Evidence of prayers for increased collaboration and expanded impact was on full display this week 🙌🏼
I am grateful. ❤️

Up early prepping to celebrate our 8th grade Newcomer students Klein Intermediate ❤️
How are you celebrating the accomplishments of your Newcomers this month, especially those at the end of their first year?

New Post: 5 Levels of Engagement for Professional Learning (FREE reflection tool included!)

Read here: allysonapsey.com/2024/05/03/5-l…

#WhatMakesAGreatPrincipal #LeadingTheWholeTeacher #LeadwithCollaboration George Couros

The language you use shapes your perceptions & behaviors. Try to replace limiting language—which stifles student growth—with language of possibility, like in these examples from The Language of Possibility by Michael Roberts!

🔗bit.ly/3LpXIHV
#StudentSuccess #SchoolCulture

Learn how to make math word problems accessible for English learners without sacrificing mathematical content with strategies for simplifying language, humanizing problems, and leveraging real-world contexts in this piece from edutopia #EL L #EL #MLL bit.ly/4diO5Hu

Make Tier 1 the priority
Make Tier 1 the priority
Make Tier 1 the priority

Tiers 2 & 3 are a direct reflection of how effective your Tier 1 is.

Design Tier 1 so that it's all it should be for learners & teachers.

It's the only way things change to benefit everyone.

Formative assessment doesn’t have to be time-consuming. It can even be fun! 🎉 Here are 28 creative, low-stakes strategies—gathered from our archives and community of educators: edut.to/3W6zBUQ

🚨 REMINDER! 3 May is the LAST DAY to apply to be a reviewer for the #TESOL2025 convention!

#ELT professionals and those in related fields/areas are invited to apply to present sessions and PCIs at the #TESOL2025 in Long Beach, CA, on 18-21 March!

Registration for the May session is open! Reserve your seat! #268 #texes268 #constructedresponses #principals

Click here to register helpinschools.org/events

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Note to self 😉

Got to talk shop with some of my favorite people and connect my Klein ISD and Aldine ISD families today.
Thanks again for hosting us Ashley Baker ❤️
Mrs. Pollard Norma Lucio Vásquez

Read that again. ⬇️

#multiplyexcellence

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Talent is universal, opportunity should be too. EMERGE levels the playing field for high-achieving, under-represented students. What started with one teacher's vision has ignited a movement, changing over 4,000 lives in Houston. Learn more at emergescholars.org

This is not a new graphic but it shows the difference between the terms used to describe the students v the programs they might participate in. ♥️

English learner has a heavy emphasis on a singular language and what students are unable to do to which some feel is deficit based.…

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Oracy precedes literacy.

This is especially important for emergent bilingual students or bilingual/multilingual learners.

How do you ensure that oracy is paramount in daily practices?

What do you have ready to go when your students utter those two words signaling they're done?

sbee.link/9evyhjcngf via Matt Miller 🗑️
#teachingideas #edutwitter #k12