Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! Here are my stats…
👩🏻‍🏫 15 years
🏫 4 schools
🗺️ 2 districts
💯 Grades taught: K-5th sped.
💼 5 principals
🎓Number of students taught: 300+
🌎 States taught: 1
✏️ Certified: Mild/Moderate Disabilities, NBCT, Mentor Teacher
📜 Degrees: BA, MA

For Teacher Appreciation Week, May 6-10:

Chocolate and Starbucks cards are great, but please consider reaching back in time to a teacher who made a difference in your life. Tell them what you appreciate/d about them specifically, how they helped you and what you’re doing now…

Educators and padawans alike, the force is with us Victory Field’s TEACHER APPRECIATION NIGHT. #May4thBeWithYou #livetolearn CCSSO Indiana Department of Education (IDOE) #rootedINeducation

When there’s an Athlete that graduated w/honors from an elite academic university like Georgetown in 3 1/2 yrs, it speaks volumes of the intangibles he possesses!
Leadership,Accountability, Maturity,Character.
Connor Katz is not your average Portal Player! Coaches need to reach out!

“Shout out to all the teachers out there. Thank you teachers! It takes so much patience to deal with other people’s brats and try to influence them.”

-Charles Barkley

Love to see the White House giving public school teachers their flowers.
❤️🤍💙

First Lady Jill Biden gave this year’s “Teacher of the Year” honor a much deserved upgrade by hosting the event as a State Dinner.

Teachers in ball gowns and tuxes, including the 2024 National…

Thank you to Selina Wang and Arthur Jones II for covering this event. A special shout out goes to Jill Biden and the amazing team at CCSSO for their coordination prowess to make the evening possible for us.

Want to learn more about vouchers and Right-wing threats to public schools?
You won’t want to miss my new book:

The Privateers: How Billionaires Created a Culture War and Sold School Vouchers

Hitting stores and e-readers 9/10. More details coming up!👇
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Let’s be clear, these financially distressed, under-enrolled schools are what the DeVos people mean here as they press for new bailouts via vouchers.

Research shows vouchers become the dominant source of school *and* church revenue for parishes.

That time I was caught telling POTUS that #WeNeedBlackTeachers . He agreed and encouraged us to push harder. I told him we needed him to as well. Happy Teacher Appreciation Week Center for Black Educator Development Black Men in Education Convening #BMEC #TeacherAppreciationWeek on deck

Education support professionals make our schools run! What an honor to spend time with our ESP of the Year at the White House this week. This is the respect, support, and celebration that our educators deserve.

The kids… Always the kids. To all of my students, past or present, I love you more than you will ever know! Thank you for loving me RIGHT BACK! We’re all we got. #ILTOY24

For the first time, White House hosted a state dinner for teachers. These are lavish events normally reserved for heads of state
Missy Testerman, who has been teaching for >30 years, was honored as National Teacher of the Year, telling me 'teaching moves the country forward' Good Morning America

State Dinner! Grateful for all the love and support. Thinking of my school family and all the hard work that we collectively do every day for students.

CCSSO Abilene ISD Stafford Lions

Last night was electric! Sharing space with educators nationwide was unforgettable. Each of us is a conductor, carrying positive energy to illuminate new spaces. Honored to be part of #NTOY24 cohort. Thank you Jill Biden & President Biden for your hospitality. CCSSO IN Dept of Education #INTOY24

An amazing night in honor of amazing people!

Today, President Biden presented a crystal apple to Missy Testerman, to honor her as the 2024 National Teacher of the Year. Our Administration is grateful to our nation’s educators for their commitment to students’ learning.

So beautiful to see our amazing Board member Nicholas Ferroni join Jill Biden and the CCSSO State Teachers of the Year for the 1st ever The White House State Dinner for Teachers.