It was wonderful hearing our students passion and interest for their student driven community impact projects at our Virtual Exhibiton! Circulos High School Santa Ana USD XQ #SAUSDforward #bettertogether Jerry Almendarez Check it out círculoshighschool.com/exhibition

Yes, thank you Brianna Hodges! Your message was exactly what I needed today 😊 I led my teacher meeting today with more heart because of you ❤️ I’m hoping we get to work with you more Santa Ana USD Circulos High School

“The future will reward clarity, but punish certainty.” -via Bob Johansen IFTF Too many leaders are failing to figure this out…

What is Game of Bridges? An original instructional game we created- played today at our Círculos Institute. Our new STEM specialist crushed it! Learning is FUN! Santa Ana USD #creativeInstruction #rethinkHighSchool Jerry Almendarez #circulosInstitute2020 Wes Kriesel

“The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all”-Mulan Love this.

This.👇 #truth We need to be able to ask questions and grapple with ideas openly in order to do the best work we can do for our students and schools.

In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or to step back into safety. Day 2 of powerful learning in Santa Ana USD #SAUSDforward #SAUSDReopeningStrong #BetterTogether #WEareSAUSD

Student feedback on fall projects! #FutureReady

Music Motivates. Our teachers Circulos High School know this and are creating playlists to inspire our students during digital learning. #tethinkhighschool #OurTeachersBestTeachers Santa Ana USD #creativeFreedom XQ

Check out our celebratory message to our students after an amazing first week back, and hear about what’s to come! Our students, teachers, and staff are #historymakers #schoolbuilders #bettertogether Santa Ana USD Jerry Almendarez #SAUSDforward

Yaaas! Our teachers Circulos High School #gamifyLearning Santa Ana USD

Proud to be presenting alongside Teaching Continuum Antonia Rudenstine Laurie Gagnon at the Aurora Institute 11/12 at 11am. Join us for our webinar on Designing Engaging, Purposeful, and Rigorous Tasks for Remote and In Person Learning. Link: aurora-institute.org/event/designin…Santa Ana USD

So excited to continue to learn from our awesome UCI CalTeach student teachers and to explore Gather 🍇 with our students 😍 Monday will be fun! Circulos High School Santa Ana USD

Great morning facilitating National Institute for School Leadership Santa Ana USD and Orange Unified SD cohorts. Grateful to be a part of this group of leaders working on designing systems for equity. NISL

In 2018, Circulos High School opened its doors with 12 students. Its aim was to provide students with a “circle” of support for students within the school and the community. What’s it like for students to attend a high school designed just for them? 👇 xqsuperschool.org/rethinktogethe…

Valley DSO’s are always working to ensure the safest learning environment for all students-great meeting this morning collaborating on our procedures and protocols.Thank you to our DSO’s for their daily commitment to the #safety of students & staff at Valley. Santa Ana USD #SAUSD

Our district design team consisting of parents, community members, teachers, admin and various stakeholders from across #SAUSD came together to create a #graduateProfile.Take a look at this district wide collaborative initiative that will ensure all students graduate #futureReady

The Valley Falcons Open House was a huge success! It was great to see all the connections being made between families and staff. #WeAreSAUSD

Met Michael Fullan,worldwide expert on whole system change at the #ACSA Region 17 conference & Dr. Rebecca Pianta’s presentation was incredible! Saw my colleagues, and had a fulfilling day of collaboration and networking with leaders across the county Santa Ana USD Michael Fullan

I still love this. Diving deeper into the connections between concept, context, and meaning. Thinking: A Colorful Tool for Discussion cultofpedagogy.com/hexagonal-thin… via Cult of Pedagogy