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Closing the Gap in NYC: October 2008

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Closing the Gap in NYC. Monday, October 20, 2008. Our kids took school made standardized tests in both reading and math last week and we spent all of today (7:15 - 6) analyzing the data in grades and as a school. We made data driven plans, formed intervention groups, and talked about trends we were noticing and how to continue the great ones and stop the not so great ones. And this is reason #131 why I came to this school. I am part of a great school. I don't remember the last time I got 8 hours of sleep.

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Closing the Gap in NYC

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Closing the Gap in NYC. Sunday, January 25, 2009. I watched the inauguration with 100 students, most of whom will be the first in their family to go to college. They clapped each time the audience clapped and after the swearing in, most of the teachers in the room were teary-eyed. Several of the students comforted us, which totally speaks to the culture of our school. We work hard, and there are times that I'm incredibly tired. But we support each other. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Closing the Gap in NYC: January 2009

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Closing the Gap in NYC. Sunday, January 25, 2009. I watched the inauguration with 100 students, most of whom will be the first in their family to go to college. They clapped each time the audience clapped and after the swearing in, most of the teachers in the room were teary-eyed. Several of the students comforted us, which totally speaks to the culture of our school. We work hard, and there are times that I'm incredibly tired. But we support each other. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). From the TFA Trenches.

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Closing the Gap in NYC: December 2010

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Closing the Gap in NYC. Wednesday, December 01, 2010. Although now it's from a new city where I have a new last name and no longer spend my days with children. So much changes in a year. I now live in Kansas City (home to a Momma and niece that are pretty much the best people in the entire world and completely worth moving across the country for.) I'm a wifey now.anybody that can put up with me through my first 2 years of teaching deserves the best of me for at least the rest of his life. Simple template...

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Closing the Gap in NYC

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Closing the Gap in NYC. Thursday, February 12, 2009. Sugar Cane - Missy Higgins. Baby ballerina's hiding somewhere in the corner, where the shadow wraps around her. And our torches cannot find her, she will stay there 'til the morning,. Crawl behind us as we are yawning, and she will leave our games to never be the same. So grow tall sugar cane. Eat the soil, drink that rain. But know they'll chase you if you play their little games. So run, run fast sugar cane. But will she go to college? Today her dad,...

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Closing the Gap in NYC: December 2008

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Closing the Gap in NYC. Tuesday, December 23, 2008. In a letter released by my charter school's superintendents, they encouraged us to "go offline" - or they said that this is a time of year that the organization "goes offline" - something to that effect. But basically it gave me permission to not bring home my laptop.or check my email.or think about school or kids or TFA or my corps members for the next 9 days. To take a much needed mental vacation. Wednesday, December 10, 2008. I Used to be a Blogger.

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Closing the Gap in NYC: August 2008

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Closing the Gap in NYC. Sunday, August 31, 2008. There are so many stories to tell. About K* K, who gives himself high 5s, and D* * i, who's IEP says he can not sort, identify objects, or spell his name. When I pulled him to test him, he did all of these things easily. There's K* * i, who some would like to see leave our school for a more restrictive setting.who is possibly the most joyful child I've ever seen. These are the new babies. But I am exhausted. Friday, August 22, 2008. Tuesday, August 19, 2008.

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Closing the Gap in NYC: November 2008

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Closing the Gap in NYC. Saturday, November 15, 2008. I spent last night and all day today at a FABULOUS workshop on Autism. I learned SO much and am officially on overload. After the workshop I went to the Bank Street Bookstore and somehow walked out with $100 worth of posters, books, flash cards, and phonics games. How does that happen? And so I buy things that develop me professionally and that make my classroom more inviting.more like the classrooms I remember as a child). Tuesday, November 11, 2008.

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Closing the Gap in NYC: See You Later :)

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Closing the Gap in NYC. Friday, April 24, 2009. See You Later :). I've given in to the fact that I'm no longer a good blogger. And I'm okay with that. I used to work at a school where I had only very surface conversations - any 'real' conversations I had were about my personal life, and these were very rare. And somehow, the desperate. Need for so much help from a blogging community is gone. Well, maybe not gone - but there's no longer time. And with this.a weight has been lifted. Well, as you know, my b...