Should Your Classroom Be Like a Visit to the Comedy Club? No but how you exhibit joy, humor, and caring can have an amazing positive impact on classroom culture. buff.ly/3I7qUjj How do you show joy, humor, and caring in your classroom? #teaching #educators #schools

Join Northwest ISD on Thursday, September 15, as we pay tribute to Dr. David Hicks by wearing the red, white, and blue of his favorite sports team, the Texas Rangers. Activities to honor Dr. Hicks’ legacy of service will be shared by each campus for next week. #HeartsLikeHicks

#Relationships

It was so thoughtful of White Settlement ISD to honor Dr. Hicks Northwest ISD at the Bears vs. Texans game tonight. 💙

Amazing time presenting and learning with brilliant practitioners and scholars at NCHP conference at my alma mater! #NCHP #R4Thursday #OSU

Loved this day of learning!

Friday Round Up is always my favorite, but it’s the BEST with Lil’ Texan students hosting and northwestSIDEKICKS visiting! Jen Hall’s class was AMAZING! Clara Love Elementary @School_Jones

Lil’ Texans loved a visit from the lovely and talented northwestSIDEKICKS!

So proud of these Clara Love Elementary Lil’ Texans! They were honored at the #NISD board meeting!

Love seeing our NISD teachers creating GOALS with their students! Each GOAL was intentionally MAPPED out to get their students to their DESTINATION and exceed a year’s worth of GROWTH! #nisdmtss #mapgrowth #goalsetting

So awesome!!!

One of my favorite KG experiences! Clara Love Elementary

It’s a great day to LOVE! Clara Love Elementary

"None of the high-poverty, high-performing schools we studied 'intervened' their way to better academic outcomes." Authentic academic recovery can only happen when students have access to high-quality everyday teaching, say Kathleen Budge & Bill Parrett. ascd.org/el/articles/le…

#TCTELA23 Several educators asked Cornelius Minor to repeat this idea multiple times. It took our breath away.

Let’s be clear. DEI is basically anti-racism training. It’s about love, acceptance, and toleration. If you’re anti-DEI, what does that make you? #1+1=2 #oklaed

One of the saddest things about Christian Nationalists like Ryan Walters Superintendent Parody is that they are more concerned about showing their nationalism than they are about showing their Christianity.

'Let's not tie it to skin color': Oklahoma superintendent says racism not to blame for infamous Tulsa massacre rawstory.com/oklahoma-super… This is UNBELIEVABLE. but sadly not surprising in light of his ongoing ignorance! He's an embarrassment to our state!

In this piece, The Science of Reading Comprehension Instruction, we walk through comprehension of a specific third-grade reading test passage about woodchucks. Here were some points we made in the process: ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/EY54CV8G…

That’s my girl!! ❤️❤️