Elementary school principal and advocate of reading science. Keep asking: How are the children? How are our families? #HQInstructionIsEquity#CurriculumMatters
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I challenged students in morning announcements to memorize a Langston Hughes poem....here is just one of many students who participated. I love our students.
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One of my favorite parts of my job is sitting with teachers as we grade our student writing assessments Having a high-quality curriculum really matters. Our 9-year-olds are writing about the American Revolution. #WitandWisdom
We are still so excited about being featured in the EdWeek article! #greatminds, #witandwisdom
We have 5 student teachers this semester, and we all got together with cooperating teachers today to do some grounding.Our teachers shined talking about our school and high regard for students. So lucky to work with this incredible group of humans.
We are delighted to have been featured in EdWeek for our work around structured writing.
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What a gift this book is to the universe. As an educator, this was a prescient reminder of what so many of our students and families endure. Keep writing Javier, your stories and poetry matter.
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Noticing and wondering is such a staple in our ELA Wit and Wisdom work. This is a good push to think about its application in math.
Today's inspiration is brought to you by a dedicated teacher committed to finding a way for a student to show us what they know.
“All of those things affected children’s ability to be able to learn,” Reardon said. “So while the remote learning is probably a piece of the story, it’s probably a small piece of all the ways the pandemic affected children’s outcomes.”
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It's Friday and my second grader is living his best life playing Legends of Zelda. He just said, “mom, I am orally re-horsing what I am going to say when I win the game.” 🤣 High-quality instructional materials matter.
One additional way that we are highlighting visual arts at our elementary school is through a rotating collection of art prints of famous artists. This year we are highlighting artists Bearden, O'Keefe, Kahlo, Matisse, and Jean Michael Basquiat. #ArtsMatter
"If we want that pursuit to bring us bliss, it may be time to create a Declaration of Interdependence. You can feel depressed and anxious alone, but it’s rare to laugh alone or love alone. Joy shared is joy sustained." nytimes.com/2021/07/10/opini…
We are proud to serve as a partner to CPRL @ColumbiaLaw on new research that shows it’s time for a new model in education that brings families fully into the instructional process through high-quality instructional materials. bit.ly/3x5Jjqx
In the fall of '18 our district C&1I director suggested we read TNTP's Opportunity Myth. It sparked something in all of us. We had no idea how fast that fire to know more, do better would burn. Fast forward 3 years--We read it again and reflected as a staff. In our own words..
5th grade teacher" I used to think that we need to be giving students work at their level even if it was not grade level work. If students were given tasks that were too difficult they would get frustrated and “shut down.”
Social Worker "I used to think change is hard and that I have little power in making changes, especially on a systemic level. Now I think that shorter-term choices have an impact, make change feel more attainable, and lead to systemic level changes."
1st-grade teacher: "I used to think that the best thing I could do for a student was to meet them where they were at and “love” them up to grade level. Now I think that loving a student looks like holding them accountable to work that they truly are capable of."