Category: Teacher Education
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15 Lessons Learned for the 2020-21 School Year: #8 Tech Play Before Academics
Think about a time you introduced a new tool to your students. Perhaps you’re thinking about the time you taught them how to change their backgrounds on Zoom? Maybe you’re thinking about the time you first handed them a personal white board and dry erase marker? Some of you might be thinking about the time…
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15 Lessons Learned for the 2020-21 School Year: #7 Establishing Routines for Learning
After starting to establish relationships with students, perhaps the next most important action we can start to work toward is establishing predictable and consistent, yet flexible routines and procedures for learning. When routines are in place and understood by all involved, it’s much easier for a seamless school day to take place. I’ll never forget…
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15 Lessons Learned for the 2020-21 School Year: #3 Predictable & Productive Communication with Caregivers
My school community is pretty unique. We sit right next to a big university, so we serve many of the university employee’s children. Many of our families both live and work within walking or biking distance of our school. Some can even hear the school bell from their living rooms! Because of this, lots of…
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15 Lessons Learned for the 2020-21 School Year: #2 Build & Maintain Student Relationships Before Academics
Building and maintaining positive relationships with students is absolutely everything. Without trusting relationships, teaching will be less effective, students will be less engaged, and much of what we do will be for naught. I made mistakes with maintaining student relationships this past spring, and have intentionally made plans to build and maintain trusting relationships come…
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15 Lessons Learned for the 2020-21 School Year: #1 Prioritize Myself
I bet some of you are reading this thinking I’ve lost my mind. Prioritize myself? But, we’re in a global pandemic! I’m a teacher! I must prioritize my my own children, my elderly parents, my students! Now is the time to take care of others! I’m fine. Well, I now have a different take on…
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So, I took a risk…
This school year, I took a risk (which is so unlike me) by taking a slightly reduced teaching contract so I could open up more days to bring my deep love of literacy education to teachers in other schools and districts across the Bay Area and other parts of the West. I love teaching kids,…
Christina Nosek Literacy: Building Community in Elementary Education 