VSLA-Roanoke Valley Reading Chapter

The Recognizing Inspirational School Employees (RISE) Award is intended to honor and promote classified school employees who provide exemplary service to students. Nominations, which must include a video, are due Friday, Oct. 15, so don't delay! education.virginia.gov/rise-award/

Congratulations to @tweetwps for being awarded a $7.8 million U.S. Department of Education Teacher and School Leader Incentive Program grant! REACH: Redesigning Educator pathways And Connecting HR systems, will expand the reach of their most effective educators.

We are currently accepting applications for the NCTE Children’s Poetry Awards Committee. The deadline to apply is Wednesday, December 1. ncte.org/get-involved/v…

Do you have research that you want to share with other educators? Please check out this exciting opportunity! #vsla22 @VCLE7 @GWChapter_VSLA @PiedmontRdgCoun @vsla_nrvc @NNRC_VA @VSLAChesapeake @ROAREADING @ShenandoahVsla @VBReading @VATEnglish @JNOG23

Teachers can use a variety of tools and resources that reflect diversity and have a wide appeal in their classrooms. edutopia.org/article/teachi…

Share your expertise! ⁦@GWChapter_VSLA⁩ ⁦@VBReading⁩ ⁦⁦@VSLAChesapeake⁩ ⁦@VCLE7⁩ ⁦@PiedmontRdgCoun⁩ ⁦@vsla_nrvc⁩ ⁦@ROAREADING⁩ ⁦@RARCreads⁩ ⁦@SuffolkReading⁩

Thanks to our Virginia Department of Education FAFSA workgroup members for helping to make sure Virginia students do not miss out on millions in federal financial aid! ow.ly/fvfI50GjLDQ

Here are some resources to add thinking routines to your lessons. Click on the images to get editable graphic organizers for the routines. #freebies #thinkingroutines #literacy

Many elementary-aged kids want to be problem solvers—and schools can support their agency when students have the opportunity to engage in extracurricular activities. edutopia.org/article/after-…

Students with the largest vocabularies aren’t the ones with the most flashcards. They’re your readers.

So excited!!!!

A Path to Improving Students’ Emotional Intelligence | Edutopia edutopia.org/article/path-i…

Learn more about Alexandria's history & the Parker-Gray school. The first public schools for Black children in the Alexandria were Snowden School for Boys & the Hallowell School for Girls. They were later consolidated into Parker-Gray School. Sept. 11 acpsk12.org/staff/101st-an…

I want to share a story with you - a picture book I wrote while I was doing research for my Ranger in Time 9/11 book. I never sent it out so it's unpublished & there's no art - except this photo from NASA, a view of Manhattan from the International Space Station on 9/11. (thread)

Take a peek inside a new book on practical ways to support students who have experienced trauma. 📚 edutopia.org/article/settin…

The best part of being a Literacy Coach is being able to go into classrooms and do a read aloud! 🖤📖 #kingofkindergarten, #derrickbarnes

International Literacy Day on Wednesday, September 8, 2021 will be an opportunity to reimagine literacy beyond the pandemic! un.org

Idc about any national learning loss narrative, a lot of ya’ll middle-school teachers really did the damn thing last year. 😍 My freshmen totally killed a discussion today about some pretty complex stuff and cited what they learned last year over zoom. I appreciate you for real.

TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT! The VDOE (Virtual) Family Literacy Night, that is. Join us from 6-9 p.m. as we kick off the new school year and engage families and communities in fostering a love for literacy! You can still register! Sessions streamed on YouTube. ow.ly/8K9H50G1BQ0