤️

Our #prairiewaters G4 Year End Art Exhibition is 1 week away! Thank you to all the students who made their piece of art! And to those who showed they were #risktakers and recorded themselves speaking about art! @PrairieWaters @Gr4MPWE @mrswambura youtu.be/XuDwlAxX60A @MsMrak

@ZooeyDeschanel @LamorneMorris @iamgreenfield @HannahSimone @wayansjr You should probably get the gang together and make a quarantine episode... 😍

So many people have been texting me about bingeing New Girl while we #stayhome and it makes me so happy! What do you think the gang would be up to in quarantine together right now?

@EllenBrown28 This is something I am working on every day! Less talking and more listening. I just started reading a fabulous book you might be interested in, called #HackingQuestions by Connie Hamilton. I recommend it!

@trish_cull @conniehamilton I totally agree!

@MissyEchtner @conniehamilton I believe this starts with creating a culture in which all feel safe to find their voice.

Chapter 1 in #HackingQs by @conniehamilton invites Ts to reconsider their group discussion format. Assume all Ss are capable of engaging (they are!), rather than the select few who raise their hands. How do we ensure all Ss get in on the discussion?

Truly finding inspiration for facilitating collaborative student discussions in #HackingQs by @conniehamilton.

@19LEIP Are you sorry because you got caught? Would you be “learning and determining how to move forward” if the chat hadn’t been leaked to social media?

@EllenBrown28 Inquiry based learning means going deeper in your understanding of a concept. It means questioning. It means making meaningful connections between different concepts... butterfly clip art need not apply. 🦋

@EllenBrown28 When I think of themes, I think of everything you do being connected to that theme as a bit superficial and surface level. For eg., butterfly theme means we will have butterfly pictures on our math worksheet... there’s no meaningful connection...

@albertateachers Any chance you’ll open more spots or having the recording available? 🙏🏼

Join us on May 9 for a free webinar only for AB teachers! Jody Carrington will help us look into how we can use challenging times to deepen our connections. Register today—there are limited spots available! loom.ly/kum18dU #Abed

Thank you @DanScratch03 for this, it was just what I needed today, after feeling a bit deflated. @AdrianaLaGrange @jkenney @Alberta_UCP @albertateachers

@NEchtner Trust yourself and your ideas! Share them with others and receive feedback to make them stronger!

I always think that my ideas are basic, then I get a complement here or there and it makes me question if my ideas are maybe more innovative then I thought! I’m slowly learning this and am beginning to share more ideas! On the flip side, I love hearing others ideas! #rcsdconnect

@MrsApelsKinder @WindsongHeights @CMBPrintWorks Can’t wait to see more!

The base for our @WindsongHeights community mural is being installed. So very excited to welcome our artist in residence, @CMBPrintWorks to our school on Monday. These next two weeks are going to be EPIC! #rvsed

The rhetoric that we need to get rid of “discovery math” (that’s not a thing, by the way), return to phonics over whole language, and bring in more standardized testing is so insulting. #ableg #abdebate #abed /1