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Work smarter not harder!

When kids exhibit challenging behavior, approach with curiosity instead of judgement. 🔎 Sketchnote via @kwiens62

Leaders - your quieter employees have great strengths. Don't fail to empower them. Instead, use this awesome sheet from @Eric_Partaker

@thePowerbeard @CalltoActivism Kindness isn’t heroic. It’s the minimum expected response. At the very least, we should be kind to each other.

Very moving. Kindness is heroic, and we can all be kind. And we really should.

A mother has written a touching note to the teenager who taught her daughter how to use her skateboard and it’s now gone viral: "Dear teenage boy at the skate park: You’re probably about 15 years-old, so I don’t expect you to be very mature or for you to want a little girl on your skate ramp for that matter. What you don’t know is that my daughter has been wanting to skateboard for months. I actually had to convince her that skateboarding wasn’t just for boys. So when we walked up to the skate park and saw that it was full of teenaged boys who were smoking and swearing, she immediately wanted to turn around and go home. I secretly wanted to go too because I didn’t want to have to put on my mom voice and exchange words with you. I also didn’t want my daughter to feel like she had to be scared of anyone, or that she wasn’t entitled to that skate park just as much as you were. So when she said, 'Mom it’s full of older boys,' I calmly said, 'So what, they don’t own the skate park.' She proceeded to go down the ramp in spite of you and your friends flying past her and grinding rails beside her. She only had two or three runs in before you approached her and said 'Hey, excuse me …' I immediately prepared to deliver my 'She’s allowed to use this park just as much as you guys' speech when I heard you say, 'Your feet are wrong. Can I help you?' You proceeded to spend almost an hour with my daughter showing her how to balance and steer, and she listened to you – a feat not attained by most adults. You held her hand and helped her get up when she fell down and I even heard you tell her to stay away from the rails so that she wouldn’t get hurt. I want you to know that I am proud that you are part of my community, and I want to thank you for being kind to my daughter, even though your friends made fun of you for it. She left the skate park with a sense of pride and with the confidence that she can do anything, because of you." Credit: Jeanean Thomas

Just wondering…Why the name change?

@BipperBobbyy @mhdksafa Not sure what story you read, but I did not read a story about vilifying police. I read a story about empathy.

I had a new guy working for me once in retail who fell asleep a few times during his shifts. I had coworkers and customers both tell me they thought he was on drugs cuz he'd nod off right in the middle of something like that. When I talked to him about it it turned out he was homeless and he'd been living in his car and being harassed by cops for sleeping in it, so every night he'd sleep an hour or two and get up and drive to a new spot, sleep another hour or two and get up and move again. I moved his schedule a bit and had him start parking in our private lot and talked to some other managers to make sure he'd get left alone there. Only took the kid a few weeks after that to get on top of himself and get a room. Some people just need a little help.” LiquidMotion

Teacher humor! We all know this child. That was me.

Cognitive Load Theory - a short guide for teachers. Use our sketchnote to reduce the cognitive load for your learners & accelerate their progress. Please RT & share with your colleagues 💭💡👍🏻

And they socially distanced!

@PhilBildner Educators needed in public schools. If qualified, please apply!

When the annual tuition at your New York City private school is $58,225.00, please do not say — and put in writing — that you cannot afford to pay an author for a school visit. You sound detached from reality (among other things).

Probably. It’s Florida!

@YanaizaGallant rocks!

UDL represented!

Strategies and routines that work.

@LisaDNews Why are you there promoting this garbage? There was a time I respected you and it wasn’t that long ago. Go home!

Current scene in NC: sunset, Trump rally and FOX News - live - pushing back hard at idea that Trump did anything wrong with any documents.

Friendly back to school reminder: When kids show up late for school, they still showed up. Thank them, not scold them. “I’m happy you’re here" goes a very long way.

By choosing carefully, you will be right, with certainty, every single time…

Why does it work? is the question kids need to be pondering. Without the why, it’s just another step-by-step that isn’t transferable. And, yes, WoW!

Retweet please: Calcutt Middle School is looking for math teachers!!! If you are interested or know someone please connect with me! - Principal Marcotte @CFSchoolsRI @MariaForCF @JayMidwood @sdowneytoledo @LaurilimR @hitheretatis @RiahReads @JoySouza2 @Fic27 @vcapellan