Instructional coach, H.S. English teacher, Women in Leadership advisor, literacy interventionist, reader, writer.
Joined May 2015
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18 Feb 2025
So proud of the 14--14!--@SMWestOffice teachers who are presenting virtually in @theSMSD iFair today. . .because sometimes the best PD is from the teacher down the hall. . .or down the street.
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30 Dec 2024
Educators: want to reduce your stress levels?
Nurture relationships with your colleagues 👉🏻 bit.ly/4fYBnyO
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Want to get your students reflecting and talking? 🎲 Try these dicebreakers and debrief activity templates for some classroom fun!
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#edutwitter #teachingideas #k12
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16 Nov 2024
Encourage your students to engage with texts before, during, & after reading!
Get an active reading strategy for any learning landscape now: bit.ly/3zUIcB9
#engchat #litchat #literacy
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7 Nov 2024
1st #womeninleadership meeting @SMWestOffice this morning! What a great group of leaders we have this year! @SMSDWiL
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4 Nov 2024
🏗️ Scaffolding Think, Pair, Share can help facilitate deep discussions and drive thinking from ALL students. This handy resource is designed to help students master the WHAT, WHY, and HOW of the process.
👊 Support my work by tapping REPOST and grab a FREE high-quality copy here: jamieleeclark.com/graphics
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3 Nov 2024
This is what leadership looks like! Up bright and early cleaning up our home away from home. @SMWestOffice @SMSDWiL
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6 Oct 2024
This is a fantastic post with tips for avoiding teacher burnout!
Teacher burnout “is a side of our profession that teacher preparation programs don’t always fully address,” and this can leave many new educators feeling overwhelmed. These tips can help you build a support network, save time, and decompress. ⭐ edut.to/4ePOdOr
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5 Oct 2024
One page overview of sentence structures from The Writing Revolution douglaswise.co.uk/blog/writi… ✍️
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15 Sep 2024
📙 EXPLICIT INSTRUCTION! This new A3 poster captures some of the main ideas from the excellent book ‘Explicit Instruction: Effective & Efficient Teaching’ by Anita L. Archer & Charles A. Hughes. Highly recommend you pick up a copy!
🫵 REPOST and download a FREE HQ copy here: jamieleeclark.com/graphics
📙 READ MORE: explicitinstruction.org
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23 Aug 2024
Kenna is so missed! She would love this so much!
22 Aug 2024
William (5th from left), senior @ @SMWestOffice, attended the Jayhawk Debate Institute through a Kenna Campbell Kobin Memorial Stepping Stones Scholarship. He attended 26 lectures & had 228 pages of notes! Family & friends of Kenna Campbell Kobin helped make this possible!
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7 Aug 2024
Yes!
6 Aug 2024
Tim Walz is proof that teaching prepares you to do just about any career
If you can teach school you can be a star anywhere
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6 Aug 2024
🙌🏻 Want to put some new small-group instructional strategies into action in the new school year?
Use my template: “5 Strategies for the Teacher-led Station” ➡️ bit.ly/48ZxDtt
#StationRotation #EdChat #EduTwitter #EduChat #EdTech
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1 Aug 2024
Prepping for fall PLC discussions with your math team? Bookmark this strategy, including a ready-to-use math interview protocol!
(Via @edutopia)
edutopia.org/video/simple-st…
ALT Handout with a table titled "The Math Interview." The left column has questions students can ask each other about math, such as, "What did the problem ask you to solve?" The right column has space for notes.
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30 Jul 2024
Disciplinary literacy - The way that a historian reads, writes and thinks is different to how a mathematician operates. Each subject context has different needs and requirements. It's useful to point this out and have students (and even teachers!) reflect on this.
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26 Jul 2023
I have some plans for the first day of school.
I would love to hear yours! What are your 5 acts?
jaywamsted.medium.com/the-fi…
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29 Jul 2024
My (unpopular) opinion is to NOT skip the icebreakers - but make sure they’re purposeful. A friend and I were nerdy enough about the topic to write about it: ascd.org/el/articles/why-ice…
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22 Jul 2024
🙌🏻 #ChoiceBoard enthusiasts, rejoice!
Here’s my favorite tool for #reading strategies! Copy download now: bit.ly/48viVu0
#EdChat #EduTwitter #UKEdChat #EdChatEU #AussieEd
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