We all matter (via ASCD EL Magazine Ryan Donlon, Shelly Wilfong): ascd.org/el/articles/ho… #edchat #edu #Lead #Learn

🆓 web reproducibles from Ensuring Teachers Matter! 🌱 Dive into the research-based concept of mattering and how teachers benefit when they feel meaning. 🔗 bit.ly/48lDXuN

New in the #STFLibrary: Ensuring Teachers Matter: Where to Focus First So Students Matter Most libnet.stf.sk.ca/4DACTION/web_G…

NEW #EmpoweredPrincipal Ep #339: Ensuring Teachers Matter with Ryan Donlan and Shelly Wilfong ift.tt/jmoepNw | #PodcastPD #PodcastEDU

🌞 To the extent that special #educators become #inclusion specialists who collaborate on instruction with #UDL, there will be less specially-designed instruction needed for individual #students. #LeadInclusion #EdLeaders #Teachers #UDLchat #TeacherTwitter

Learning Targets are a tool to use. Posting them out of compliance does NOTHING for learning. Create them, use them, let them drive the clarity of the learning that gets you 0.85 effect size or 2+ years' learning potential. Otherwise, don't bother.

"Thanks" to Rowman & Littlefield & Endorsers Annette Breaux and shellywilfong. My Newest Release: Powerful 52 topics, each a 10 minute read—New teachers, mentors, and leaders--Best time to be in education! Todd Whitaker Indiana State University Bayh College of Education Darrin M Peppard Ed.D. #RoadToAwesome Dana G, EdD Rick Wormeli steve gruenert

Now LIVE on RechargED Educators with shellywilfong. Thx to host Kyle Hill Kyle Hill Topic: Teacher Mattering open.spotify.com/episode/1Gwf0C… Indiana State University Bayh College of Education Drew Graber @INPLI1 IASP Todd Whitaker steve gruenert

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#Teachers are happier and healthier if they have meaningful connections with one another. 💛 Here are just a few ways to build workplace friendships. 🏫🤝 bit.ly/47VITWG shellywilfong Ryan Donlan

The clinical importance of mattering is underappreciated, in part, because the treatment system can you make you feel invisible & insignificant vs. important & valued. I examine this in my 2018 book on the psychology of mattering American Psychological Association Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies @CPA_SCP shop.elsevier.com/books/the-psyc…

To know one life has breathed easier because you have lived - this is to have succeeded. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

When teachers feel valued, it leads to better student achievement, less burnout, and higher job satisfaction. Foster a school culture where teachers feel valued and are empowered to contribute to their communities. bit.ly/47VITWG shellywilfong Ryan Donlan

Had a great first day of Behavior Solutions Workshop let by the great Jessica Hannigan. Powerful stuff. We even did a book exchange!

Taking Behavior Solutions and Behavior Academies to the amazing educators from the Wawasee Community School Corporation in Syracuse, Indiana! Thank you for your amazing leadership and support shellywilfong 💚#behavioracademies #behaviorsolutions #behaviorinterventions

Teaching reading strategies gives students a boost, but background knowledge & vocabulary drive long-term comprehension. Let’s focus on building knowledge—not just strategies. Brilliant insight from Daniel Willingham: education.ufl.edu/patterson/file… #KnowledgeMatters

If school leaders understand how or under what conditions teachers feel they matter, it could lead to a more positive work environment. This survey from Ensuring Teachers Matter can serve as a launching point when trying to address common problems. 🔗bit.ly/48lDXuN

I found out today I will be presenting! Looking forward to sharing the research behind the Foundational Elements of Teacher Mattering! #ResearchEd Denver Solution Tree researchED US

We CAN'T WAIT for you to meet our lineup of speakers. Just check this out... bit.ly/3UX4hpG Now you DEFINITELY want to join us on September 13 in Denver!