Way to get inspired on a frosty morning! Thank you,Kelly Gallagher and #R12LitConference, Region

Getting to know some great ways to use nonfiction books to engage readers ESC Region 12 RLA #R12LitConference @AltaVistaES

I wasn't prepared when I first saw this. A stunning collaborative recitation of Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy that brings a new relevance to the play. (Even if you don't teach Hamlet, this is a absolutely worth your time) youtu.be/LbEvpe9suGg

The minimum goal of professional development is for teachers to be more excited about teaching tomorrow than they were today. #MLDSchat

Love this!

Love libraries 📚💕

Over the next few weeks, we will be introducing you to the 2021-2022 Outstanding Teachers from each of our schools. Congratulations to @AltaVistaES's Outstanding Teacher, Ronda Drake!

Enter to win a Free Curriculum Bundle! (A $230-$300 Value!) Includes Free Shipping! Enter here: The Critical Thinking Co. publishes PreK-12+ books & apps that teach critical thinking and core subjects. #TeacherAppreciation swee.ps/Uudxhi_yNPsxOC

I have talked too much and done too little. If you are like me and are ready to act, then perhaps you want to start where I did: discovering everything I don't know. New Blog post: When You are Ready to Act: Ten Things to Do wp.me/p2Gytw-9b

Teachers: This one is for you:

Not a day goes by where we aren’t thinking about you. 200 days too long. Bring Brittney home 🧡

This is a beautiful picture! Kudos to the photographer 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

I am more tired at the end of the day teaching than I am being a waiter on my legs the whole time. People who have never worked in a school severely underestimate the energy and stamina it takes to be a teacher.

Fact: the #txlege spent $8.2 billion less on @txed than budgeted in 2021-23. Inflation was over 14%. There is a huge shortage of educators - morale at all-time low. Anything less than a 14% raise will be a net reduction in pay. This is the time to do better for public ed in TX

Grateful to work with great leaders at Alta Vista, Transformation Waco, and Waco ISD!

JUST IN: A federal judge has just ORDERED Llano County Texas to return "all books" that were removed from their libraries due to their content or viewpoint. Library patrons successfully argued that "content-based restrictions" were likely unconstitutional. The Texas judge is

This is Captain Yuval, an infantry commander in the Nahal Brigade. On Saturday morning, as soon as she heard about the horrors taking place, she ran out of her home with her gun in her pajamas. She reports there were dead bodies all over the road, and that at some point, a

Haha, Dark Brandon is BRILLIANT.

Never again

Getting my literacy learning on with some of my reading and writing heroes ESC Region 12 RLA