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@ReadKellyWrite is working with English teachers to prep for the upcoming year!!! @HCDE_TLC

DHS English Teachers are gearing up the new year!!! @HCDE_TLC Kelly Tumy was amazing!!!

"Our obstacles are not insurmountable." @newfrontier21 Learning how to overcome The Achievement Gap trap with @SolutionTree Let's not be "offensitive". Let's work to change our mindset about student achievement, all means "ALL". #DISDGatorMath

Just in! lead4ward quicklook summarizing key bills related to curriculum, instruction, assessment, and accountability from TX Legislative Session. Download now at lead4ward.com/docs/resources…

I’ll walk you through five specific structures you can choose from to plan solid, interesting instruction for an extended class period, the kind of teaching that will make those 90 minutes fly by. #lessonplans #PBL #hschat #studentengagement buff.ly/3wYBza2

When am I going to get better? By tomorrow! @PrincipalKafele

You cannot wake up and “hope” to be great! You must be INTENTIONAL! @PrincipalKafele #R4Resiliency #DISDGatorMath

If you are or will be part of a co-teaching partnership, this post will show you some ways to make your partnership work beautifully. Guest Post by @drangelapeery #studentteacher #k12 #coteachat #coteaching #profdev buff.ly/2KfWc9h

What are you reading today?

#atplc @PaulaMaeker @SolutionTree @DickinsonISD @DISDTechnology Two very full days learning, planning and growing. We leave with things to ponder & know we must get out of our “we’ve always done it this way” in order to reach ALL students. Let the work begin.

We don’t need teacher “buy-in”. That provides the opposite opportunity to “cash out”. We need teachers to VALUE this collaborative team time (PLC). We protect and put effort into the work we value. @PaulaMaeker @SolutionTree

Say it again for those in the back! “We do not have an achievement gap because of students. We do not have an achievement gap because of teachers. We have an achievement gap because of inadequate systems.” @PaulaMaeker @SolutionTree

Do you remember watching Reading Rainbow?

"Life is a matter of choices, and every choice you make makes you." - John Maxwell

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The school principal sets the tone for a school. A tone of intentional risk-taking and innovation or a tone of rigid compliance. It is the principal who can stifle creativity, imagination, and risk-taking or empower staff to find their greatness…right now