Podcast: A New Season of Leading from the Classroom Launches this Month 12.11.18 Jennifer Anderson At NWEA, we are delighted to partner once again with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and the... More
Count on Routines and Expectations When You’re Counting Down to Break 11.15.18 Natalie DiFusco-Funk While out of the classroom and at a workshop a week ago, I looked ahead at the calendar and realized a few things. Due... More
A Teacher’s Perspective on “Soft” Skills 10.23.18 Natalie DiFusco-Funk Last month we blogged about the latest NWEA-Gallup study, which surveys parents, teachers, and administrators and their... More
My Plans For Balancing It All In My 16th Year Of Teaching 8.30.18 Natalie DiFusco-Funk It is Sunday, August 19th, and I am literally flying across the country as I write this blog. At the start of the... More
The Importance of Maintaining Empathy for Our Learners 7.31.18 Natalie DiFusco-Funk This summer one of my closest friends is taking swim lessons. Let me tell you about this friend – she is in her... More
The Battle for Time: Choosing Quality over Quantity 6.19.18 Natalie DiFusco-Funk During the last week of school, my colleagues and I were chatting in the sweltering heat while monitoring our students... More
One principal shares 3 ways to #ThankATeacher 5.10.18 Kristina MacBury National Teacher Appreciation Week is this week, and wait, what?? It is when?? While it is true that no student goes... More
The Power of a Teacher’s Reach 5.8.18 Natalie DiFusco-Funk On the last day of a conference I attended in November, I was standing in the back of the auditorium listening to... More
5 More Testing Season Tips from Teachers on Instagram 4.17.18 Nikkie Zanevsky You loved the six test prep tips from teachers on Instagram we shared last month, so we’re back with more... More
48 School Days Left – Making the Most of Them 4.12.18 Natalie DiFusco-Funk I just returned from Spring Break. Not “SPRING BREAK” like the college kids sometimes partake in, but nonetheless,... More
How NOT to get Overwhelmed by Data: Teacher Reports to use Throughout the Year 3.15.18 Natalie DiFusco-Funk Raise your hand if you feel like data is a dirty word? Data meetings, data interventions, data analysis... Let’s face... More
Podcast: Powerful Words from the 2017 Teachers of the Year 2.1.18 Jennifer Anderson “I realized, I’m much more than a teacher of standards. I’m a teacher of the human heart …” This quote... More
