So proud of ILA dissertation of the year finalist HyeJin Hwang! Study: Relationships of Science Domain Knowledge & Reading Motivation w/ L1 and L2 Reading Comprehension... #ILA19

Kudos 👏🏻 to Suzanne Toohey and Geraldine Devine for winning Oakland Schools Collaboration award! They led teams in creating Language of Math supports for K12 #EnglishLearners (every math unit!) and coauthored a chapter in Transforming Practices for the high School Classroom #ESLocMI

Not surprising but nonetheless important study following children K through grade 3: ". . . children who had more years of better classroom quality had higher third grade literacy scores." Kids w/ lower emergent literacy skills at K entry benefitted more. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Nikolai Vitti There is extensive research showing that instructional coaching raises achievement, incl. in reading. The coaches—& the teachers—do need to know about research-supported reading instruction. One way is through PLCs w/ our free online modules available @ literacyessentials.org.

Free equity seminar? Zaretta Hammond? I’ll virtually be there even on break and vaca.

A4 I believe semester exams are meaningless and have given permission to our administrators to eliminate them...if you have to give them, de-emphasize there impact upon grades and spend the energy helping students celebrate their learning #miched

Empathy Is the Highest Level of Critical Thinking ncte.org/blog/2020/01/e…

The coronavirus outbreak in NYC gave teachers only 72 hours to write new curriculum, create accessible materials, prepare for remote learning, communicate with students & families, distribute technology, AND set up online classrooms filled with digital resources. BUT WE DID IT 🙌🏼

Great tech tool to add to your distance learning projects! Thanks @Flipgrid for the upgrade. Kelly Reseigh Kristy Lathrop Ms. Musa

Praying together as a nation, Archbishop Gomez asks people to seek healing for all who are unwell, wisdom for those whose work is halting the spread of #COVID19 and strength for all God’s children. April 10 #GoodFriday Noon EDT Livestream: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Archdiocese of LA

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Ts-Great way of expanding audience for Ss during #coronavirus

Much Love and Respect on this #NationalTeachersDay to all who choose to provide students with the opportunity to live the lives they deserve. Thank You for believing in the beauty of our students dreams. Novi Community School District

As I browse Ts tweets sharing virtual classroom experiences, new learning the “online way”, creative juices flowing, comments of Ss simply wanting to “connect” with them...it is good not to see the “pressure of standards teaching and testing” disrupt this energy.

By serving in the military, the doors of opportunity opened for my dad and in turn for our entire family. Thank you, José Antonio Rosa.

Tips to improve vocabulary lessons sbne.ws/r/EBKz Hmmm these are a great addition to my blog post about scaffolding grade-level content for ELs janaechevarria.com Lots of excellent vocabulary ideas.

DON'T MISS SIOP® Meet-Up #11 Wed. 6/10 at 3pm ET! We're continuing to explore ideas to facilitate distance learning for English learners. Register➡️tinyurl.com/SIOPMU11 PLz RT #SIOP #ellchat #ELLChat_bkclub #EduChat #K12 #ELL #remotelearning #remoteteaching #edchat #coteaching

Hope to see you at our virtual conference. So many exciting speakers! The SIOP® Model

Ok world, does anyone know when the King of Ice dancing is official so the next generation of Canadian ice dancers is born or did I miss something? #virtuemoir #moirmascari

My remote classroom is ready to go! The SIOP® Model training for new and returning #ESL teachers today... excited to continue this work!!! 🎉 #ksELs #kckpsontrack KCKPS Multilingual Education & Services