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Ashley Taplin

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Facilitating a Virtual Data Discussion

Posted on January 15, 2021January 27, 2021 by ashleytaplin

Data is not often a word that excites a lot of people. Because of that that, when my colleagues and… Read more Facilitating a Virtual Data Discussion

Creating Sawubona in the Classroom

Posted on August 25, 2020February 9, 2021 by ashleytaplin

“Sawubona– we see you, you are important and you are valued.” This South African tribe greeting was introduced to me… Read more Creating Sawubona in the Classroom

Vertical Alignment Cluster Talks

Posted on August 13, 2020August 13, 2020 by ashleytaplin

Yesterday was our district-wide curriculum day with secondary math teachers. Every year we hold this at one of our high… Read more Vertical Alignment Cluster Talks

Resources from Algebra II and Geometry PDs

Posted on January 11, 2020January 11, 2020 by ashleytaplin

“There’s always a feeling of being excited, yet nervous; ready, yet unprepared for the unexpected; organized yet chaotic thinking of… Read more Resources from Algebra II and Geometry PDs

Visible Learning Institute

Posted on October 13, 2019October 25, 2019 by ashleytaplin

This weekend, I had the opportunity to learn from John Hattie and Peter DeWitt at a Visible Learning conference by… Read more Visible Learning Institute

PLC Coaching Academy

Posted on August 25, 2019September 28, 2019 by ashleytaplin

If you’ve been following me for a while, you know that I love to reflect on PDs and experiences I… Read more PLC Coaching Academy

All the Instructional Strategies from NTO

Posted on August 9, 2019September 28, 2019 by ashleytaplin

I, along with the secondary math specialist team, just finished giving a 2 day training full of learning with our… Read more All the Instructional Strategies from NTO

Cultural Shifts

Posted on May 31, 2019September 28, 2019 by ashleytaplin

We spent some time this morning analyzing cultural shifts in our work using the Solution Tree document below. I really… Read more Cultural Shifts

UbD Reflections

Posted on March 28, 2019September 28, 2019 by ashleytaplin

I recently attended a training on Understanding by Design (UbD) and had some big “ah-ha” moments that I have been… Read more UbD Reflections

Student Centered Coaching

Posted on February 25, 2019October 29, 2019 by ashleytaplin

I just got back from a 2 day conference by Corwin about Student Centered Coaching (SCC). When I got this… Read more Student Centered Coaching

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When I talked with my colleague about ideas to support adults as we go back to school next week, she called it self-compassion and that notion stuck with me. Stress will be heightened balancing work and home life, and I know I don’t always practice self-care when I need to most. So, creating this with her reminded me that these simple strategies can be powerful to recenter ourselves when so much lately seems out of our control.
UPDATE: I also included a 1-10 scale as mentioned in a comment here...loved the idea to check in on readiness to dive back into learning (1-I am still feeling effects and it’s hard to focus, 10-I can focus and feel ready to get back to school).
Since Algebra 2 has studied so many functions and will soon move on to another (exponentials), I wanted a way to have students compare and contrast graphs. When I started building in Desmos it got a bit cluttered, until I found this @desmosinc build in a collection by Andy Malbouef and recreated it for our functions. I loved the idea of sentence stems he included and then I also added in a word bank for additional support.

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