Friday, November 1, 2019

Weekly Update- Friday, November 1, 2019

Happy November, everyone!  It's the month of Gratitude!  I hope you are all joining on the Twitter challenge - yes, all of you!  What a great way to build a community of gratitude, appreciation, and reflection! 

Just a reminder - our McKinleyStrong Celebration is today at OHS.  Please see the schedule and be on time for the bus.   Thank you! 


I Will Never Forget that Cup of Coffee... well worth the view!  
Take 5 minutes to watch a powerful video about happiness and your mindset.   This is a great lesson about how we show up in spaces, how we choose our happiness, and our mindset on the work we do.  Pretty powerful - take some time to listen to Ryan! 


Are you a Warm Demander?
Do you build deep, meaningful relationships while holding students to high expectations?   The more I reflect on this, the more I realize how hard this is!  Often, teachers are really great at relationships, but may lower their expectations a bit due to a students' background, ability, disability, etc.  Or, they have high expectations but struggle with showing kids how much they love them.  A "Warm Demander" does this - balances relationships with holding all kids to high expectations.  The below article is a great reminder of what you can do as a warm demander. 

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/warm-demander-equity-approach-matt-alexander

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Have a great weekend, everyone!  - Justin

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