by Andrea Payne | May 26, 2020 | Fresh Ideas
This strange school year is drawing to a close. There are many unknowns about what August will look like when students ostensibly go back to school campuses, but kids and their parents may still be reeling from the effects of two to three months of distance learning...
by Andrea Payne | Apr 27, 2020 | Ed311, Fresh Ideas
MTSS/RtI are all about collaborative conversations. We need partnerships to support students—not a separate system but a link connecting all the existing systems. MTSS/RtI is greater than the sum of its parts. Tier 1 is for all students, and it is a constant...
by Andrea Payne | Apr 9, 2020 | Ed311, Fresh Ideas
Cabin fever is beginning to set in, folks. We’re all feeling it, and it’s starting to show. Kids’ emotions are turning into mine fields, and parents might be peering into their handy-dandy-parenting-toolboxes for answers only to find that their supply of...
by Andrea Payne | Apr 2, 2020 | Ed311, Fresh Ideas
Most Texas residents (and much of the nation) are now sheltering at home till further notice. This alone is a significant stressor, but don’t forget the different fears that can creep in for many of us: the isolation and separation from loved ones, the worries about...
by Andrea Payne | Mar 27, 2020 | Ed311, Fresh Ideas, Uncategorized
Now is a great time for families to begin mindfulness-based practices to help ease the strains and stresses of this difficult time. Padmaja Sarathy, author of Mindfulness-based Practices for Developing Brains: Cultivating Calmness, Concentration and Coping Skills,...
by Andrea Payne | Mar 5, 2020 | Ed311, Events, Fresh Ideas, Personnel
Paperwork is the bane of the educator’s existence. It is also one of the larger parts of that existence. And it isn’t going away, even if most of it’s not done with actual pen and paper but with a touch screen or a keyboard. Like paperwork, teacher appraisals are a...
