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Exposure

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Josh Stumpenhorst

Recently, I was interviewed by a former student who is now studying to be a teacher. I have been interviewed by college students who are preparing to be teachers numerous times before. One of the questions I always get asked is what is my one piece of advice for a future teacher. In all of […]

Stop Preparing Students

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Josh Stumpenhorst

Are my students being adequately prepared? This seems to be one of those questions and conversations that always come up in school. How are you preparing your students? When they are in elementary school we are trying to prepare them for junior high. When they are in junior high we are preparing them for high […]

Innovation Day 4

Posted on February 24, 2014 by Josh Stumpenhorst

It is that time of year again. The time where we set aside a day and allow students complete control over their learning at our annual Innovation Day. Year one, two and three were great but this year might have been one of our most successful ones yet. As with Rocky, the 4th installment is […]

The Thinking Wall

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Josh Stumpenhorst

This post originally appeared on Angela Maier’s Blog but I wanted to repost here to share with my readers as well. Those of you that know me know that I run. I run a lot. On December 11th, I hit my 700th consecutive day of running without missing a single day. For those of you […]

More Homework Meme

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Josh Stumpenhorst

There have been numerous people doing the More Homework Meme and a few folks have tagged me. However, I am complying with the homework that my Twitter Best Friend For Life, Lyn Hilt, assigned me, as she was the first to tag me. I think it is a great way to get to know our […]

The Forgotten Ones

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Josh Stumpenhorst

Lately in my language arts class our focus has been on listening and speaking skills. Specifically, we are working on public speaking, which can be very difficult for some students…and adults. I model and help them along the way as best I can. We start out with doing some silly speeches, which are short with […]

The “Real World”

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Josh Stumpenhorst

If you speak to educators at any level they will inevitably tell you they want to prepare students for the “real world”. I too have claimed that my goal is for students to be able to manage and thrive within this realm of future realness. Funny thing is, we all have a different definition of […]

I Used to Think…

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Josh Stumpenhorst

I used to think bad teachers needed to be fired. Now I realize bad teaching largely exists because of a lack of exposure to good teaching. I used to think homework was the way to reinforce learning. Now I realize it a tool used to coerce compliance and reinforce the notion of haves and have-nots […]

Parent Pushback

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Josh Stumpenhorst

Lately, I am seeing a troubling trend that I am sure is not new, but as a “younger” parent I am starting to take notice of. Many of my friends have kids starting back at school as well as countless members of my PLN online. My inboxes, streams and updates are flooded with great back […]

Letting My Son Fall

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Josh Stumpenhorst

Tonight when I got home from work my sons asked me if we could head down to our neighborhood park and ride bikes. Knowing it was one of the last free afternoons before school got started for them and me, I naturally said yes and we headed out. Now this particular park is a playground […]