When I'm determining a student's academic grade, the question isn't, "Did the student do all the work?" The question is, "Do I have enough evidence to reliably evaluate where they're at?" Missing work doesn't necessarily indicate something hasn't been learned. 1/

One of my favorite MLK excerpts. Where do we go from here? Chaos or Community AP Lang kiddos, get ready for us to dig into this text next semester!

Okay, I tried it. Would this be quitting while I’m ahead? Wordle 211 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Anybody surprised to learn the US tops the charts when it comes to time spent in face-to-face instruction per week? US: 27 hours Finland: 21 hours Singapore: 17 hours Can you imagine how well you could teach with ten hours to plan and assess? theatlantic.com/education/arch…

Teaching the truth is the hill I hope all of us as teachers will die on. A tip line? So much wrong here.

As we continue to see sweeping legislation targeting trans youth across the country, it's critical that #teachers understand the history of these policies and find ways to stand up for trans & LGBTQ+ students in their schools & classrooms. #edutwitter ow.ly/q4Qo50IFlIh

Congratulations to our senior National English Honor Society members! Thank you for all of your work and commitment! churchillhighschool @Churchill_AP

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Descendants of Frederick Douglass deliver his famous “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” speech npr.org/2020/07/03/884…

Our new Text Set Guidance helps you "invite diverse perspectives and lived experiences into the classroom while creating space for students to make meaningful connections between their own realities and the content." Read more about the process: bit.ly/3u1UWQz #elachat

Churchill English Department speed dating as we come back from summer break and engaging in a jigsaw to learn more about GLEAM instruction! Great to have everyone back! @MCPSCAlexander MCPS English churchillhighschool @Churchill_AP

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

Using inspiration from @ShanaVWhite edutopia.org/video/explorin… as we read Girl in Translation and talk about our public selves vs. our private selves in our AP Lang class. Blown away by their talent and reflections!

Congratulations to our newly inducted National English Honor Society members! And thank you to our sponsor, Mrs. Dempsey for making it happen!

Hey English 9 PLC! This is right up your alley! Shelley Perrett

Collaboration Strategies for Your Classroom 👇👇👇 bit.ly/3Z3uJPz via #Teaching Intentionally #edutwitter #mschat #edu

Loving the creativity of our English PLCs to deliver engaging lessons! Teaching claim, reasoning, evidence through a TedTalk on procrastination?✅ Teaching Shakespearean sonnet form through pop music? ✅ @Churchill_AP churchillhighschool

More of that Bulldog creativity! 💙💚

1/2 🧵Looking for a quick way to give #writing feedback? Try the 2 Post-It method! Each piece of student writing gets 2 pieces of feedback: something they did well and something to work on for next time. #edchat #sschat @RebekahODell1

Check out these quick videos to enhance your #teaching strategies! sbee.link/r6gywkdmvn via Cult of Pedagogy #educoach #edutwitter #k12