Regardless of the brilliance of the teacher or the greatness of the academic program - every student's basic human needs must be met first before learning can happen!!!
Maslow before Bloom is a phrase that discusses Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs and Benjamin Bloom's educational learning objectives. More specifically, the saying suggests that people (in this case, OUR students) need to fulfill their basic needs before pursuing academic learning.
What Great Teachers Do Differently - Part Two
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYBK7vj1S5Y
What Great Teachers Do Differently - (37min.)
Depth of Knowledge is the degree or complexity of knowledge the content curriculum standards and expectations require. Additionally, it is a framework used to identify the level of rigor for an assessment or assignment.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p1QiB31JsxP9QrT7M5xFRwMV4fjvNyrr/view?usp=drive_web&authuser=0
It’s not about grading, it’s about growing.
It’s not about earning, it’s about learning.
Assessment and grading are not the same.
Generally, the goal of grading is to evaluate individual students’ learning and performance. The goal of assessment is to improve student learning.
https://www.cmu.edu/teaching/assessment/basics/grading-assessment.html
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CpRATJVqtOonvUvPk7FnfI2P4AIT0azhTmjRp_fj_tw/edit?usp=sharing
"We build relationships of trust so that learning can occur in place where it is safe to make mistakes and learn from others."
- John Hattie
"Food for Thought" Quotes
“The grass isn’t greener on the other side; it’s greener where you water it.”
"As adults, we need to model the behavior we want to see out of every student."
“worksheets - the archenemy of abundant, purposeful reading (and discussion and writing).”
"The consequence for not doing the work should be doing the work."
"The best schools make decisions based on the needs and interests of the students, not based on the habits and traditions of adults."
"If everyone in our school had your attitude, what kind of place would it be?"