Educator: Joe Lee Johnson Elementary. STEAM & PBL trailblazer

Joined October 2016
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David Ward retweeted
My 10-Year Challenge: The Average Teacher’s Salary in 2009: $54,319 The Average Teacher’s Salary in 2019: $57,439 That’s an increase of $3,120 over 10 years. Based on the current inflation rate ($1.20 or 1.76%) it should be $65,158. #TeacherTenYearChallenge
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David Ward retweeted
8 Nov 2019
Teacher Ambassador @davidw4rd says that sustainability education has given students at his STEAM school passion, purpose, and understanding of the bigger picture. Check out his blog to learn how in honor of #nationalSTEAMday! ecorise.org/steam
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David Ward retweeted
We are grateful for the partnerships that give our students unique opportunities and experiences. Today, our garden club students, RRISD Food Services, parent volunteers and community members had fun learning together. #JLJ2020Vision ⁦@mscott_learning⁩ ⁦⁦@khp8189
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David Ward retweeted
21 Oct 2019
We tested our form and function module seed dispersal devices today #PLTW @JLJohnsonElem #engineeringisfun
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21 Oct 2019
We had a blast at the #NAAEE2019 last week sharing resources & discussing how to empower students through social enterprises & sustainability ed! Thank you to copresenters Quilen of @ChicagoEcoHouse & Teacher Ambassador @davidw4rd who made this year a success. #WeRise #ecoteacher
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19 Oct 2019
@davidw4rd⁩ loving sharing the ⁦@JLJohnsonElem⁩ journey of #sustainable #steam at the NAAEE conference in Kentucky
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14 Oct 2019
So excited about presenting NAAEE!
14 Oct 2019
So excited to be presenting 3 times at #NAAEE2019 this week! Our Saturday Morning Session will be co-facilitated by Teacher Ambassador @davidw4rd. Get a sneak peek of the session w/ his blog about how sustainability & #STEAM empower students: ecorise.org/steam! #ecoteacher
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David Ward retweeted
27 Aug 2019
As teachers and students begin the school year, EcoRise is excited to announce our 2019–20 cohort of Teacher Ambassadors! 🎉 Click here to learn more about the educators who are trailblazing in environmental education: ecorise.org/2019-2020-teache…. #ecoteacher #enviroed
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31 Jul 2019
Enjoying the in-depth learning with @EcoRise. Feeling inspired to bring the #sustainability conversation into schools. Our students deserve it! Thank you to the sponsors who made this possible @SouthwestAir @LoveTitos
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31 Jul 2019
In the last school year @JLJohnsonElem EcoTrailblazers replaced 22,000 single use plastics with compostable cutlery, saved tons of paper through recycling, and distributed 200 shower timers to save water! Excited by what they will do this year. #ecoteacher #RoundRockISD @ecorise
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David Ward retweeted
Round Rock ISD Board votes to increase pay for teachers w/ 6 experience by $4,300/year. Teachers w/ 1-5 years experience will get a $3,200-$3,600 boost. Translates to approximately a 7-8% increase, depending on experience.tinyurl.com/y2vxphyt

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David Ward retweeted
23 May 2019
The EcoTrailblazers are making waves by encouraging their classmates to save water! The student campaign eliminated ~500,000 gallons of water this month. 🌊 #WeRise #waterconservation
23 May 2019
Replying to @JLJohnsonElem
@JLJohnsonElem EcoTrailblazers gave out over 100 shower timers, a pizza party and free tickets to Schlitterbahn water park to the winners of their Waterwise challenge! They saved est. 500,000 gallons of water. @ecorise #sustainability @RoundRockISD
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David Ward retweeted
Google says that's more than 15,745 tons or 3,149 SUV's. WOW!!! #Trailblazers, indeed.
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David Ward retweeted
16 May 2019
We are honored to receive the Texas Environmental Excellence Award for Education. Thank you to @TCEQ for recognizing the work & passion EcoRise has poured into our Texas Program! And thank you for hosting a great banquet last night. #WeRise #sustainabilty #education
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19 Apr 2019
JLJ EcoTrailblazers are learning about #sustainability by farming eggs. Thanks to @ecorise lessons and a $500 grant they will have their own coop with chickens to apply their learning! @JLJohnsonElem @RoundRockISD #PBL
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David Ward retweeted
Hey Trailblazer families! We are participating in the HEB Plastic Bag Challenge in celebration of Earth day. All we have to do is collect plastic bags and we could win $150 for our school. #EarthDay #DreamCreateInnovate
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David Ward retweeted
Hey @MrsCollins1787- one of my former students is so excited about the Shower Strike at @GRISHAM_MS! He told me today during tutoring about it and we found the news- I love what this is all about. Can’t wait to share with my 5th graders tomorrow. :)
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17 Apr 2019
JLJ EcoTrailblazer Solar Car Cluster met with entrepreneur Tom of @solarSno to learn about why and how he built his Solar powered Snow cone Truck - amazing experience! @JLJohnsonElem @ecorise #sustainability @RoundRockISD
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15 Apr 2019
JLJ EcoTrailblazers collect thousands of compostable cutlery after their PBL to reduce waste in the school cafeteria @ecorise @JLJohnsonElem #pbl #sustainability
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