UMASD Instructional Coaches (Elem & MS)

We love when @JulieOTeach virtually visits our classrooms for her read alouds!📚This year our students will be learning more about finding their place in our world… both individually and as part of a greater community🌎

Happy #AAPIHeritageMonth ! My last virtual read aloud of the year for @UpperMerionSD elementary students is this incredible story about Momofuku Ando, the inventor of instant ramen. 🍜 Thanks for a great year of reading and learning together! 💙💛

It's that time again! I'm streaming into @UpperMerionSD elementary classrooms today to share The Arabic Quilt by @ayawrites and @AnaitSart honor of #ArabAmericanHeritageMonth What a beautiful story of embracing your language and culture!

Julie Overly, our Elementary Instructional Coach has been running a 3rd grade teacher professional development at Gulph in the area of Fundations! The teachers graduated this week! They learned all the blends, how to mark up words & more! Congratulations!

Streaming into @UpperMerionSD elementary classrooms today to honor #WomensHistoryMonth and #DevelopmentalDisabilitiesAwaremessMonth by reading a book about the amazing @DrTempleGrandin. She is such a gift to this world!

Thank you, @JulieOTeach for another memorable literacy experience! 📚We love when you “Zoom” into our classroom!🌟 @UpperMerionSD

Did you know that there are many different New Year celebrations? Instructional Coach ⁦@JulieOTeach⁩ once again zoomed into classrooms throughout the District with a lesson that included a beautiful story, history, geography and culture. #BridgeportPROUD!

Did you know that Jan 1st isn't the only New Year people celebrate!? I'm streaming into @UpperMerionSD elementary classes today to read Two New Years by @richkarho about his family that celebrates Lunar New Year AND Rosh HaShanah! Happy New Year! 🧧✡️ 🎇

Streaming into @UpperMerionSD elementary classrooms today to learn about the science, history and culture connected to the Winter Solstice. The Shortest Day by Wendy Pfeffer is teaching us so much about this special time of year! ❄️🔥🧣☕☀️🌛🌚🌝

Streaming into @UpperMerionSD elementary classes today to share Keepunumuk: Weeachumun's Thanksgiving Story! What an honor to share the Thanksgiving story from the Native perspective and to celebrate #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth with this beautiful book.

Streaming into @UpperMerionSD elementary classrooms today to share Equality's Call: The Story of Voting Rights in America in honor of #IndigenousPeoplesDay and our upcoming election! "A right isn't right till it's granted to all." #vote 🗳️

I'm back streaming into @UpperMerionSD elementary classrooms! We kicked off #HispanicHeritageMonth with the book "Pura's Cuentos," which tells the story of Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian who embodied the idea that #representationmatters through bilingual storytelling. 🇵🇷

That's a wrap! One year of read alouds honoring the many amazing cultures in our world. What a gift to share these moments with @UpperMerionSD elementary students! Thanks to all the teachers who tuned in each month. 🙏🏼

Final read aloud of the year with @UpperMerionSD elementary students! Streaming into classrooms today for AAPI Heritage Month to honor Wong Kim Ark and his landmark Supreme Court win which ensured that anyone born in America IS American. What a story! #AAPIHeritageMonth

Loved streaming into @UpperMerionSD elementary classrooms today to share this wonderful story about Ramadan & Eid-al-Fitr. Thankful our school district honors Muslim families by making Eid a school holiday! Eid Mubarak to all families celebrating next Wednesday, April 10th! ☪️

It's #InternationalWomensDay and I'm zooming into @UpperMerionSD elementary classrooms to share the book Lion on the Inside, by and about the UNSTOPPABLE @Bilqis_AbdulQ. What an inspiration to women and girls everywhere! 🏀💪🏽💥 @KidsCanPress

Happy Black History Month! 🖤💛💚♥️ I'm celebrating with @UpperMerionSD elementary students by reading a wonderful story about a famous Black photographer called, "Take a Picture of Me, James VanDerZee!" by @AndreaJLoney 📸 Black History is American History!

Having fun streaming into @UpperMerionSD elementary classrooms today to read "Daddy Christmas & Hanukkah Mama" by @AlkoSelina on this 2nd day of Hanukkah. Love learning about how multicultural families blend their special traditions! 🕎🌲❄️🫶🏼

Hey, edu-friends! Check out the latest episode of the #PLPlaybookPodcast! I chat with @UMASDcoaches @JulieOTeach & @amyreads4 about their journey facilitating gamified professional learning experiences with staff. Lots of great resources in the show notes! sites.google.com/view/the-pl-pl…

Fabulous Instructional Coaches Overly and Bell join us as we recognize 28 FIM Mathematicians, 7 Grand Champions, and 8 Goals Index finishers! #BridgeportPROUD! ⁦@RobertSun24⁩ ⁦@FirstInMath⁩ ⁦@24game⁩