β¨Every single student matters, every single day. β¨ Secondary ELA π and Special Education π Teacher. #PhDLoading π
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18 Jul 2024
Older Black woman education professionals DESPERATELY need to check their internalized misogynoir when dealing with young black millennial and Gen-Z teachers.
Itβs like they eat their young to impress our white coworkers.
yayyy??
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18 Jul 2024
Definitely beats waiting until the last week before spring break to deliver the harshest criticism a teacher (me) has ever heard.
Admin, If a formal observation is the first time you are in a teachers classroom, then put the evaluation form away. Just sit, listen, and leave a note of thanks, praise or encouragement. Relationships first!
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17 Jul 2024
The last thing I am doing in class is confiscating a frustrated studentβs phone
Admin can do it or the child can keep it. I am not getting involved with a $1000 device & a kid who is angry at me about it
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17 Jul 2024
Oh gosh! I went for an early morning couch sit π and my cat was already laying on the couch!
Weβre literally twins π
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17 Jul 2024
Dear Black girl in a doctorate program reading and citing articles for research,
It gets better sis!
At the start, I remember when any one article would take me 30-45min to get through the methods alone. This evening over 3hrs, I've annotated over 12 articles. It gets better.
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16 Jul 2024
Continuously wondering why the response to students who are struggling with emotional regulation and basic academics is to send them to trade school before they even have 10 credits.
It is upsetting. A sneaky way to give up on students and sent them away.
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19 Jun 2024
π§ With detailed roadmaps to help reach their goals, Ss are more prepared to navigate the journey!
Check out this this worksheet, from educator @leeannjung: leadinclusion.org/_files/ugdβ¦
#StudentSuccess
ALT "Setting a Goal" worksheet includes space for students to write about why they set this goal, how they'll achieve it, what strengths and challenges they anticipate, etc.
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17 Jun 2024
We cannot put students first if we put educators last.
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17 Jun 2024
Theyhe SC Dept. of Education canceled AP African American Studies, @thegrio spoke with teachers, school administrators & superintendents to find out why SC essentially canceled the ONLY accredited HS course in Black History.
THey all had the same answer.
A thread.
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17 Jun 2024
Currently thinking about
1. Music festivals
2. Classroom set up
π #teacherbrain πππ
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3 Jun 2024
This is what great writing looks like:
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13 May 2024
One of the ugliest facts of the US is many Americans believe poor children should (can) perform academically the same as affluent children *as if the poverty/affluence donβt matter*
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7 May 2024
I really love co-teaching and I pray it becomes a much richer discipline over time. Thereβs nothing like sharing responsibility and modeling community and care. #EOYReflection
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7 May 2024
"The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality." -
James Baldwin
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7 May 2024
Hereβs what I want for teacher appreciation week. An end to standardized tests and the $1.7 billion spent each year on these tests redirected into classrooms.
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30 Apr 2024
I wish more teachers would realize that WE are the asset! Teachers bring value to our schools. Teachers keep our world moving. Please, never let a school, an administrator, a parent, or anyone else make you feel otherwise.
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29 Apr 2024
Just how much learning is lost when schools go through three weeks of state testing? I don't want to know what the answer is.
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22 Apr 2024
Constructivism/Discovery Learning is giving a man a rod/worm and saying, "if you use this right, you will have food. Go figure it out and have fun!"
The man is starving, and we are watching him struggle when we can just teach him and then he can develop his own best practice
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