First grade Ss reacting and responding to reading! #WCPSreads #385Pride Kristen English,Ed.D. @dwinndan Rachel Roth Tyler Stanton

Power Writing PD today with the BEST Ts! #385pride #wcpsmd #ThisIsBalancedLiteracy Tyler Stanton Kristen English,Ed.D. @dwinndan Rachel Roth Courtney Leard Douglas Fisher Nancy Frey

Thank you Dr. Leah Pongratz, NBCT for engaging your students and guest teachers in Power Writing! #buildingstamina #385Pride @dwinndan Rachel Roth Kristen English,Ed.D. Tyler Stanton

Great to collaborate with educators across the country today! Teacher Credibility and Collective Efficacy matter!! #385Pride Kristen English,Ed.D. Douglas Fisher Nancy Frey

Fun morning message with PreK friends! Thank you for having me! Kristen Dick Tyler Stanton Kristen English,Ed.D. @dwinndan Rachel Roth #385Pride

Blown away by the talent of our WCPS Ts! Check out all of the collective hard work in Celebrating Distance Learning Success! Jill Waters, NBCT bao (^-^) Holly McDonald I enjoyed learning from you today! #wcpsmdlearns

Excited for our 💻Virtual PD📱tomorrow on 💥Day 1 of the Humanities Summit💥! Looking forward to engaging in #powerwriting📝 with WCPS Ts! #wcpsmdlearns @dwinndan Tyler Stanton Liz Morman

What a 💥powerful💥 session this morning!! WCPS Ts has some 💡great ideas💡 on how to implement power writing in their classrooms, across content areas! WCPS Maryland @dwinndan Tyler Stanton Liz Morman Courtney Leard Lori A. Ridgely, EdD

“Quality is found in quantity” Trevor Bryan Power Writing is one way to build stamina and quantity! Thank you to all Ts in this morning’s session for being reflective and willing to share! #385Pride #wcpsmdlearns Tyler Stanton @dwinndan Dr. Leah Pongratz, NBCT

Avoid “Decline by Nine”-variety and volume are a MUST!Engagement and joy are the key for building variety and volume! #wcpsmdlearns Donalyn Miller Lura A. Hanks

We have to teach students to use fact strategies and THEN we allow students to choose strategies! Loving these sessions #wcpsmdlearns Jennifer BayWilliams Angie Waltrup Mary Ann Nussear

Feedback is the view through the windshield NOT the rearview mirror! Thank you Dylan Wiliam for an engaging session about formative assessment this morning! #wcpsmdlearns

Models are visual representations of student thinking. Strategies are how the student got to an answer! Thank you Mary Ann Nussear for a great session on how BrainingCamp allows Ss to make thinking visible with models! #wcpsmdlearns

Phenomena spark wonder and create curiosity! They are explainable with models! Assessment probes AS learning! @CTSKeeley and Tara Ellis thank you for helping me uncover my ideas about science! #wcpsmdlearns

What do we "get" to do during these times? Learn from great authors, researchers and educators all from the comfort of home! Thank you WCPS Maryland for the opportunity to participate in a wonderful week of learning at the 2020 United in Practice Summit! #wcpsmdlearns

Some of the BEST 3rd and 4th Grade teachers presenting about problem solving! Thank you Sasha and Beth! #BESTedcamp Tyler Stanton Rachel Roth Stephanie Sasse Kristen English,Ed.D. Beth Domenico

Kindergarten and 3rd grade engineers! #385Pride@EllistarTara tamsyn wilson Teri Williamson Ed.D

5th grade Ts and admin participated in calibrating Ss work using MCAP rubrics. Tyler Stanton Angie Waltrup Teri Williamson Ed.D tamsyn wilson Ms. Amie Hersh Mary Ann Nussear

Thank you for loving on BESTer staff this week! tamsyn wilson Theresa Williamson Rachel Roth and Stephanie!