Wendy Fairon

Not all criticism is constructive. Not all critics are thinking critically. Weak critiques attack your identity. Decent critiques challenge your ideas. Strong critiques sharpen your thinking and improve your ideas. Listen closely to the people who care enough to help you grow.

Kindergarten and TK students had their first field trip of the year to the White Ranch. #leavingtolearn #weareccds #play

@MonicaLewinsky Thank you for posting. I shared this with our school social worker who helps lead our middle school Advisory program - I think this will be a great resource for talking about curbing negative self-talk. Thank you again!

what if the only way to stand up for yourself, is to stand up to yourself? this anti-bullying month, let’s all take a closer look at the kind of bully we rarely stand up to. ... Learn more about how to deal with negative self-talk at StandUpToYourself.com #StandUpToYourself

For anyone feeling that student disrespect and lack of motivation are on the rise, this conversation with @AlexSVenet about unconditional positive regard may be just what you need. cultofpedagogy.com/unconditional-… #classroommanagement

@Jess5th I love the slides as a way to house the interviews and photos. I did a similar project years ago with students and couldn't think of a great way to collect and showcase all the work. Thanks for sharing!

@KellyGToGo I just did this informally with my son going into 5th grade - super interesting and I'm excited to ask him again in a few months. Thank you for sharing!

A major underlying goal of any school year is to move young readers and writers from victimhood mindsets towards agency. To gauge this progress, I surveyed students' attitudes at the beginning and end of the year. Here's the writing survey:

These teachers modeled and leaned into joy, vulnerability, and ambiguity in a major way! I can't wait for our project tunings on Monday to see what they create! #beautifulwork

When teachers experience learning in new and authentic ways, they can create meaningful learning experiences for students. A lot of reflection time and modeling took place.

Teachers are out in our community learning and experiencing #pbl. We began yesterday with @GholdyM's framework and are now creating artifacts to answer the question: "Who feeds our community?" We learned about food access, market access, SNAP benefits, and our local farmers.

Summer reading books arrived! I'm starting with @SethGodinBlog and even 1 page in see that I'll be buying more copies to give to my teammates.

@mrmarchayes I logged in and started playing around - asking for writing samples, openings to newsletters, tips for supporting middle schoolers in a developmentally-appropriate way, and lesson-planning - all very interesting! Would encourage others to jump in and take a look around. #ChatGPT

This week I found ChatGPT and have been really impressed. I think it has huge potential for teachers so I've written down some ways it's helped me this week. Check out my blog post: marcrhayes.com/post/5-ways-ch… #edublogshare #chatgpt

Our art teacher shares about the beautiful work she supports in the artist studio. By beautiful, I mean the most beautiful process work. It's magical when students own their space like this and are supported to view themselves as creators. #arted chicocountryday.org/the-making-of-…

@RJCaughey @judycaraang @ClarksonDana We're using this book to anchor activities throughout the year as well. Thanks for sharing and inspiring our work!

First Parent Education Night of the year around designing for belonging. Thank you ⁦@judycaraang⁩ and ⁦@ClarksonDana⁩ for developing a fantastic design experience for our parent community. Thank you too to the Collaborative for organizing and for the great pizza.

@TonyThurmond We have student teachers who are here at school, but 30 day sub credentials are delayed back to mid-July submittal. Please help us get our student teachers cleared at CCTC so we have coverage. #teachershortage

Fourth graders had a blast with our Wellness Teacher, Mr J yesterday! I enjoy seeing him build Kinesthetic Confidence in all of our students! #play #movement #wellness @ChicoCountryDay @BCOEStory

One of our 5th grade teachers loaned me a wonderful book to read tonight. Can't wait to share this with more students! #belonging @ChicoCountryDay #weareccds @GUBLERNATION

@Lindsie_McCabe @squidscape That sounds really interesting! We'd love to invite you to our school in downtown Chico. 2nd graders learn about pollinators as part of their spring project. I'm the Director and would be thrilled to connect you with a classroom if you'd be interested. Thank you! @ChicoCountryDay

@Delta Your friendly pilots made this guy's day! Thank you!!

POLICY & PRACTICE, for Meaningful Change: Possible futures: The policy changes we need to get there kappanonline.org/possible-futur… via Linda Darling-Hammond #deeperlearning #weleaded #equityineducation #education #leadupchat @usedgov @SecCardona

@curriculumblog This is what we've been working on for our TK-8 school, in partnership with @LCCollaborative.

Does your school have a Portrait of a Graduate or similar document? Please share a visual or link by replying to this tweet. Thank you in advance for sharing. #edchat