Such a fun afternoon visiting classrooms with East Ridge Elementary literacy coach, Heather Price. Pictured is Mrs. Braswell working with her students during small group skills rotations. HCSMissionaryRidge

Had a wonderful time observing a collaborative planning session at Spring Creek Elementary with Holly Wharton and Christy Bundy. We were able to collaborate and practice giving quality feedback grounded in our Intellectual Preparation Protocol. HCSMissionaryRidge Hamilton County Schools

Enjoyed the opportunity to participate in collaborative planning sessions today with the literacy coach KIMBERLY BOGGS and 3-5 teams at Spring Creek! We unpacked Module 2 Unit 1 ALL Block and made connections between the two! HCSMissionaryRidge Hamilton County Schools

Had a fabulous couple of days at Barger Academy! The lit coach and I focused in on kindergarten to determine next steps for her support. While there, we were excited to see students in Ms. Johnson's class utilizing the EL Education protocol, Back-to-Back Face-to-Face! HCSMissionaryRidge

Participated in a learning walk with Holly Wharton from TNTP, lit coach KIMBERLY BOGGS and principal last week at Spring Creek Elementary. Pictured is Mrs. Gervasi utilizing HQIM to teach ALL Block. Students were digging into their text to support work around the main idea.

Quality skills instruction took place last week during our K-2 literacy labs at SCE. Teachers observed differentiated instruction, purposeful independent practice, and specific instructional practices from the EL Education Curriculum. Hamilton County Schools HCSMissionaryRidge

High quality writing ✏️ happening at Bess T Shepherd Elementary in Ms. Mason's 3rd grade classroom! Students wrote paragraphs to explain a character trait of Tinker Bell, backing it up with evidence from the text. 📗 EL Education Hamilton County Schools HCSMissionaryRidge

Ms. Beech at East Ridge Elementary has been doing her intellectual prep so that she's ready to teach her 3rd grade students! Look at those sticky notes! 📚💭 EL Education HCSMissionaryRidge

Had an amazing time today at our Missionary Ridge Leadership Retreat #WeAreOne

Happening now ⁦Spring Creek Elementary🎓⁩ ENL & Gen Ed. Co-Teaching PD! #WeAreOne #MissionaryRidge ⁦Hamilton County Schools⁩

It's been such a great week so far working with lit coach KIMBERLY BOGGS and the amazing 5th grade team at SCE! Today, students read pages 1-3 of Esperanza Rising and worked on story structure! Hamilton County Schools EL Education

ENL Teacher Extraordinaire! When ENL students don't know what a wheelbarrow is in 4th grade when reading the poem, "The Red Wheelbarrow," in Module 1 Unit 1, you just pull one out of your prop closet! #WeAreOne Hamilton County Schools East Ridge Elementary

Another fabulous day co-coaching with SCE lit coach KIMBERLY BOGGS. Ms. Blackburn and her students read Chapter 1 of Esperanza Rising. Students then engaged in the Think-Pair-Share protocol to discuss their understanding of the text. #WeAreOne Hamilton County Schools EL Education

Observed some amazing educators and scholars digging in to HQIM materials today! Third graders read Nasreen's Secret School and practiced ALL block expectations. Fourth graders were already in purposeful ALL Block stations. Way to go, Bess T Shepherd Elementary! Hamilton County Schools EL Education

MRLC elementary coaches work hard and play hard!! #WeAreOne Dr. Marques Stewart

3rd Grade Literacy Lab today focused on ALL Block with Mrs. Ellenburg! 📚 East Ridge Elementary teachers planned, observed, and debriefed instruction. Students worked to find the main idea and supporting details of a passage. Dr. Marques Stewart Hamilton County Schools

4th Grade Literacy Lab today focused on ALL Block with Ms. Strasavich! 📚 East Ridge Elementary teachers planned, observed, and debriefed instruction. Students read the poem "Breathing Fire" and worked on identifying similes! Dr. Marques Stewart Hamilton County Schools

5th Grade Literacy Lab today focused on ALL Block with Ms. Daughtery! 📚 East Ridge Elementary teachers planned, observed, and debriefed instruction. Students read an excerpt from Esperanza Rising and discussed the meaning of metaphors! Dr. Marques Stewart Hamilton County Schools

Day 1 of the Leadership & School Improvement Symposium with my amazing MRLC team. Feeling inspired about making positive changes within in our learning community. "Bring kids up to the text. Don't bring the text down to the kids." #EpiphanySymposium2025 Donyall D. Dickey Ed.D. Dr. Marques Stewart

Day 2 of #EpiphanySymposium2025 helped give us practical strategies for increasing student understanding. One of which was utilizing consistent terminology when unpacking CLTs. Common language is key if we want students to test like they've been taught! Donyall D. Dickey Ed.D. Dr. Marques Stewart