Chris Iasiello

I feel incredibly blessed to have been part of the @NMDEO_NJ family this year! Thank you to all of the staff, students, & families for what has been a great experience! After 23 years in public ed I look forward to joining the team @blackbaud for a new career adventure! #grateful

I did not want to read this but knew I needed to. Just horrific. Mandatory reading for parents, educators, and especially politicians via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2023/04/20/mag…

Love our April quote of the month!!

"When we teach a kid to park, we say, 'Cut the wheel right'--we give instructions. When it comes to being kind, we say, 'be a good person.' We assume kids know what that means, but being kind also involves learning skills." edutopia.org/article/bullyi… (As I told @tatertutt- @edutopia

Character counts! 🙌

Yes, students need rules, but even more so, they need routines, boundaries, high expectations, and responsibilities. The first doesn't require relationships, just enforcement, but the rest depend on a strong relationship to be effective.

We must teach and model behavior. 🙌

So true. 🧡

There is no greater joy than reading to a child! Thank you to the wonderful students who welcomed me and sent me home with the best homemade thank you card! #ReadAcrossAmerica2023

Physical activity develops the executive function area of the brain responsible for focus, on task behavior and self regulation of emotions. How many students could benefit from more recess, play, and physical activity? All of them! Adults too!

What are your child’s Core Assets-her strongest positive qualities, character traits & signature talents that can help her thrive? Core Assets are those that you actually recognize in your child—not strengths you hope she possesses or those you see in yourself.

This is truth! 🙌

Take care of the ones who take care of the students.

Schools may think they want me to present on “bullying,” but after we talk, they get why that’s too narrow. To change kids’ behavior, we 1st need to normalize social churn, demystify popularity, operationalize kindness, help them assume good intent, & ID when & why they’re mean.

Good article in the @nytimes from @NickKristof on the current state of reading wars and the crisis that exists with so many students receiving poor reading instruction. #reading #literacy

All kids matter. 🧡

Berckemeyer Break - Herding cats, less questions and simple requests.

DEO: Quote of the month! #NMUKNIGHT

Teacher job satisfaction hits 50 year low. This is not just post pandemic fallout, but rather decades worth of discontent in an outdated system. Time to make real changes to how we “do” school. #schoolreform edweek.org/teaching-learn…