Amy Walter

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Professional learning should lead to real change in practice. The Friday Institute’s micro-credentials, in partnership with @DigitalPromise, are built for that. Apply new strategies, reflect on your impact & earn recognition for what you can do. ncst.at/nQ4w50YIgyQ

The @FridayInstitute @newlit-@Drinkofwalter, Sarah Bausell, and I-partnered w/incredible colleagues to share research at #AERA2026. From arts integration to literacy, STEM, and teacher leadership, our work shows what’s possible when research is done w/partners to shape practice.

Are you a 4th or 5th grade math or science teacher looking to integrate #cybersecurity into your lessons? Check out this hybrid summer PD and earn a stipend: ncst.at/6MA850YvvPO

Great Sunday at the @NCReadingAssoc Conference in Winston-Salem! Presented a Sunday Institute w/ @FridayInstitute @newlit colleagues @Drinkofwalter & @haspires on using literature + storytelling to spark glocal, interdisciplinary inquiry-to-action through #PBIGlobal 🌎📚#NCRA26

📣 NC K–5 Educators! Join @FridayInstitute @newlit (@Drinkofwalter, Hiller Spires & me) for an @NCReadingAssoc Sunday Institute: 📚🌍 Reading the World 🗓 March 15 | 3:30–5:30 PM 📍 Benton Convention Center, Winston-Salem Register: ncraconference2026.sched.com Hope to see you there!

This week, @FridayInstitute’s @newlit connected live w/ Suzhou North America HS thru the SNA Professional Learning Series & #PBIGlobal Educator CoP. Led by @Drinkofwalter and Andrea Gambino, sessions focused on adolescent development and student inquiry. #EdInnovation #GlobalEd

I’m coordinating a middle school session of Wolfpack Readers @ NCSU and looking to connect with families whose students struggle with reading. ✔️1:1 tutoring
✔️After school
✔️On campus Interest form: forms.gle/Y3tTqtn9d4in9p…💰$250 Please RT or share❤️

Just wrapped up an energizing week at #LRA2025. Grateful for the conversations, questions, and generous engagement with my presentation on generative AI and reading intervention planning. I’m leaving inspired by the community and excited for the next phase of this work.

Proud to share our new Reading Teacher article: “Not Magic but Manageable.” It looks at how teachers use generative AI as a dialogic tool during structured reading intervention planning. doi.org/10.1002/trtr.7…

Last week was a busy one for our @FridayInstitute @newlit team! 🌟 🔬 @Drinkofwalter – FLIP STEM Project @ #AMLE2025 📸 Sarah Bausell & @MHimes_NCSU – Photovoice w/A+ Schools 📘 @MHimes_NCSU & Kate Wernersbach – @NCSSS_STEM 👏 Proud of our team’s innovation & research impact!

Last week, our @NCState New Literacies Collaborative team at the @FridayInstitute (Amy Walter & I onsite; Drs. Sarah Bausell & Andrea Gambino remotely) was honored to visit Suzhou North America High School (SNA) — continuing a partnership spanning 10+ years! 🌎🌏 #GlobalEducation

Thrilled to share my new piece in Thresholds in Education
“Collaborative Intelligence: Enhancing Special Education with Generative AI—Suggestions from our Practice.” academyforeducationalstudies.org/journals/thres…

Grateful for funding to do this work!

A BIG thank you to my colleagues, @Andrea_Gambino1, @Drinkofwalter, and Sarah Bausell, for their leadership and support in this #pbiglobal work.

Friday Institute Research Scholar Amy Walter (@Drinkofwalter) is part of an @NCStateCED hub to determine policies and practices from elementary schools that defy the odds in reading achievement in order to replicate it in other schools. Learn more: bit.ly/43EnyjM

🚀 Excited for #NCTIES25! I’m sharing work done with Hilburn Academy students & teachers to create a curriculum on ethical & responsible genAI. Huge thanks to Kapor Foundation for their support! Let’s connect & discuss empowering students to navigate AI responsibly!

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Are you headed to #NCTIES25? If so, @Drinkofwalter , my @FridayInstitute colleague, and I would love for you to join us at our Friday, March 7th session "Cultivating Student Agency with Glocally-Focused Interdisciplinary Inquiry-to-Action." Hope to see you there! #PBIGlobal

Grateful for the opportunity to present at #NCTE24 on a panel exploring GenAI’s potential in ELA classrooms. Thanks to @carl_young @NCStateCED for leading this conversation. Honored to connect with so many educators in Boston! @FridayInstitute Photo by co-panelist Janell Miller