by tjohnston | May 17, 2016 | Helpful Resources, Sharing Ideas and Practice, Social-Emotional Learning, With Administrators in Mind
What has been the impact in kindergarten classrooms of good implementation of the following new initiatives and tools in Massachusetts? Elements of High Quality Kindergarten document Observational formative assessment Social Emotional Learning and Play and Learning...
by tjohnston | Apr 22, 2016 | Helpful Resources, Sharing Ideas and Practice, Using assessment data
By Christina Cassano, Assistant Professor, Salem State University In my work with teachers and reading specialists, I am frequently asked questions regarding published literacy programs. Specifically, teachers and reading specialists want to know how to best modify...
by tjohnston | Apr 22, 2016 | Sharing Ideas and Practice, Social-Emotional Learning
By Kim Davenport, MKEA Regional Coordinator, Central Region A Worcester Kindergarten teacher recently shared an update on her use of Storytelling-Story Acting. In her classroom of 28 students 22 were identified as DLLs at the beginning of the school year. She began...
by tjohnston | Apr 4, 2016 | Sharing Ideas and Practice, Social-Emotional Learning
By Kim Davenport, MKEA Regional Coordinator for the Central Region At a January DESE conference on Early Literacy, the Boston Public School Early Childhood Department shared aspects of their K2 Focus on Literacy curriculum. It is an empowering, project-based...
by tjohnston | Mar 23, 2016 | Sharing Ideas and Practice, With Administrators in Mind
By Doug McNally, MKEA Regional Coordinator, Berkshire Region As a long time school principal, I am very sensitive to the difficulty school administrators have connecting the dots among the array of initiatives they are called upon to implement. We have to develop...
by tjohnston | Mar 23, 2016 | Sharing Ideas and Practice, With Administrators in Mind
by Barbara Jacobs, MKEA Regional Coordinator, Greater Boston Region Lisa Kuh, Director of Early Education for the Somerville Public Schools, posted a question recently to colleagues in the Greater Boston Regional MKEA Leadership Network set up last year. Her...
