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Aimee Plette retweeted
First President in modern American history to join a union picket line.
That’s in no small part thanks to a modern surge in worker organizing and record public support of unions.
Keep going ✊🏽
Aimee Plette retweeted
15 ChatGPT prompts for English teachers
Hope this is useful. Please let me know. Iteration is always useful.
A PDF so you can copy and paste the prompts can be found here: drive.google.com/file/d/1xY-…
#EngChat #TeamEnglish #EdTech #AIinEDU #EduTwitter #ChatGPT
Forever Giant.
😭I hope the stadium is filled on October 1st mlb.com/news/brandon-crawfor…
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I receive a call from our receptionist, a parent has arrived and is very cross.
I'm unsure, but I head down to greet her and welcome her to my office.
She's really upset. She points the finger at school. It's all our fault and her heart is on her sleeve.
This is hard.
I offer her a seat. I sit next to her, not behind my desk, I listen and I see the opportunity.
And then I agree with her.
She's surprised. After talking to her friends the night before on Facebook, she didn't expect this.
As we talk, things calm and we see that this is not the fault of anyone. We find common ground and agree on things. She even smiles and tells me that 'he's no angel either'.
As she leaves, I let her know that I will find out more and then call her to talk again. She thanks me.
I'm reminded that it's hard to know the best way when your child means so much to you.
Aimee Plette retweeted
A government minister in Brazil announced a change in office hours during the #FIFAWWC to allow for the public to support @SelecaoFeminina. 🇧🇷
— When the games are at 7:30 AM, work starts at 11 AM
— When the games are at 8 AM, work starts at 12 PM
Aimee Plette retweeted
Teach your students to set GOALS!
You can start by using this template from @leeannjung👇👇👇
sbee.link/b3khtw4rvj
#teachertwitter #k12 #skillbuilding
Aimee Plette retweeted
Here’s a Week 1 Frayer a Friend template for students to introduce themselves & get to know 5 other students during the first week of school. It’s pretty awesome 🤩💙👏
sbee.link/n8cq6pbd9y via @SuzannaTweets
#teachertwitter #educoach #backtoschool #k12
Aimee Plette retweeted
How do you welcome NEWCOMERS to your school?
sbee.link/xdtjvew7n8 via Refugee Classroom
#edchat #teaching #edutwitter
Aimee Plette retweeted
Peer feedback is most effective when it is focused and comes with clear guidelines. A choice board, like this one below helps to provide students with a sense of agency.
Make a copy to make it work for you!
bit.ly/3XLdUIY
#StudentLed #Feedback
ALT choice board
Aimee Plette retweeted
The art of coaching by Steve Kerr👇
🗣️”The urge is, you’re the coach and you want to control it. But, coaching isn’t controlling it, it’s guiding it… It’s not going to happen by you saying ‘you have to do this or you have to do that.’ I try and communicate a vision and gently nudge guys along.”
Here we go.
#1minwalk2work THROWBACK!
It’s July 1st and people across the country are walking into NEW LEADERSHIP positions. Few things to remember…
1. You don’t know everything.
2. The farther you get from the classroom the harder it is to make suggestions.
3. You’re not a search firm.
Aimee Plette retweeted
Cardona: Markwayne Mullin had more than $1.4 million in pandemic loans forgiven. He represents 489,000 eligible borrowers that were turned down today. Marjorie Taylor Greene had more than $180,000 forgiven. She represents 91,800 eligible borrowers who were turned down today
Aimee Plette retweeted
Affirmative action was never about admitting unqualified Black kids. It was always about ensuring qualified Black kids could also get accepted despite a world of systemic racism.
The “unqualified admission” you’re thinking of are legacy students—like how Kavanaugh got into Yale.
It’s been exactly a year since that kind woman called to tell us about Jack’s accident & stay with him until paramedics arrived. Our lives would have been so different if he was not able to recover. Please make sure your loved ones wear helmets. It saved Jack’s life in this case. – at Oceanside, CA
Aimee Plette retweeted
“History repeats sometimes without rhyming. “Race neutral” is the new “separate but equal.””
Court-“Twenty years have passed since Grutter, with no end to race- based college admissions in sight.”
“In actuality, 20 years have passed, with no end to racial inequity in sight.”
In banning affirmative action, the Supreme Court has *not* banned using race in college admissions. "Race neutral" is a legal fantasy, the latest to conserve racism. As Uma Jayakumar and I write @TheAtlantic, “race neutral” is the new “separate but equal.”
theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
Aimee Plette retweeted
Our colleges are stronger when they are racially diverse. And America is stronger because we are tapping into our full range of talent.
Today's Supreme Court decision is not the last word.
Aimee Plette retweeted
Before you begin your thinkpiece, the Supreme Court DID NOT strike down Affirmative Action
Admission preferences for legacies, donors, employee families and special recommendations are still allowed
The Court struck down Affirmative Action For everyone except WHITE PEOPLE
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we did it fam 🥰
ALT Power Rankings: June 26, 2023 1. Tampa Bay Rays 2. Atlanta Braves 3. Texas Rangers 4. Baltimore Orioles 5. Arizona Diamondbacks 6. San Francisco Giants 7. Los Angeles Dodgers 8. Cincinnati Reds 9. Miami Marlins 10. Houston Astros Pictured: Cutouts of Tyler Glasnow throwing a pitch, Matt Olson rounding the bases after a home run, and Jonah Heim pointing to the Rangers dugout after hitting a double. Glasnow is wearing a light blue Rays jersey and a blue cap. Olson is wearing a gray Braves jersey and a navy blue batting helmet. Heim is wearing a Rangers City Connect jersey and a navy blue batting helmet.