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By finding the positive, supportive, energetic teachers in your school and sticking close to them, you can improve your job satisfaction more than with any other strategy. And your chances of excelling as a teacher will skyrocket. Just like a young seedling growing in a garden, thriving in as a professional educator depends largely on who you plant yourself next to.

-Cult of Pedogogy

READ THE FULL ARTICLE...The Marigold Effect

The pineapple is a symbol of hospitality.

What is a Pineapple Chart?

• A system that allows teachers to invite one another into their classrooms for informal observation.

• Teachers “advertise” the interesting things they are doing in their classrooms.

• PROMOTE: #MGPineapple, #e3cg, @MapleGroveElem

I want to promote you and all the exceptional educational experiences you all do on a daily basis. Please add to our MG Pineapple Chart in the Teachers' Lounge any dates & times you would love for someone to capture the teaching and learning happening in your classroom. Also, if something someone posts interests you, seek them out and find out more! This is a great way for us to learn and support each other.

Kate DiMeo from Teachers College shared this gem with several K-2 teachers this summer during a writing in-service. This tool is a great way to turn any piece of paper into a post-it note. Instead of writing directly on your anchor chart paper, cut up some bright colored paper, put a swipe of repositionable glue on the back, and slap on your chart paper. This is a great way to have your anchor chart ready to go but still develop with your students.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0Bx7IgZuE_pWra2YwOUFJYzdmTEk

There have been several questions about where to find things such as Teacher Webs, WTW Parent Resources, etc. on the new website design. You may want to let parents know in your next newsletter or via an email that they can access everything from the old site by clicking on the red box with the three white lines on the top right of the new layout.