Dr. Maureen Cassidy

I had the honor of sharing with Senator Craig Wilcox, the impact of our Mentor Mom Program. This partnership with YFC brings parents into classrooms as valued contributors and creates stronger connections between students, teachers, and parents. @School_D15 @edgar_dlm_gtz

Today, our 4th and 5th grade Dual Language teachers spent the day "Buffin' the BUFs" AKA working on developing our biliteracy units even further. Proud of their work and commitment. #ELevateYourTeaching #ELevaTuEnseñanza @drmoeduc8s @School_D15

Our Kindergarten and 1st grade teachers put in the hard work this week to buff our BUFs! Thankful for such committed educators working with our little learners. @edgar_dlm_gtz @mchenry

Powerful message. 📚

Save the Date! Join us for Kindergarten Kickoff on April 16th from 5:30pm - 7:30 PM! We can’t wait to welcome our newest learners!

Today at the ITBE conference, Diep was our keynote speaker. She shared part of her incredible journey as an immigrant in this country. I was fortunate enough to have her as a professor at NIU when I was getting my ESL endorsement. She is so inspiring! @ITBE

Language does not develop in a vacuum. It grows in relationship. In conversation. Through meaningful use. With real people, for real purposes. Students don’t “pick up” language just by sitting in a classroom. They develop it when they are: 🧠Talking 🧠Thinking 🧠 Reading 🧠Writing 🧠Problem-solving 🧠Connecting ideas to their lives If we want strong language development, we have to design learning environments rich with interaction, context, and purpose not silence, worksheets, and isolation, #languagelearning #bilingual #teaching #ESLteacher

Still riding the GLAD wave from last week. So proud of these ladies and our students! @OCDEProjectGLAD @School_D15 @edgar_dlm_gtz

@ValentinaESL Congratulation DR!!! One of my favorite moments of my entire life. So much hard work, dedication and perserverance.

I believe in education. I believe we should never stop being learners, being curious. On Thursday I successfully defended my dissertation! tiktok.com/t/ZThqJF3an/

It was wonderful!!!

I am speaking at ITBE 51st Annual Convention. Please check out my talk if you're attending the event! - via #Whova event app

We will be hosting the McHenry County School District Job Fair at the D15 Administration Office on Saturday, March 7th, from 9 am to 12 pm. Join us to learn about career opportunities in education and connect with school districts from across McHenry County!

Our ACCESS “Directors” (aka ELD gurus) are receiving premiere “swag” prior to the beginning of testing. Lights! Camera! ACCESS! #ACCESS26 #nowshowing #starstudents⭐️

This year’s ACCESS testing theme is: Lights! Camera! ACCESS! Our students are the STARS! Coming Soon: ACCESS 2026! @edgar_dlm_gtz

@ValentinaESL You’ve got this!!!

In 2025, I published two books for teachers of multilingual learners while completing my second year in grad school. What’s next?? In 2026, I plan on being Dr. Valentina Gonzalez. tiktok.com/t/ZTrVXVUHq/

Some great resources here!

MTSS for MLLs…an important question we should ask says Jamie Scripps is, “Are we using appropriate scaffolds for their proficiency level?” @collab_inclusive_ed/building-an-mtss-that-actually-works-for-multilingual-learners-a7299873a5e9" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@collab_inclus…

Massive congratulations to my GLAD rockstars, Alise Gaughan and Megan Waxler! Last night’s BOE presentation was just the beginning. Your dedication is inspiring and I’m honored to work alongside you. @OCDEProjectGLAD @School_D15 @edgar_dlm_gtz

I am selling items and donating profits. I must warn you that some of the items are a bit “spicy”, but so am I! Enter if you dare and if you like what you see, please share so I can make a bigger impact. Make sure to click View All doc-mo-designs.myshopify.com

Another busy day of curriculum work with the tireless middle school ELD staff! We are well on our way to getting our first trimester ELD framework complete. Can’t wait to see what else this team is able to accomplish the rest of the year! @School_D15 @edgar_dlm_gtz