Lynn VanDeWeert

Project Me: Why teach? Why Ithaca? Why now? New @IthacaNYSchools educators explore identity and create powerful digital artifacts to introduce themselves to students and families. I can’t wait for our community to meet these new #teamICSD rockstars!

@IthacaNYSchools nurses play a critical role in our schools helping to keep students safe, healthy, and happy! Thank you @schoolnurses for all you do!

@BelleShermanES @IthacaNYSchools staff digging into enrollment, classification, attendance, and suspension data...lots of great thinking about how different groups of students are experiencing their school and implications for practice. #ICSDEquity

Love seeing caregivers, community members and ICSD educators digging into the ICSD Equity Report Card to think about how students are experiencing @IthacaNYSchools, what we need to learn more about, and how we can continue to move closer to our equity goal #EEE

Great day of thinking with @IthacaNYSchools 5th grade teachers — collaborating with colleagues and looking at student work to build a professional culture of critique, revision, and celebration! TY @jwilikie_jen for being my partner in his work! #EEE #TeamICSD

Spent the day @Harvard with an impressive cohort of researchers and practitioners focused on using data in innovative & strategic ways in education industry. Grappling with how to measure quantitatively and qualitatively our Culture of Love @VDW_lynn #CultureofLove

Master teacher @RandiBeckmann generously sharing her case study work with @IthacaNYSchools colleagues, highly recommending the process of writing one because completing the template, "helps you reflect on what kind of teacher you are and who you want to be."

Celebrating just a few of the many amazing @IthacaNYSchools educators who are creating a loving culture for students to learn in everyday. Such a fantastic way to kick off the 2018-19 school year! #EEE #TeamICSD

I don’t understand why giving kids the opportunity to try, get feedback, and try again during football practice is considered good coaching, but giving kids a chance to try, get feedback, and retest in an academic course is enabling? #AmImissingsomething?

@luvelleb @IthacaNYSchools Thanks! And a huge shout out to @jwilikie_jen,@ICSD_Spencer,@ICSDEdTech, @chapinbear for leading this work with me!

@VDW_lynn @IthacaNYSchools Well done Lynn. Awesome week and introduction for our the newest thinkers and members of #teamICSD

That’s a wrap...@IthacaNYSchools New Teacher Orientation 2018! Leading this event is hands down the best part of my job. Honored to get to know, and work with, our inspiring and enthusiastic new teachers. Let’s go #TeamICSD!

@IthacaNYSchools Fine & Performing Arts teachers and @DaphneShululu digging into data as they grapple with how to increase student engagement and eliminate barriers for participation in the Arts. #EEE #TeamICSD

@ASc1ence Welcome to #TeamICSD! I’m looking forward to collaborating with you!

Thanks @gcouros and @IthacaNYSchools colleagues for a great day of thinking and learning! Schools should be joyous places for kids and adults. How are we serving as a pathway to this? An obstacle? #Cheney2018r #EEE

@gcouros #Cheney18

How do we need to shift rather than making our students shift for us? Powerful conversation about leadership, equity, inclusivity, and diversity in P-20 education with @OnondagaCC President @CaseyCrabill, @IthacaCollege President Shirley Collado, and Commissioner Elia @NYSEDNews

Great time partnering with @luvelleb to share @IthacaNYSchools data portfolio with NYS District Superintendents today...shifting the focus of data conversations to learning, not judging. Thanks for the opportunity @jeffmat21!

Gorgeous morning putting our skills to the test for an incredible community organization at the Women’s Opportunity Center Commons Challenge! Fun times with @IthacaNYSchools friends and colleagues!

Way to go @ithacaathletics Unified Basketball team! Great basketball and amazing teamwork! #EEE @AthleticsICSD @IthacaNYSchools

@IthacaHS_NY Engineering Design and Development capstone project pitch night...entrepreneurship in action! Great example of @IthacaNYSchools students collaborating with peers and community partners to solve real-world problems. @ICSDLearning #EEE