Barbara Madeloni tapped into many teachers’ feelings of frustration about testing when she ran for — and won — the presidency of the Massachusetts Teachers Association.
Source: radioboston.wbur.org
Scoop.it
The Teacher Dropout Crisis
Teachers are leaving the profession at an alarming rate and at a cost of billions of dollars per year.
Source: www.npr.org
Why do these statistics keep growing…? Sad 😦
"The report points to a variety of reasons for the turnover, including low salaries and a lack of support for many teachers. Which helps to explain why those most likely to quit are also the least experienced: 40 to 50 percent of new teachers leave within their first five years on the job."
12 STEM resources for all grades | eSchool News | eSchool News | 2
STEM resources aren’t hard to come by, but sometimes you need a specific tool right away. These 12 resources are aligned by content area.
Source: www.eschoolnews.com
Free Technology for Teachers: Go Wild – Online and Offline Activities for Learning About Animals
Source: www.freetech4teachers.com
Just added to my classroom blog web 2.0 tab (scroll down to the bottom of the page…) http://mrsjennifercimini.blogspot.com/
New Research: Students Benefit from Learning That Intelligence Is Not Fixed
New research from Stanford is helping to build the case that nurturing a “growth mindset” can help many kids understand their true potential.
Source: blogs.kqed.org
Intelligence is NOT fixed is always growing,
education and practice could bring about fundamental changes in intelligence.
Impact
View the impact of charity and school donations via DonorsChoose.org
Source: www.donorschoose.org
Mrs. Cimini’s Donors Choose Project Link http://bit.ly/1oeJxB1
We’ve Got the Right Stuff! #HappyFundDaySunday
My most recent post to the Caring Classrooms Facebook Page!
Hello Everyone! I just gave to The More You Read, The More You Grow! We’ve Got the Right Stuff is my donors choose project which I am very proud to share with you! Check us out! Thank you!http://www.donorschoose.org/mrs.jennifer.cimini.med?rf=page-siteshare-2014-07-teacher_profile-teacher_2362715&supporters=true
Mrs. Cimini’s Classroom
My students take on the roles of a Responsive Classroom. They are the creators, drivers, and believers behind how our classroom looks like, feels like, and sounds like throughout our day, every day! They are the facilitators in their learning and I am their guide in their success and growth. Growth mindset! My students will be asked to stop thinking about each school subject, content area as segregated learning, instead will be challenged to see how each subject is relevant to one another and to the real world. Our reading block is not just reading the way we remember it, instead it is a cross curricular LITERACY block, learning across the genres, including Social Studies/History, Science/Engineering, Mathematics, and English Language Arts. We are a blended classroom – traditional, digital; built and based on rigorous content and application of knowledge through higher-order thinking skills!
Source: www.donorschoose.org
#FundingFriday! Please help fund! Make a donation today! 🙂
We’ve Got the Right Stuff!
My students need a digital and print library, and resources for an integrated, multi-sensory E.L.A., Math, Social Studies/History and Science/Engineering Curriculum! What is your fondest memory of school? My hopes and dreams are for ALL my students to remember wanting to come to school ready to learn each day, knowing that they were cared for, trusted,…
Source: www.donorschoose.org
Thrifty Thursday!!! Lets go there… Oh yeah!
Happy in the Berkshires – YouTube
Thanks to Pharrell Williams and his song Happy, the Berkshire Visitors Bureau is happy to present Happy in the Berkshires! A big thanks to all the residents …
Source: www.youtube.com
#happyintheberkshires
Mrs. Jennifer Cimini, M.Ed. 