by Matt Vaudrey | Feb 7, 2018 | Classroom Culture, Education |
Hey, Ashley! Thanks for sharing those links, and I’m sorry it took so long for me to get around to reading them. I’m somewhere over Phoenix on my way to Detroit, so I have some down time. And Southwest Airlines internet is just fast enough to load those...
by Matt Vaudrey | Jan 23, 2018 | Classroom Management, Education |
To Airica Yanez of Moreno Valley USD: Someone asked recently about co-teaching models. I figured now was a good time to describe (publicly) the year of teaching when I grew the most, and I have you to thank for pushing me to grow as an educator. Maybe it was our...
by Matt Vaudrey | Oct 10, 2017 | Education, Teacher Improvement |
There’s not much for me to offer the field of Education. This isn’t a call for affirmation or compliments; I’m not looking for commentary below to list the things I do well. What I mean is this: The field of Education is vast and...
by Matt Vaudrey | Sep 6, 2017 | Common Core, Education |
If you follow my escapades on Twitter, you know that I have a 4.9-year-old daughter named Pickle. (Seen here, age 2.7) Pickle, how many cars do you have? P: Five! Let’s count them. P: Otay! 1-2-3-4! How many are there? P: Five!#tmwyk pic.twitter.com/MKO1EguIag —...
by Matt Vaudrey | Aug 25, 2017 | Ed Tech, Education, Teaching |
Earlier this year, my department adopted a new data-tool. It generates lovely reports that teachers and principals can use to understand numbers and stuff. It’s also super-complicated and the forum is fairly sparse. My search for support also took me to...
by Matt Vaudrey | Jul 26, 2017 | Education |
What gets measured… gets noticed. Told to me by the first administrator I had who was data-crazy, and she was mostly correct, with one tweak: What gets affirmed… gets encouraged You want more high-fives? Start giving high-fives. You want students talking?...
