Principal at Portland West Middle School
Joined August 2015
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6 Aug 2025
West’s EL, T1, & T4 Educators are working incredibly hard to ensure that ALL Students feel and show success in our classrooms.
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14 Jun 2025
🚨 TEACHERS 🚨
Student Engagement Activity ⬇️
“The Great Literacy Race”
A super engaging strategy to get students fired 🔥 up about reading!!! Directions in the video 🎥
#schoolofengagement
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Shelley Cooper retweeted
13 Jun 2025
TEACHERS 🙌 Turn a Worksheet
Into an Engaging Activity with …
“GRUDGE BALL” 💥
This is a super engaging strategy turns a worksheet into an activity. Directions 📕 in the video 🎥
The best teachers steal. So steal this activity and make it your own.
#schoolofengagement
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Shelley Cooper retweeted
9 Oct 2024
We tell pupils to study, but have we actually taught them how to study??
Today I finished off my ‘How to study: a simple guide on how to study smarter not harder’ PowerPoint. Hopefully will help senior pupils learn how to study effectively ✨
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28 Jul 2024
We’re ecstatic to announce that PWMS will have an FFA Program this year! Our new Agriculture focused classes, & partnership with PHS’s program, will open numerous doors for students. Let the planning begin!@sumnerstem @CTEsumnerTN @portlandffa @ThePortlandSun
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16 Jun 2024
☝️Dylan Wiliam said that Cognitive Load Theory is ‘the single most important thing for teachers to know’. This poster summarises some key ideas from CLT and offers 6 strategies to optimise instruction and maximise learning.
👊 REPOST and grab a free HQ copy here: jamieleeclark.com/graphics
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13 Jun 2024
SO proud of our wonderful STEM T, Mrs. Anysa Brewer, for the time & hard work she’s putting into growing our program! Get excited Ss, there are BIG things to come this year! #westisbest @sumnerstem @pl_scs @SumnerCountyCTE @scottlangford72
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Study skills are key to academic success. Since they’re not usually explicitly taught, a nudge in the right direction from a teacher can make a world of difference. 🌟 Check out active studying practices to share with your middle and high school students: edut.to/3wLNWvO
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23 May 2024
Upcoming Freshman, don’t forget to sign up to help with the Leadersip Team at PHS. Your insight is needed to propel your fellow students to great opportunities in the coming years!
forms.gle/iLv4uM6gThJSvYF96
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