Executive Director at Westgate Community School, Leading Forward for Educational Innovation @WestgateWild #wholechildeducation Opinions are my own.
Joined January 2019
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Sharon Collins retweeted
Teachers, want to take something off your plate? Put HW in the trash, especially for elementary grades. Let students go home to run, play, and enjoy being a child. And read a little after playing. Then they come to school recharged instead of stressed out and you will too!
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Sharon Collins retweeted
Do you know what executive functioning ACTUALLY is? Hint: itβs not just keeping organized and being on time.
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Trust teachers. If we trust teachers, and if we give them autonomy, they will be able to make choices that meet the unanticipated needs of learners in the classroom. If we mandate curriculum and demand teachers operate in lock step, we miss opportunities to reach all kids.
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Sharon Collins retweeted
#SustainableTeaching promotes what's best for kids AND what's best for teachers.
Because what's best for teachers IS what's best for kids.
#MakeTeachingSustainable
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#concurrentenrollment offers more equitable access to college credit while in high school.
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Sharon Collins retweeted
Teaching kids about executive functioning is empowering for them. It not only teaches them about their bodies; it teaches them that they have control over their bodies.
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When we focus on SEL and executive functioning, we #MakeTeachingSustainable because we give kids the emotional and cognitive resources to self-regulate and contribute to the learning community with independence. As a result, they share in the energy demands of learning.
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Sharon Collins retweeted
It stands to reason that the teacher martyr/savior complex is grounded in the fact that teaching has historically been a female dominated profession. Our society generally expects women to be superheroes without the proper support and resources.
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Sharon Collins retweeted
A kind reminder: voice and choice does not mean letting kids do whatever they want in our classrooms. Instead, voice and choice must be scaffolded, just like anything else in our classrooms.
How do you scaffold voice and choice in your classroom?
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Sharon Collins retweeted
17 Jun 2023
not invested or interested in βweβve never done it that way beforeβ or βwe canβt do thatβ conversations.
i am much more interested in reimagining the possibilities and asking ourselves:
why not us?
why not now?
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11 May 2023
To all the school nurses out there- a confession. #NationalSchoolNurseDay #NationalSchoolNursesDay
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A student confessed their former fake sick skills to our amazing school nurse on #NationalSchoolNurseAppreciationDay. Thanks for the admission but Nurse Hopson knew already! π©Ίππ
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Sharon Collins retweeted
28 Mar 2023
Itβs going to be all SMILES this weekend at the ASCD Conference.
#ASCD2023
#Teacherleadership
#COASCD
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25 Mar 2023
There is no data to support that hw for elementary students impacts achievement. Play does more for kids than redundant work. Read & play with children. See the amazing results. @westgatewild
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Sharon Collins retweeted
20 Mar 2023
You CAN make a difference!!π #mondaymotivation #womenshistorymonth
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Sharon Collins retweeted
19 Mar 2023
Too many teachers are leaving our profession.
We need to listen to them and think carefully about how we can improve.
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