A3) Empathy begins with listening. It's hard to understand our students if we never give them a chance to tell/show us who they are. #altedchat x.com/TraceyEnser/st…

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Transformational teachers... ✔️ Share best practices ✔️ Build mentoring relationships ✔️ Observe their peers ✔️ Keep things fresh ✔️ Model their subject's usefulness ✔️ Demonstrate caring beyond what they teach edut.to/2uCzens

Love this -- kids deserve a blank slate from each new teacher - "tell the story of hope." h/t @MsLiffert #edchat #teaching #cpchat

Having some fun today as "Wonder Willis" - saving one lesson at a time with a best practice or data! #educoach

What are you grading? If you're doing homework, are you grading understanding or compliance? If you do notebooks are you grading understanding or organization? If you have a student that takes great notes, and doesn't understand, do they pass? @MrATeachesMath #NCTMRegionals

The Cabinet broke out by solving challenges to learn more about Friedell’s site plan! It was fun having you visit! #RPSLead #BreakoutEdu #FRnest

Books that have influenced my life and instructional coaching.

You could get feedback that is unexpected or even hurts, but it will be worth it in the end. #takearisk #classroomculture #theyareworthit #soareyou

The example we set, encourages our colleagues to elevate their game. Or it doesn’t. But our colleagues notice our game. The inspiration we provide doesn’t stop with our students.

A3) Any lesson can be life-changing. Each student is inspired by different things. The goal is to ignite human potential through believing in them. #MCSCHAT

It's time for "PD by the Pool 2019" - a hyperdoc with podcasts, TED Talks, articles & links to resources for educators to continue learning over the summer in order to recharge & find inspiration for the fall! #RPSLead #educoach bit.ly/2HKPtVc

Congrats to 3 amazing RPS AND nationally board certified teachers who were surprised today by MDE Commissioner Mary Cathryn Ricker, NBCT President Peggy Brookins, NBCT, and Senator Carla Nelson. We are SO PROUD of you Lori Ringen, Kelly Stroeing, Laura Willis ❤️💙💛 #rochmn #rpslead

Three Rochester teachers celebrated for reaching elite status trib.al/HDDkDTd

A great read as we move into distance learning. spencerauthor.com/distance-scree…

From panic to possibilities. Here are some of my personal thoughts and feelings about the shift to Distance Learning. instructionalcoachwillis.wordpress.com/2020/05/12/who…

Developmental relationships are built 1 student at a time, but that's hard to do when you have more than 1 student in your class. To help teachers in Rochester Public Schools and beyond meet that challenge, here are tips for connecting with a student a day for the 1st month of the school year:

Thanks Team Wipebook for sending Wipebooks to use for our Building Thinking Classrooms PD! Can't wait to see who will win a Wipebook! Peter Liljedahl Jennifer Coenen @ScienceCasper

Used wipebooks for Building Thinking Classrooms PD today. Thanks Team Wipebook! #GreatMindsDontThinkAlike

Deepening Mathematical Thinking PD in RPS. Thank you Team Team Wipebook for supporting the PD! Sierra Lindfors