Great advice for new educators from the 2023 AKTOY, Harlee Harvey - 2023 AK Teacher of the Year! 🍎

Crazy how our class cozy-clothes day happened to be on the same day as state testing! And two days in a row!✏️🍎 😜 It’s important for educators to always remember that comfort (physical and mental) plays a huge role in student success. 💜

Day 3 of Remote Learning: My teaching partner and I knew if we didn’t do something extra fun and engaging, we could lose our students’ interest and motivation for any future online learning days. I think this lesson was a big hit! 🦉 #ThirdGrade #OwlPelletDissection Anchorage School District

Remote Learning Day #4: Today we made elephant toothpaste! Teaching virtually definitely brings its challenges, but seeing students excited, engaged and learning together makes it all worth it. #ThirdGrade #ScienceFun Anchorage School District

Kincaid Student Ambassadors took a stand against bullying & racism as they marched in the Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day to honor a then six-year-old Ruby Bridges, who integrated an elementary in New Orleans in 1960. Thank you Coyotes! We are proud of you! #ASDShineBright

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What an honor to be featured in an Education Week article alongside my State Teacher of the Year friends!@WhiteHouse #EducationWeek 12.22 #VATOY22 CCSSO #VirginiaEducator

🎉 🎊 IT’S HERE! 🎊🎉 Pinellas County Schools podcast, Finding Joy in Education, has been released today. Please listen, subscribe, and share. ✅ YouTube youtu.be/oGJ9cI-hEGg ✅ Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/2ts662… ✅ Amazon music.amazon.com/podcasts/7f029… ✅ Podbean podbean.com/ei/pb-m3jbb-15…

Slightly early decoration for Valentine’s Day, but never too early to spread love and joy! Always grateful for my amazing bunch. 💕 #ClassroomLove #ValentinesDay

We had FULL attendance multiple days this week, so of course we had to have fun celebrating it! Checking all the boxes for success! ✅ 📦 #attendancematters #teachersoftwitter #thirdgrade

Meeting a parent on a Sat morning at a local coffee spot for parent-teacher conferences! Understanding busy work schedules, educators must be accommodating, flexible and willing to make exceptions. Excited for a productive discussion for our student’s success! ☕️📚 #Education

🍎 #LifelongLearner

Meet Missy Testerman (Missy Testerman) the 2024 National Teacher of the Year and 2024 Tennessee Teacher of the Year! Learn more here: ntoy.ccsso.org. #NTOY24 CCSSO

In celebration of our new CCSSO 2024 National Teacher of the Year we honor the amazing 2022 NTOY Kurt Russell today. Congrats to Missy! Missy Testerman Jessica Saum, 2022 Arkansas Teacher of the Year Sarah Painter Kelly Shrein, AKTOY2022

Spent the day in Girdwood at ASD’s Professional Learning Community Launch! Teacher leaders, site-based specialists and principals unpacked A LOT, and great conversations were had. We are so excited for this upcoming school year! 🍎 Anchorage School District

Tell me you’re a teacher without telling me you’re a teacher! 🤣 I never do fun nails, but my good friend Charlie Loc with Nails by Charlie 907 got me to step out of my comfort zone and I’m so glad I did! They’re adorable. Thank you so much, Charlie! 💅🏻 #ReadyForSchool

Slowing down a bit this weekend to catch up on quality time with my favorite fishing partner 💜

My third-grade class was recently featured in a district video highlighting our school’s motor lab and sensory/movement pathways. What a fun experience for my students to be included in. We’re sure proud to highlight the great things happening here!

#ClassFamily #Connections #SEL 🍎

We all got outside on this beautiful day and helped with City-Wide Clean-Up! Proud of our kids’ helping hands, big hearts, and willingness to make our community a little brighter (and cleaner)!