If you do not have a positive energy that is contagious, remember...whatever energy you do have is contagious. Surround yourself with people who help you raise your standards. #JoyfulLeaders

Join the Arkansas Teacher Network! To learn more, please visit our website: teachplus.org/arkansas-teach… #changemakers #advocacy #inspiringthefuture #TeachPlusAR

When you assign a new teacher a mentor choose wisely. You are telling them this is who I hope you will become. #ElemAPNetwork

Remember your impact. ❤️ #JoyfulLeaders #CelebrateMonday

Looking forward to meeting our new kindergartners March 8-9! 😃

Laziness or executive functioning deficits? #JoyfulLeaders

Sobering Fact: "children who are poor readers at the end of first grade almost never acquire average-level reading skills by the end of elementary school (Francis, Shaywitz, Stuebing, Shaywitz & Fletcher). #UniversalScreening #SB237 #LiteracyMatters

There’s a Huge Gap Between How We Talk About Teachers & How We Treat Them. In her latest piece in The 74, our Executive Vice President of Learning, Impact and Design Victoria Van Cleef shares how to make teaching the sought-after profession it should be: ow.ly/MqNt50I4WZ8

You don’t shape school culture in your office. You shape it in the halls, in the classrooms, in the lunchroom… engaging with those around you.

Where there is a void in communication, negativity will fill it! Communication builds trust. Trust generates commitment. Commitment fosters teamwork and teamwork delivers results. It all starts with great communication.

Applications for the 2022-23 Arkansas Teaching Policy Fellowship are officially OPEN! AR educators with an interest in policy and advocacy work are encouraged to apply. No policy experience required! #TeachPlusAR #teacherleaders Learn more and apply here: teachplus.tfaforms.net/328170

Every great team needs a leader like this. Everyone needs a friend like this. Words matter. An absolute legend. #rugby #leadership

“Walk in authority knowing you are the best person to do this work right now.” - Congresswoman Jahana Hayes Jahana Hayes CCSSO #NTOY2022

It takes time to become a highly effective teacher. It also takes time to become a highly effective leader. Both need patience, support, encouragement, praise and effective mentoring. With focus on maximizing strengths, not weaknesses.

To all the teachers, in case no one has told you yet, thank you. Thank you to teachers and educators everywhere. Thank you for showing up, for gracefully helping our kids through each day, and for all the work we don’t see. You are true heroes. Thank you for everything you do.

👉 Special education isn't a place; it's a service. And the expertise of special educators can benefit more than only students with IEPs. 👈 #LeadInclusion #globaled #udl #udlchat #edchat

Morning Affirmation: Be vulnerable anyway in a world that urges you not to be vulnerable. Connection is created through vulnerability.

#CelebrateMonday by taking a step to let those around you know they are valued as human beings who are loved and trusted - words of wisdom from #RoadToAwesome #SeCSC22

#arleg special session next week. It’s important to remember that Arkansas law (RSA) will automatically reduce spending if there is an economic slowdown. There’s no budget risk to raising teacher pay - there’s a huge quality of education risk to putting it off.