By Deborah Kline, Ed.S. Education is full of assessment. It is the means by which we measure progress. We are all familiar with the traditional methods of assessment – paper-pencil tests, portfolios, and even those wonderful standardized tests. However, we often neglect assessing the quality of the learning our students are experiencing. Simply because qualitativeContinue reading “Becoming a Master Teacher: Five Phases of Teaching”
Category Archives: Instructional Support
Getting Through the Spring Doldrums…
By Deborah Kline, MEd, EdS I remember as a classroom teacher being so excited to get to April. The home stretch. The final quarter. Yet it always felt like the longest month of the school year. So close to May, yet weeks with no breaks – just work, testing, and pulling out all the tricksContinue reading “Getting Through the Spring Doldrums…”
Creating a “Kinder Garten”
By Deborah Kline, Ed.S. Some years back, I had the joy of living in Germany for a summer. As with any adventure in a county where the primary language is not your own, I had to quickly familiarize myself with the language and customs. In learning German, a language evolved from the same roots as English, IContinue reading “Creating a “Kinder Garten””
Learning Tools, Part 2: Math Tools
Deborah Kline, Ed.S. Because math seems to be the subject I get the most “Help!” emails about, this post shares some practice-proven math tools. Full disclaimer, math is not my subject. I am very much a right-brain – creative, artsy, let-my-imagination-guide-my-learning type student and teacher. Because of the rules and austerity of math, it used toContinue reading “Learning Tools, Part 2: Math Tools”
Learning Tools, Part 1
By Deborah Kline, Ed.S. I watched her grasp on the pencil tighten. Legible lines dissolved into manic scribbles. Her body tense as she gave in to the impulse of chucking the pencil across the table. As the projectile flew, her countenance melted into frustration and shame. A mistake. Again. In school, the teachers made herContinue reading “Learning Tools, Part 1”
Making Virtual Learning Successful: Reframing Negative Attitudes
By Deborah Kline, Ed.S. Can you “feel” this picture? Man, I sure can. Ten years of working from home, raising special needs kids, schools, therapies, graduate school, church ministry, PTA, the list of the crazy goes on. Yet, never have my abilities to manage the crazy been more stretched than in this 2020 season ofContinue reading “Making Virtual Learning Successful: Reframing Negative Attitudes”
Making Virtual Learning Successful Part 2: Creating Effective Workspaces
By Deborah Kline, Ed.S. The physical environment surrounding learning makes a significant difference between focused and distracted learning. If your home is like ours, you may not have much space to work with, and with 4 of us home all day, there are only so many places we can go to be alone. You may haveContinue reading “Making Virtual Learning Successful Part 2: Creating Effective Workspaces”
Making Virtual Learning Successful Part 1: Positive Perspectives
By Deborah Kline, Ed.S. For those embarking on another adventure in virtual learning. While it can be scary – and, let’s face the reality, it’s not ideal for every student – there are ways to make the most of this season. For those back on the virtual track, I am blogging a 3 part series on makingContinue reading “Making Virtual Learning Successful Part 1: Positive Perspectives”
Homeschooling Learners with ADHD
By Deborah Kline, Ed.S One day last year, we were in the middle of one of our “ADHD days” – you know those days were every little thing is funny or distracting and you feel like you’ll never get through the lesson – my daughter looked at me and said “I can’t focus, Mom, IContinue reading “Homeschooling Learners with ADHD”
How the enneagram helped me make school decisions…
By Deborah Kline, Ed.S. Last year, my wise older sister introduced me to the enneagram. What started as a quest to understand myself, led to a better understanding of those I love and serve. For more understanding of the enneagram before delving into this blog, check out https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/how-the-enneagram-system-works Never was this tool more valuable thanContinue reading “How the enneagram helped me make school decisions…”
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