Katie Girardot

One of my favourite edu-books ever written is Making Every Lesson Count by @atharby & @shaun_allison. It’s a practical & accessible book based on their 6 principles of great teaching. Check out this double page summary… (complete with cool new illustrations!)

More picts 🕵️‍♂️

Who stole Jay? 😬 8th grade Ss solving the crime…@JSPrincipalD93 @mrperanich @CCSD93

@mrsryan_ Agreed. Changed my world when I read it.

This arrived today and I cannot put it down. 💯% recommend.

Just a Bohr Model review on the sidewalk and teachers trying out the QFT technique at Jay 🙂. Awesomeness. @CCSD93 @JSPrincipalD93

From practice staining slides to modeling the seasons. Science is rocking with practical practice at Jay 🙂🔬👩‍🔬🌎☀️@JSPrincipalD93 @CCSD93

Work with staff today on inquiry. Good stuff! ❓📝 @SMSAPD93 @CCSD93

📣 Shout out 📣 to the teachers and building admin this week. Parent Teacher Conferences. Working hard.

Thank you for some excellent sessions at #STAGR @tguskey and @jaymctighe. Grateful to have both of you present in one day!

Good PD today at the #STAGR Conference talking standards, assessment practices, and clarity. Excited for tomorrow! 🙂💡📝

Collaboration…the name of the game at the science (and one math combo 🙂) content meetings at Jay today. Excited for what’s coming 🤗 @JSPrincipalD93 @mrperanich @CCSD93

Legit student to student convo during the Stratford passing period. “…and then I realized last night I was doing the annotations on Ch. 4 not Ch. 3.” Learning Focused. Self-correcting. Good stuff. 🙂📚📝

Just hanging in the STEM wing at Jay. 6th graders will be MORE than ready for their planet solar system scale walk on Friday.🪐🌎🔭 @JSPrincipalD93 @CCSD93

Some serious data collection and drop counting in 6th grade science today. Awesome.💧👩‍🔬@Mrs_Cerda_ @SMSAPD93

District PD at Jay. Classroom Discussion launch. 🗣 @CCSD93

Exit tickets are a quick and easy way to assess students in just minutes! A great exit ticket can give you the data you need to shape your instruction. Need exit tickets? Here are 15 from Literacy in Focus. bit.ly/3UkN73W #k12 #edutwitter #teaching

Join us at 7pm on 9/21 for an eye-opening parents-only evening about keeping kids safe online. Find out how to approach this topic with your child, dangers you should be aware of, steps you can take to keep your family safe & more. More info & livestream: ccsd93.com/kkso

Book Clubs rockin’ and rollin’ and Stratford. Awesomeness. 📚🤓 @MrsThorsenSMS @stratford_IC @CCSD93

What about a video about each element of the periodic table? Here you go! ed.ted.com/periodic-videos #chatchemistry

12 hours away. A new era for space exploration. So excited!!!🚀🌕 youtu.be/CMLD0Lp0JBg