Passionate about education & determined to make a difference! #SuccessNothingLess

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We may have accidentally coordinated our animal print, but sticking together is always intentional! 🐆🤎 So thankful for this amazing lady who always has my back and makes every day Grrr-eat!!! 🫶
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Looks like sorcery to me! 🤯🤣 But seriously, it’s always an honor to have shared time and collaboration with such a phenomenal group of change-makers. AKA @RISDrla coaches 📚💙💚♥️💜
The amazing RLA duo of @AmyAlejandro5 & Jen Cheng led us down the Bambrick road so that we can better serve our teachers. Thanks for making us better! #RISDDreamOn #AlwaysAnEagle #RISDInsiders
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Shoutout to @RISDrla coaches! 🙌 We’re continuing to strengthen lesson internalization, & today coaches took their feedback practice LIVE! 🎯 Purposeful planning, meaningful practice, & a shared goal: stronger instruction, deeper student thinking, & greater student success! 💪
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Great learning around MTSS today! Thank you @LaurelDickson17 for the thoughtful analogies that helped connect the dots & deepen our understanding of such purposeful work. It’s all about being intentional in how we support every student! #EveryChildEveryDay #risdDreamOn @RISDrla
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📚 @RISDrla has the best coaches in the land!!! They are amazing & certainly appreciated! Without a doubt, their positive impact is truly immeasurable. We 🫶YOU! ♥️💙💚💜 #risdDreamOn
Happy National Academic and Instructional Coaches Day to the mentors, thought partners and champions who help our educators strengthen their practice and bring their best to their roles every day. Your support helps our teachers and students achieve our North Star Goal: Every student, teacher, and leader will meet or exceed their academic growth goals.  Thank you for the difference you make across RISD!
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Amy Alejandro retweeted
Teacher got to dive into high-impact strategies that support our Emergent Bilinguals with Mrs. Coker! What’s best for EBs is BEST for all learners—strong scaffolds, meaningful language, and purposeful learning benefit everyone💡So excited for our Bonus PL at LHHS! @LHHSWildcats
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Magic, indeed! 💫 🪄
Look at us, @AGallo0821! We are Mustang Magic! 💙❤️
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So energized by the work @risd APs poured into our time together today! Strengthening the implementation of instructional priorities because of what it makes possible: deeper student thinking & growth for ALL students. #InstructionalLeaders 💙♥️💚💜 #RisdDreamOn
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We’ve brought science + social studies into literacy through knowledge-building curricula. Now let’s bring literacy into science + social studies. Knowledge and vocabulary fuel comprehension. All teachers are literacy teachers. 👏 nataliewexler.substack.com/p…
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Differentiation is a hot topic. But knowledge-building means keeping content rich while adjusting the support students need to access it. As knowledge, skill & confidence grow, scaffolds come down. From @mcglynn3: kristenmcquillan.substack.co…
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#AVIDDay I’m celebrating the students, teachers, and educators who do the daily work of building confidence, creating opportunities, and helping students see what’s possible. #RisdDreamOn
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Amy Alejandro retweeted
Mrs. Hover is stopping by ELA PLC’s today to review some valuable Region 10 resources for guiding student achievement. These focused conversations guide progress and help our kids and teachers to grow. Love it. 💙❤️
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Amy Alejandro retweeted
One of our favorite days of learning each month in @TnLAlwaysHere - Content Connections- where we bring instructional leaders together from all campuses. A day spent focusing on the Instructional Priorities & growth for all students. @kristinleeper9
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Happy Hispanic Heritage Month! To mark independence days across Latin America, we honor the history, culture, and positive impact of Hispanic Americans who enrich our communities every day. #RISDDreamOn #RISDistheOne @RichardsonISD @IamBranum @KristinLeeper9
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Today was a GOOD day. We had so much fun meeting @KateMessner Getting to hear an author talk about her craft, her stories, and the journey behind her books was such a cool experience for the #Garayzies. #FMMS #RISDDreamOn #ChargerPride
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Amy Alejandro retweeted
Students from RISD junior highs and several elementary campuses came together for a special Richardson Reads One Book experience with award-winning author @KateMessner! Messner took students behind the scenes of her writing, sharing the research, adventures and real people who inspired her stories. She talked about her multimodal story, The Trouble with Heroes, and the eight-year journey and 46 mountains she climbed as she brought the story to life. Each student even received a personal copy, a cookie made from a recipe in the book, and even got a sneak peek into her upcoming novel! What a great reminder that stories can take us anywhere and come from anywhere. 📚✨ @LIBRARIESinRISD
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Our RWJH AVID Ambassadors had a cool experience today! Author Kate Messner spoke to students about her new book and her writing process. They were so engaged & asked awesome questions. Thank you Richardson Reads One Book! #RISDDreamOn @AVIDRISD @rwjhavid @LIBRARIESinRISD
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A great morning celebrating literacy at our Richardson Reads One Book Student Event! Students heard from author Kate Messner and participated in an interactive presentation featuring The Trouble with Heroes. Thank you for inspiring our readers and writers! #RISDDreamOn 💙❤️
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Maybe it all works out better than you imagined.
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Amy Alejandro retweeted
Grade-level instruction isn't a lofty goal, it's the standard every student deserves. Make it the mission, and watch expectations rise.
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