We could all use a “treatment agreement” like the one I found in grade 4 at Signal Hill School. Reminders that resonate: 💛 Be forgiving 💙 Apologize sincerely

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Break a leg, Signal Hill, with your 2025 annual musical in May, as you continue your long legacy of musical theater!

Searching for ideas to stretch student learning in new ways? Here are some ideas for the why, when, what, and how of extension activities for students at all levels. 👇🏻 edutopia.org/article/fast-f…

I am grateful to have a sounding board, coach, and mentor like Dr. Patricia W. Leary 💜 She’s an AADULLC rockstar with expertise, experience, & wisdom to share. You must always be open to learning! #neverstop #nevertooold

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Yes!

Tried Amy Poehler Masterclass on 9 improv principles that apply to life: 1 Keep saying yes 2 Be a good listener 3 Find your team 4 Finding the game 5 Take up space 6 Can’t be halfway in 7 Don’t bail on your partner 8 Don’t worry about being cool 9 Playing with status LOVE IT!

Saw Hamilton on Broadway last night. Beyond captivating! Lin-Manuel Miranda says it took 7 years to write the more than 27,000 words, 1 year to write the second song, and combined 14 art forms to get it to the stage. Lesson from LMM: Be relentless & inexhaustible with your dreams!

This classroom art at Eisenhower Middle School in Rockford, IL! Thank you, Ms. Klaren, for sharing feisty Betty with your 7th grade scientists. My fav quote of BW’s: “My mother always used to say, 'The older you get, the better you get. Unless you’re a banana.'”

The students at South View Upper Elementary are surrounded by positive messages. This is a good one!

Summer Teacher Institute Day 1 at Signal Hill School: 1️⃣ collaborating to establish instructional commitments for 2025-26 2️⃣ using models and manipulatives to make math visual So proud to work with the SHS teachers and Kelly Kent

Summer Teacher Institute Day 2 at Signal Hill School: 1️⃣ read alouds for content & SEL 2️⃣ questioning & reasoning to make math make sense 3️⃣ thinking routines & higher level questioning I love working with the SHS teachers and Kelly Kent AADULLC

Summer Institute Day 2 at Signal Hill. Getting our math on! AADULLC

Grateful to the dedicated educators at Eisenhower Middle School in Rockford, IL. Today they unpacked results from 5Essentials, student focus groups, & pre-CHAMPS walk-throughs & made plans for a powerful & compassionate 2025-26. Grateful to AADULLC for opportunities to serve.

Beware: Your TBR stack is about to grow: 📌 Lean Learning, Pat Flynn 📌 Anxious Generation, Jonathan Haidt 📌 Building a Second Brain, Tiago Forte 📌 Reset, Dan Heath 📌 Invisible Influence, Jonah Berger 📌 Imagination, Ruha Benjamin 📌 Emergent Strategy, Adrienne Maree Brown

Thankful for the time to connect and celebrate my friend and former boss, Diane Edwards, 𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙋𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 CAO, who is retiring this summer after 44 years of a dedicated service. Proud to be her friend! #makethetime

Don’t know what I’m going to do without these two amazing leaders on my right and left! Both have served ⁦𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙋𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨⁩ with distinction with over 80 years of combined service! Thank you for your leadership, dedication, and friendship.