Welcome--let's get started!

Welcome to our new blog format of the book study of A Handbook for the Art & Science of Teaching, by Robert J. Marzano and John L. Brown.

If you are new to blogging, you will want to become familiar with some basic blogging tips and etiquette. 

We want to maintain a professional atmosphere.  This blog is searchable and viewable by anyone with access to the Internet, so please keep that in mind when commenting.  Please use professional language and refrain from curse words and inappropriate language.  In discussion, please maintain courteous, constructive comments only.  As with email, sometimes it is difficult to discern a person's true intent (ie: tone of voice, body language, etc.) so we will always assume positive intentions.  We want everyone to feel that this is a safe place to comment and ask questions.

As was mentioned in the first email, you will be paid a total of three hours of time and this is discussion time, not reading time.  Please keep track of your discussion time and a time sheet will need to be signed by you when we meet during our August in-service (see Kim or Tracy).

The discussions will be broken down into 10 sections; one for each of the Design Questions.  That would mean to get in three hours, you will spend about 18 minutes of discussion time in each of the Design Question areas.

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