"What You Need to Be an Innovative Educator"

Edutopia: Terry Heick's Blog gives 6 basic thoughts when deciding how innovative you will be in your classroom. These 6 ideas can really focus you and your classroom. Last year it was all about keeping it simple in the classroom. "What do the students really need to know for that next level, to be good citizens?" We went so far as to break down the Common Core Standards and find the most important standards for our students. I know these will change from year to year depending on the students in my classroom, but having the ability to focus on the type of students and what they need versus what the curriculum says they need is hard but sometimes more important in order for your students to feel success.