Ready to learn and be inspired! ⁦AFT⁩ #WPSProud

What a DYNAMIC speaker who advocates for ALL students and their teachers. ⁦Secretary Miguel Cardona⁩

“I love books and I love to read! Thank you, AFT!” - Highlighting the Reading Opens the World program in DC with the Cloud Elementary teacher and this precious Cloud Elementary family. ⁦Wichita Public Schools⁩ #WPSProud

Effective feedback should be timely, actionable, goal-oriented, transparent, ongoing, consistent, and user-friendly. Student-student feedback is just as valuable as teacher-student feedback. ⁦⁦AFT TEACH⁩ #feedbackmatters

I found myself next to an emotional stranger, shared tears of sadness and gratitude, shared my story of a Vietnamese immigrant, and learned of Walter Lemieux’s story. We hugged before saying good bye. We were no longer strangers. Vietnam Vet Memorial

New 2nd and 3rd grade teachers learning the decoding routine to help their students become fluent and accurate readers. Quiz-quiz trade was an excellent structure to increase engagement, practice fluency, and get students moving.

One of my favorite days as a peer consultant. Today we welcome all new staff to our great district! I’m excited for them and for our Wichita students!

Rockstars Angela and Jamie, 3rd grade teachers, shared their expertise with our new 3rd grade teachers. The teachers laughed, asked questions, and shared their experiences. Everyone was excited to build relationships with their students!! Model classroom was a SUCCESS!

Meet Angie, a first year kindergarten teacher at Horace Mann! Angie is excited to be a bilingual teacher, bringing a positive learning environment for her students! Welcome to WPS!

Ms. Lily Newman is a first year, first grade teacher at Anderson Elementary. She fell in love with teaching when she was a para. “My heart is to be there for the kids.” Welcome to WPS, Lily!

Bri is a first year teacher at White Elementary. Bri wants to impact her students in the same community she grew up in. “I want my kindergarten students to feel important and to know they can do anything.” Welcome to WPS, Bri!

My heart was twice filled by these Huynhers I had in 3rd grade! Now they are doing great things at Southeast! Thanks for coming to cheer on the AMAC staff! 💕

Teachers participating in quality professional development are more powerful in supporting student learning. It was a day full of learning at Cleaveland Elementary and our WPS students will gain from this. #WPSCommunityOfLearning #WPSproud

I had the honor of meeting US Deputy Secretary of Education today. It was my privilege to share with her about the NTI Dept and my role as a Peer Consultant, where I model my support for teachers by doing it WITH them rather than FOR or TO them. Wichita Public Schools #WPSproud

Wow! We wrapped up 3 fantastic days of supporting our new teachers! Some sessions include: correcting calmly, building relationships, ELA lesson planning, vocab and math... 259 is growing our teachers so they can grow our students. It’s a Huynh-Huynh!! Wichita Public Schools

Woodman and Bostic educators fully engaged in LETRS training: syllable types and more!

Administrators. do you carry a post it note pad with you? Always be ready to write a quick note of thanks or inspiration to your staff! Even if you come upon an empty room, leave a note of thanks or how lucky their students are to have them as a teacher. Teachers do these for

Exploring and learning at the zoo! Thank you to the Kansas Leads Conference for this wonderful opportunity! ⁦Tammy Martin⁩ ⁦Dyane Smokorowski⁩ ⁦Andi Heck⁩ ⁦KS Dept of Education⁩ ⁦KansasLEADS⁩

Spending Saturday morning at the KansasLEADS conference with a Wichita Public Schools rockstar Joshua Ehret learning about digital tools to make learning accessible for all learners and stakeholders. #WPSproud #KansasLEADS

A portion of the Wichita Public Schools New Teacher Induction Team at the KansasLEADS conference in Andover today. We are blessed to get to learn with and from so many dynamic Kansas educators! #KansasLEADS