Aspiring Admin | Instructional Designer | MS Science Facilitator | Mentor Teacher | Teacher of the Year | M.Ed | Believer | Scientist | Wife | Mom | 3w2
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Katy Thornton Irons retweeted
4 Nov 2023
Interviewed a teacher who left the profession.
Why did you resign?
“I have a Master’s degree. I work really hard. I love teaching kids and am great at my job. I do it all for a disgracefully low salary. All of that and I’ve never felt so disrespected by so many.”
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Katy Thornton Irons retweeted
4 Nov 2023
Data is not Teacher Professional Wisdom.
The growth in literacy & numeracy testing is not for children, it’s for those far away & disconnected from them.
It’s about surveillance & mistrust
It’s not about public assurance
#abed #ableg #onted #bced #cdnpoli #edchat #ukedchat
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4 Nov 2023
Any veteran Ts out there have districts that MANDATE they use a purchased (poor) curriculum with no T autonomy? So tired of the “we do what’s best for students” and “we teach standards, not curriculum” and then pulling out the rug and saying Ts don’t know their Ss best.
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Katy Thornton Irons retweeted
5 Oct 2023
Making high schoolers do college, middle schoolers do high school, & elementary schoolers do middle school is all developmentally inappropriate, & then Americans wonder why students don't do well on the tests. 🧐
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Katy Thornton Irons retweeted
4 May 2022
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Katy Thornton Irons retweeted
23 Mar 2022
3D volumetric view of the EF-3 tornado that hit New Orleans Metro last night. #lawx
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20 Jan 2022
Over the past 2 days, students have been designing and building “junk” molecules. Each piece purposefully chosen to represent atoms and bonds. So proud of their creativity! #stemeducation #bluffbears #bluffscience instagram.com/p/CY8f3U7LeeT/…
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Katy Thornton Irons retweeted
18 Nov 2021
I love this graphic. So important to remember, especially when we want to control little things like hoods when that could actually be a student in the freeze response. #teaching
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23 Sep 2021
Today was a project workday for developing models of plate boundaries at our case study sites! Can’t wait to see the finished products! #bluffbears #armand irons #standardsalignment @ Bluff Middle School instagram.com/p/CUKZczyLN-G/…
Katy Thornton Irons retweeted
23 Aug 2021
Can we EVER teach students to annotate effectively? Solid strategies here. #sschat #scichat #elachat #educoach
11 Jul 2021
"Some students may not understand what we are asking when we tell them to underline and annotate “key details” or “what’s important” in a source."
via @middleweb
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Katy Thornton Irons retweeted
24 Oct 2019
A fascinating animation showing oceanic crust formations with arrows highlighting plate-rate & direction (via @IRIS_EPO)
#platetectonics #geographyteacher #geography #earth #teachertwitter
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Katy Thornton Irons retweeted
18 Aug 2021
1 billion years of plate tectonics.
Source: sciencedirect.com/science/ar……
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20 Aug 2021
Science Teachers: I was recently introduced by my good friend @Marek_STEAM to using student-developed analogies to explain difficult concepts. Does anyone have any experience using these in your classroom? #science #middleschool
5 Aug 2021
Starting off the 21-22 school year in quarantine (thanks Delta!). So ready to get back to my #bluffbears!
Katy Thornton Irons retweeted
5 Jun 2021
As schools plan for fall, you don’t need canned curriculum, new programs, or initiatives to be more effective. You do need teachers to feel respected, valued, supported & appreciated, as well as feel like their talents/strengths are being utilized. Morale & achievement will soar!
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Katy Thornton Irons retweeted
29 Mar 2020
Are you willing to do the hard things to be a great leader? Your answer matters.
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