Here is a motivating article to help prepare for next school year: You Have 25,000 Mornings As an Adult... http://t.co/lbrvH0wL2K

Incorporating frequent, focused writing activities is an essential tool for teachers of all subject areas.weareteachers.com/community/blog…

For Carlan Shreve and anyone who cares about GRAMMAR: 38 Spelling and Grammar Errors - mental_floss on YouTube http://t.co/hkV4iVHbsM

Maxwell: Everyone needs and responds to encouragement and wants to feel worthwhile. People buy into you before buying into your leadership.

Building Relationships is one of our professional development themes at Shiloh Middle this upcoming school year. http://t.co/m2LPvfVHxs

Rereading this text after an inspiring talk from Michael Fullan at the GCPS Summer Leadership Conference. http://t.co/w1ioi8MccN

Godin provides a creative spark for those looking to provoke, instigate, and discover. http://t.co/k8cJptflNW

Preparing to support the many new teachers joining our Shiloh Middle family this upcoming school year. http://t.co/qiJ8SoSH1q

One of many professional texts I am reading this summer. Any recommendations for me? http://t.co/lcpxBAa1YR

Anyone who teaches middle or high school will crack up and nod your head at these posts: http://goo.gl/Y58Fk and http://goo.gl/7pGH6

Under NCLB we sometimes neglected gifted students, but our new GA evaluation system measures growth in ALL students. http://t.co/XmaMmPU7j9

Love this 6th grade math example of how to engage students in both content and process common core standards! https://t.co/3pXqOg9TWw

How can less teaching result in more learning? Are you ready to strategically create inquiry learning experiences? http://t.co/spLRzx2Ssv

Montessori said "The hands are the instruments of man's intelligence." But what of the "Touch-Screen Generation"? http://t.co/BuB0NKusFs

Useful for CRCT Boot Camp: Several suggestions for making test prep more fun.  http://www.edutopia.org/blog/play-with-standardized-test-prep-matt-levinson

People have no idea how demanding life as a teacher can be. Everyone should job shadow a teacher for a week. http://t.co/XzlGg1TMfB

What do you think of the use of gamification in education? Here is an astute mom's point of view. http://t.co/HQCby0A8t5

@JayCBarbour: Ten Resolutions The Most Successful People Make And Then Keep - Forbes http://t.co/RVwFMxM8 (via Instapaper)

@coolcatteacher: Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. Jacques Barzun