Irving ISD Curriculum and Instruction ELAR Specialist and former English 1 teacher who always has a book in her hand
Joined September 2022
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May 5
So proud to call Hope Lee one of our fantastic RLA teachers! This honor is well deserved!
May 1
🎉 Drumroll, please… 🥁
Congratulations to our 2026 Irving ISD Teachers of the Year:
✨ Elementary: Marcela Vega Beck, Davis Elementary School
✨ Secondary: Hope Lee, Austin Middle School
And shoutout to our First Class Teacher of the Year:
🌟 Mary Molina, Singley Academy
Congratulations to these outstanding educators. Let's give them a round of applause! 👏
#ExcellenceInAction
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Mar 13
Just got to read some amazing essays from Dr. Marchenko’s ESOL students! ☀️Their writing was so strong and showed incredible growth. This filled my cup. Dr. Marchenko is pure magic! 🪄#excellenceinaction #irvingisd
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Mar 5
Happy Read Across America Day! Mr. Bolin and Ms. Cohen’s classes at @IrvingBowie_MS were incredible! Their love of reading made the visit extra special. Thanks @IrvingLibraries for letting me share the joy of reading! @iInstructIrving @IrvingISD
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Feeling inspired at the @Region10ESC Literacy Sparks series with @NataliaESL! 📚✨ Focusing on building stronger writers through instruction at the sentence, paragraph, and composition level. So glad to have our Bil/ESL team with us learning and growing together! #LitSpark2
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Feb 26
Practicing our Think Sheets in Ms. Walker’s class at @SamhoustonMS!
@iInstructIrving @IrvingISD #excellenceinaction
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Feb 10
It was so fun! These were some awesome students!
Feb 6
Thank you @MsRossReads for your time and for the fabulous session on Romeo and Juliet, think sheets and annotations. My English 1 students loved it and learned much! You’re awesome! @IrvingISD
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20 Dec 2025
Happy holidays from our Secondary RLA team! 🎄✨
Wishing all educators a restful break filled with joy, rest, and a little extra coziness.
@iInstructIrving
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20 Nov 2025
So thankful for all our RLA leaders!
20 Nov 2025
🦃✨ Grateful vibes at today’s Secondary RLA Department Chair meeting! We dug into data and mapped next steps to strengthen internalization and text interactions. @iInstructIrving
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13 Nov 2025
Throwback Thursday! Taking it back to some awesome PLCs this fall! Shout out to @NimitzVikings and @Crockett_MS for having some amazing Lesson Internalization and team time. @iInstructIrving @IrvingISD #excellenceinaction
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24 Oct 2025
🕸️ What a spooktacular day brewing up The Write Concoction with our #RLAmazing instructors! 💀✍️
We stirred eerie ideas, hauntingly good writing, and snap snap moments of intentionality while internalizing Unit 3. 🖤 Shout out to the @iisdbil_esl team for partnering!
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23 Oct 2025
I was graciously invited to co-teach by Ms. Martinez! She was excited to apply strategies from the RLA Megalab modeled by @MsRossReads & @and_mrsharris. The artifacts highlight her engaging facilitation & visible student growth! @IrvingISD @netzeroJMS
#studentgrowth #PD
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21 Oct 2025
It’s RLA MegaLab day! 🎓 Our Secondary RLA teachers are hands-on with student writing and model lessons. Huge thanks to the amazing @Austin_Broncos for hosting this immersive day of learning and collaboration! 💪 @iInstructIrving
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16 Oct 2025
✨Happy Boss’s Day to our fearless leader!!✨
15 Oct 2025
Thank you to the @iInstructIrving team for your thoughtful gift on Boss’s Day. Blessed to work alongside the best in Texas.
Let’s go, @IrvingISD !
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16 Oct 2025
✨Great day of learning with our Secondary Academic Specialist and EB Coaches as we dug into the observation and feedback cycle while calibrating our lens for effective instruction. Big shoutout to @netzeroJMS for letting us learn from their amazing classrooms! @iisdbil_esl
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9 Oct 2025
The @netzeroJMS RLA team is rocking their HQIM implementation (even during Eagle Time)! So many strong text interactions and student dialogue! ✨@iInstructIrving
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9 Oct 2025
Lesson Internalization in full swing at Nimitz! English 1 and English 2 went deep into their texts and are creating some great Tier 1 instruction! @NimitzVikings
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19 Sep 2025
PLT with @netzeroJMS, STAAR data Deep Dive with @IrvingBowie_MS and @Crockett_MS, E3 and E4 PLT at @NimitzVikings and a Department Chair Meeting! What a busy and beautiful week it was!
I love working with our teachers to level up! #excellenceinaction
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19 Sep 2025
Today our department leaders dug into lesson internalization, exploring how to level up this process by aligning to key objectives and layering in strategies to maximize impact. Grateful for their leadership as we fine-tune and strengthen this practice together! @iInstructIrving
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13 Sep 2025
🎸 What an epic day with our RLA rockstars!
We came together to:
✨ Explore powerful connections across texts
✨ Share strategies to keep learning engaging meaningful
✨ Rock the energy moving into unit 2
Together, we’re turning up the volume on teaching and learning!
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