165: Differentiating Instruction with Cole Alexander

Cole graduated from the University of Houston – Downtown with a bachelor’s degree in Urban Education. She spent the last 7 years teaching Pre-K and Kindergarten in Title 1 schools in Houston, Texas and the last two years teaching in the STEAM lab in an Early Childhood Center. Cole is passionate about giving students hands-on learning experiences and differentiating instruction. When she is not teaching, you can find her chasing around her sweet 1 year old boy, drinking LOTS of coffee, creating products to share with other educators, or catching up on her guilty pleasure – reality TV! Quotables Have a passion and love for kids Show up and do your best for kids every day Be consistent with the quality of lessons you put out Kids thrive in an environment when they know what is expected of them Curveballs are thrown at you all the time…expect the unexpected and roll with the punches Learn as much as you can, but don’t try to implement what you learned all at once Cole’s Stamp of Approval Facebook Group- Individualized Instruction for Students (Differentiation & Small Group) STEAM/STEM centers Best Seller Example- Fairytales and Nursery Rhymes STEM & STEAM Activities Gretchen’s Stamp of Approval Blog Post: The Do’s & Don’ts of Using the Voxer App Connect with Cole Facebook: Teach Glitter Grow Instagram: Teach Glitter Grow TpT: Teach Glitter Grow Connect with Gretchen Email: [email protected] Blog: Always A Lesson Facebook: Always A Lesson Twitter: @gschultek Instagram: Always.A.Lesson Linkedin: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers Google+: Gretchen Schultek Bridgers Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College Leave a Rating and Review: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/always-lessons-empowering/id1006433135?mt=2 Why? This helps my show remain active in order to continue to help other educators remain empowered in a career that has a long lasting effect on our future. How? Search for my show in iTunes or Stitcher. Click on ‘Ratings and Reviews.’ Under ‘Customer Reviews,’ click on “Write a Review.” Sign in with your iTunes or Stitcher log-in info Leave a Rating: Tap the greyed out stars (5 being the best) Leave a Review: Type in a Title and Description of your thoughts on my podcast Click ‘Send’