Lauren Danner

A great day of professional learning filled with joy, passion, wisdom and love at the 2024 Empowered to Lead Symposium hosted by the @CTTOYCouncil and our friends at @MoheganForward.

Congratulations to all of the outstanding educators honored at the CT TOY ceremony! Our 2024 CT TOY Kiana Foster-Mauro will represent us beautifully! And full circle moment-former student and now superstar teacher Ryan Dombrowski was recognized as @NBHS_nb district TOY!🌟

Congratulations to the amazingly talented @NBHS_nb Drama Club on another outstanding performance! Your work ethic, dedication, and determination are inspiring!💜 – at North Branford, CT

Promoting ownership of learning through student friendly 3D Learning Targets-explicitly connecting SEPs (skills), DCIs (content info), and CCCs (reasoning processes) #NSTA23 – at Atlanta, GA

How do we engage middle school students in thinking about #STEM careers? Great information in @NNSTOY’s STEM Career Engagement Guide! @KristenRec @Voya

Digging into an observation tool to support student centered learning through four focal areas: figuring out phenomena, student driven, collaborative, and equitable/accessible @BosCollegeOEI #NSTA23 – at Atlanta, GA

Love the quote shared by @SciEdSpence at #NSTA23’s session on coaching teachers in NGSS: Teachers must go beyond being presented with ideas and strategies. They need opportunities to apply the strategies themselves! – at Atlanta, GA

Cracking the CER code…providing meaningful scaffolds to support students in constructing scientific explanations #NSTA23

Fabulous keynote discussing the importance of place-based learning, community, and togetherness with Bill Stockton, @msrivera114 and @sayuri_neko at #NSTA23! Inspiring words to kick off our conference! – at Atlanta, GA

This week’s PD work..carousel activity focused on meeting diverse student needs through differentiated content, process, and product. Fantastic case study analyses and feedback by @DHMSWallingford teachers! – at North Branford, CT