Irving ISD Curriculum and Instruction ELAR Specialist and former English 1 teacher who always has a book in her hand

Texas, USA
Joined September 2022
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The kids wrote an argumentative paragraph about whether Johnny was justified in stabbing Bob in the “The Outsiders.” They worked together in small groups to craft their responses. The final products are not pretty, but they represent growth and learning.
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Kristen Ross retweeted
✨A great start to the 2026–27 school year! Today was filled with learning, collaboration, and growth. I loved helping facilitate our grade level lesson internalization sessions and can’t wait to see it all come to life in our classrooms! 📚 @IrvingISD @netzeroJMS #myIrvingISD
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Kristen Ross retweeted
Thank you RLA Team @MsRossReads & @mrs_mbrooks for the Sentence Structure Poster Bowie has them up. 😉@iInstructIrving – at Grand Prairie, TX
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Kristen Ross retweeted
Feeling inspired at the @Region10ESC Literacy Sparks series with @NataliaESL! 📚✨ Focusing on building stronger writers through instruction at the sentence, paragraph, and composition level. So glad to have our Bil/ESL team with us learning and growing together! #LitSpark2
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Happy holidays from our Secondary RLA team! 🎄✨ Wishing all educators a restful break filled with joy, rest, and a little extra coziness. @iInstructIrving
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🕸️ What a spooktacular day brewing up The Write Concoction with our #RLAmazing instructors! 💀✍️ We stirred eerie ideas, hauntingly good writing, and snap snap moments of intentionality while internalizing Unit 3. 🖤 Shout out to the @iisdbil_esl team for partnering!
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I was graciously invited to co-teach by Ms. Martinez! She was excited to apply strategies from the RLA Megalab modeled by @MsRossReads & @and_mrsharris. The artifacts highlight her engaging facilitation & visible student growth! @IrvingISD @netzeroJMS #studentgrowth #PD
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It’s RLA MegaLab day! 🎓 Our Secondary RLA teachers are hands-on with student writing and model lessons. Huge thanks to the amazing @Austin_Broncos for hosting this immersive day of learning and collaboration! 💪 @iInstructIrving
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✨Happy Boss’s Day to our fearless leader!!✨
Thank you to the @iInstructIrving team for your thoughtful gift on Boss’s Day. Blessed to work alongside the best in Texas. Let’s go, @IrvingISD !
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✨Great day of learning with our Secondary Academic Specialist and EB Coaches as we dug into the observation and feedback cycle while calibrating our lens for effective instruction. Big shoutout to @netzeroJMS for letting us learn from their amazing classrooms! @iisdbil_esl
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The @netzeroJMS RLA team is rocking their HQIM implementation (even during Eagle Time)! So many strong text interactions and student dialogue! ✨@iInstructIrving
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Today our department leaders dug into lesson internalization, exploring how to level up this process by aligning to key objectives and layering in strategies to maximize impact. Grateful for their leadership as we fine-tune and strengthen this practice together! @iInstructIrving
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🎸 What an epic day with our RLA rockstars! We came together to: ✨ Explore powerful connections across texts ✨ Share strategies to keep learning engaging + meaningful ✨ Rock the energy moving into unit 2 Together, we’re turning up the volume on teaching and learning!
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Replying to @netzeroJMS
@netzeroJMS RLA Department Meeting today was fabulous! A sneak preview of #PurposefulPlanningDay from @MsRossReads, best practices in the classroom from @ms_wilken, Mrs. Burton and Ms. Martinez, talk of DDI and celebrations all around as we planned for next six weeks. @IrvingISD
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Wrapping up back-to-school PL with full hearts & big smiles! 💛📚 Our Secondary RLA @iInstructIrving team loved supporting our elementary friends today — because building strong literacy starts at every level. 🧱✨ #ExcellenceInAction @MsRossReads @mrs_mbrooks @PLdesignteam
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Kristen Ross retweeted
I am so proud of our 25-26 new teacher cohort in Irving. They are enthusiastic, student-centered, and ready to tackle the challenges of the new school year. The goal: 💯 of our students will be successful! #excellenceinaction #newschoolyear #newteacher
🚀 Our new @IrvingISD secondary teachers are fired up and ready to go! 💡 Watch them share their biggest takeaways from their powerful professional learning session with the team. The year ahead is looking bright! 🌟📚 @Olga007 @and_mrsharris @LiteraryMrG @CokerPutman13
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Kristen Ross retweeted
#STAARredesign #ToshShares Looked at SCR TEKS & saw this. Interesting, right?!! docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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All aboard the AS Meeting Cruise! 🚢✨ We sailed through ports of learning from this year, reflected on best practices, and collaborated with our amazing crew. 🤝🌟 Ready to chart the course for next! ⚓️
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🎬 That’s a wrap on our 2025-26 RLA Curriculum Preview Night! Huge thanks to all who joined the cast. From reflections to sneak peeks, the collaboration was next-level. The sequel’s shaping up to be our best year yet! #RLAstars
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🍎It’s Teacher Appreciation Week!🍎 Our team is so thankful for our #RLAmazing @IrvingISD teachers! You inspire minds, shape futures, and make magic happen every day! ✨ We’ll be stopping by this week with a sweet treat to celebrate you 🍪#TeacherAppreciationWeek #ThankATeacher
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