Andrea Opfar

Let the year begin! Bryant Elementary is on the way to 2024-2025 convocation. #prosperproud

On our way to PROSPER ISD Convocation!!! It’s going to be the best year ever! #prosperproud

An amazing principal jumps in wherever she’s needed! Seeing the long line on “pizza day” in the cafeteria, @KimNewman2019 got a 2-minute training on how to check out and got right to work! Thank you for your example, Mrs. Newman! @PISDBryantElem @ProsperISD #servantleadership

Our kinders are on a math mission! 🌟 They're engaged in an exciting addition war with dominoes, sharpening their math skills while having a blast! 🎲💥 #KindergartenMath #AdditionWar #MathGames #LearningIsFun 🍎⁦@PISDBryantElem⁩

@kaburch1981 Is it how long you’ve been working in education? 21 years?

Fun Friday MATH about me: 7,956 What do you think this number means to me?

🔢 Check out our kindergarteners mastering math with ten frames! 🌟 They're using ten frames to solve problems, and having a blast learning! 🍎✨ #KindergartenMath #MathMasters 🎓💡@PISDBryantElem

@crayon_claw So cute 😍

Kinder self-portraits 😍

@MrsYolandaMcKin @PISDChristie My ❤️❤️❤️

Bryant Kinder loved learning from @TriciaMyrie today! Thank you for bringing your Learning Lab to us…we are all so excited to apply our learning!! @PISDBryantElem @ProsperISD #trailblazersrule

Kinder parents you are in for a real treat tonight! @mariahdhancock has an awesome music program for you complete wi the scarves! 😍

Happy Leap Day Trailblazers!!

Did you vote yet??? @PISDBryantElem @ProsperISD

@kaburch1981 @ProsperISD @pgliljedahl @gregtangmath Thank you!!! I’m excited about being able to utilize our resources!!

Mathtastic Day w/ @ProsperISD Kinder & 1st math collaborators from across the district! #PLC beyond the walls of one school for the WIN! Thin Slicing vertical work @pgliljedahl , math workshop PD, @gregtangmath live lesson, & UFD work helps us grow for ALL students!

When the rain has stopped but the playgrounds are too wet and slippery to play on, you improvise. PopSeeKo with 120 little learners💜 It was one of the best recesses ever!! @PISDBryantElem @ProsperISD #blazeyourowntrail

@Bryant_STEAM 💜💜💜

Kinder built a gate for the 5 little pumpkins

Loved the creativity of my kinders today during the art station in Purposeful Play!! The engagement was over the top and they did great building their communities! @ProsperISD @PISDBryantElem #blazingtrails

@Bryant_STEAM Love this so much!!!

1st grade built a new broom that could hold all the characters in Room on the Broom

Can’t wait to explore and learn more about the Visual Non-Glossary from @Seidlitz_Ed but we had the best science discussion trying it out today in our kindergarten classroom! Thanks for the PD, @prosperisd!! #blazingtrails @PISDBryantElem

Can one person change the culture of an organization? Yes. We all know that can definitely happen in a negative way. One person can shift the energy of a room, school, or an organization, to make it worse than what it was before. The opposite can be true as well. I saw individuals shift the culture of entire rooms in moments by bringing their energy and people fed off their enthusiasm, and the dynamic of the culture changed in moments. We often discuss culture like it’s someone else’s responsibility but culture is made up of people. And eventually that one person who can bring a positive light to an organization can diminish their own. No matter how optimistic, joyful and passionate a person can be, never assume they are “good.” Check in on people even when they seem like they don’t need it, because often they do. One person can move the culture ahead in a positive direction, but that individual might also need your energy to keep them going. Education is about elevation and whether you are positive or negative, it is contagious? Which one will you be?