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Oct 2023
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SCARE a TEACHER in FOUR WORDS: Top Educa...

Tim Cavey
About this episode

Welcome to Saturday Morning Teacher Talk, airing LIVE on YouTube every Saturday morning at 8:30 Pacific and 11:30! Join the conversation and add your comments to the broadcast.

MAKING NEWS on X THIS WEEK:

Scare a teacher in four words! Thanks to @TeacherGoals for this fun challenge. 

Dr. Brad Johnson reminds us to show appreciation to our leaders during National Principals Month, and I shout out my principal, Andrea Wiebe.

Empower your learning targets by using them, talking about them, reflecting on them with students. - Jason Kennedy 

Natalie Vardabasso points to the importance of crafting compelling learning goals. I interpret this on the micro (classroom) level AND on the macro. Why are we doing school at all? What's the point? 

Supporting the growth of the whole child looks like the core competencies, taught and reinforced at every grade level for students in British Columbia. 

8 Ways to Scaffold Writing - created by @ValentinaESL and reshared by TCEA on X 

"Tell me more." The coaching question that feels like a hug from Eleana Aguilar. 

"Engagement isn't synonymous with fun. It's about stretching students' cognitive abilities." - @AliceKeeler on X 

Educator Ashley Aoki shares a very cool image of a learning profile (created on Canva). 

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On X @TeachersOnFire (https://X.com/TeachersOnFire)

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On YouTube @Teachers On Fire (https://www.youtube.com/@teachersonfire)

On LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/timwcavey/

Visit the home of Teachers on Fire at https://teachersonfire.net/.

SONG TRACK CREDIT

Chef Brian by Latasha

Dude by Patrick Patrikios

New Year by Bad Snacks

Positive Fuse by French Fuse

Summer in the Neighborhood by Bad Snacks

Tropic Fuse by French Fuse

Sunny Travel by Nico Staf

Fast and Run by Nico Staf

*All songs retrieved from the YouTube Audio Library at https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/.

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