Haleigh Alexander

It’s all about relationships.

In lieu of an “icebreaker” to launch the new school year..think about having each grade or team in your building have time to share, put their accomplishments together, share them with colleagues, students, parents and the community. Would celebrate teacher voice !

"I teach at the intersection of liberation, love and literacy." @arcticisleteach @ncte #NCTE2021

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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When students cheat on assignments it is because they have been taught that grades are more important than knowing things. We need to fix this.

💡 Future Ready Activity Ideas 💡 ———- go.tcea.org/1dw @dsdpd #futureready #edchat #education #learning

Take risks. Trust your intuition. And let your teaching take you by surprise! What advice might you add to the list? (Wisdom via T @nbartley6) #WholeTeacher #NewTeacherJourney #TeacherTips

"Writing is effectively a problem-solving space where the writer must make decisions about communicating their ideas based on the task and the audience." Love this framing of writing as "a problem-solving space." #v=onepage&q=Julie%20Dockrell%20-%20new%20related%20research&f=false" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">books.google.com/books?id=p8owE…

Tennessee gets an F on public education spending, ranking third from the bottom among states, all while sitting on billions of dollars of available revenue. #bottom5 #TEAstrong #TEAteachers edweek.org/policy-politic…

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@JaniceWyattRoss Fabric/burlap/paint

What do you cover your bulletin boards with if you don’t have butcher paper?

💡#education #teaching #learning

❤️ A beautiful image. A beautiful message. ❤️ Art by @woodard_julie

Critical thinking can be sobering, but content-rich curriculum also prepares students to take on real-world challenges. #CurriculumMatters #KnowledgeMatters

A4 No child should ever have the teacher who does not value reading. No child should ever be in a classroom where writing is completing a worksheet and reading is about moving from one level to the next. #g2great

In this unprecedented moment, encouraging kids to be creative and to think outside-of-the-box becomes even more important. Thought by @dylanwiliam Illustration by @BryanMMathers

Preach! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Kids benefit from being read to even after they've learned how to read on their own. Sketchnote via @woodard_julie