Leslie Anaya , NBCT (Maintained)

Thank you to All the @TexasNBCT Board Members Past , Present @everydayiteach , & Future for your continued commitment and work to Grow Accomplished Teaching in Texas💕Love Ya’ll -Virtual hugs for your kind words 🙌🏻🙌🏼🙌🏽🙌🏾🙌🏿 It truly takes a Village @NBPTS #txed #txlege

Luke Falk shared a Mike Leach story that stopped me cold: Two kids. One rich. One poor. Every training camp, Coach Leach told his team about these 2 kids. The rich kid has two choices. Get soft. Get entitled. Expect everything handed to him because he was handed more. Or take the resources, the coaching, the opportunities, and compound them into something greater. The poor kid has two choices too. Say nobody gave him anything. Blame the world. Make his circumstances the reason he never became what he could have been. Or outwork everyone in the room. Luke said the locker room had both. Kids from wealth. Kids from nothing. Kids with every advantage. Kids who scraped for every inch. Same choice for all of them. Ownership or victimhood. Fuel or excuse. The rich kid can waste the head start or build on it. The poor kid can drown in the deficit or weaponize it. Greatness doesn't come from where you start. It comes from which kid you choose to feed. Credit to @coachlukefalk for continuing to share golden nuggets about Coach’s legacy

So proud of you @BehrenMorton #WreckEm

The moment of a lifetime. @BehrenMorton x @Patriots

Welcome to Pats Nation boys 💯

New hat looks good on you @BehrenMorton 👌 @NFL | @TexasTechFB

#NFLDraftpic missing out on Behr!!

Watching #NFLDraftPic rooting on my former students.. waiting for their Names to be called ☺️ #football #TXfootball #NFLDraft #NFL

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sustained 91 new Area Seventies at its April 2026 general conference leadership meeting and announced the pending release of 73 others. #generalconference thechurchnews.com/leaders/2026/0…

I’ve never wanted to hug a stranger so bad before. USA’s Maxim Naumov competed in his first Olympics 1 year after losing both parents in the DC plane crash. He fell twice in his men’s final skate, but most people wouldn’t even be there in those circumstances. I hope he’s proud 🥹

Love this guy 🙏 He rewards children to study 💕💕 God Bless him 🙏 They should Tax Exempt his Business, he’s doing more for the community then any politician 🫵

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Who says classical music is boring... It is the perfect energizer!

More Score Release joy coming your way! 🎉 Here’s a message from one of our own staff members, Dianna Minor, NBCT. Keep the celebration rolling!

A beautiful Score Release message from Kristen Brummel, 2011 Hawaii State Teacher of the Year. Her words honor the dedication, excellence, and deep commitment shown by every newly certified NBCT.

Here’s a message from Gary Castro, NBCT, welcoming the National Board Certified Teachers Class of 2025 and lifting up every candidate receiving scores today.

🎈Oh, what a feeling! We are #PGCPSProud of our New and Maintained Nationally Board Certified Teachers! @CoachKHolden14 @DrMYWilson @NBPTS @pgcps

🎉We are @pgcps PROUD!! Congratulations to our newly minted NBCTs. @NBPTS @CoachKHolden14 @DrMYWilson

CONGRATULATIONS! 🎉🎉🎉 #NBCTStrong @NBPTS

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Your baby understands more than you might think. And this is especially true when it comes to language. I’ve written extensively over the years about the gulf between receptive language (that which we understand) and expressive language (that which we can speak), but I’m not sure I’ve ever seen any better illustration than this fantastic video, shared with me by @PMArslanagic. In it, her 10-month-old daughter - whose current expressive language is limited mostly to “dada” - correctly identifies 8 African animals, none of which are yet a part of her spoken vocabulary. It’s an amazing illustration of the order in which we acquire language (receptive before expressive) and a powerful reminder that our little ones are taking in the world more extensively than we sometime give them credit for. (This can cut both ways, incidentally, so never assume they aren’t taking in adult content/discussions just because they’re too little. Once that expressive language catches up you might be surprised to discover just how extensive their adult vocabulary can be. 😃). And kudos to grandma, who enabled this - not by drilling our hero on animal names, but by narrating their joint playtimes. Just fantastic!