Instructional Coach, LETRS Professional Learning Facilitator/Mom of two Tarheels and a feisty rescue doggie.

Hickory, NC
Joined December 2015
I’m very excited to be at #plaintalknola. Looking forward to hearing from some of my literacy heroes in person!
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Engagement is high this morning as our New2theU teachers dig into structured literacy! #Literacy4U @UCPS_ICTeam @sherri_barber
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What every teacher should know about sentence comprehension instruction shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/…
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Coaches, teachers and principals collaborated this afternoon about the why and how of intentional vocabulary instruction. ⁦@UCPS_ICTeam⁩ ⁦@sherri_barber⁩ ⁦@sophialatrellcm⁩ #Literacy4U
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UCPS teachers are doing the important work of digging in deeply this week to review reading curriculum that is aligned with the NC Comprehensive Plan for Reading Achievement. ⁦@UCPSNC⁩ ⁦@UCPS_ICTeam⁩ ⁦@NCDPI_OEL⁩ #Literacy4U
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Mark your calendars #TeamUCPS Parents & staff! 4/28 @ 6PM at FHHS: @JanellBH is joining us 2 talk about building Tech Healthy Families. Janell joined us in 2018 & now that my boys are older I cannot WAIT 2 learn more tips! Totally worth the time. @AGHoulihan @UCPSNC
Engagement is high as 2nd graders ⁦@WesleyChapelES⁩ dig into the Tall Tales Listening and Learning Unit from CKLA. #Literacy4U ⁦@UCPS_ICTeam⁩
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Stacey Allen retweeted
Heads up: The #WritingRevolution (@TheWritingRevol) by @JudithCHochman and @natwexler is one of the Kindle deals of the day (at least in 🇨🇦).
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Our assistant principal is the best of the best! Mrs. Phelix helps make @WesleyChapelES an amazing place to be! Our students and staff appreciate her dedication!
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Kinders @WesleyChapelES are learning a lot about plants in their CKLA lessons this week! #Literacy4U @UCPS_ICTeam
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Thank you to the teachers ⁦@UnionESNC⁩ for allowing me to visit your classrooms to see language comprehension lessons today! I learned a lot and was able to see CKLA in action! #Literacy4U
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Dr. Henderson supporting ⁦@WesleyChapelES⁩ at Books and Brackets today. #Literacy4U
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Thank you Mrs. Gallowitch and Mrs. Livesey for hosting visitors from @NCDPI_OEL this afternoon during literacy. We appreciate the opportunity to see your hard work and dedication in action. You AND your students ROCK! @WesleyChapelES #Literacy4U
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Hearing the great things happening from leaders, teachers and children is wonderful. Seeing it in action is absolutely amazing! @UCPSNC is leading the way! Just getting started? Don’t reinvent the wheel…they are willing to share! #wevegotthisNC #NCReadLeadSucceed
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The full interview - if you are an adult who has children/young adults or works with children/young adults…watch this in its entirety, Now!
“The dilemma is that nobody has to say something, but that is precisely why somebody has to say something.” Ohio State University football star Harry Miller (@h_miller76) joins us to discuss his decision to step away from football to focus on mental health.
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⁦@WesleyChapelES⁩ teachers are engaged this morning in their learning about allophonic variations, how they can impact student’s writing, and the instructional decisions we can make by studying student writing. ⁦@UCPS_ICTeam⁩ #Literacy4U
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I had a great day with amazing UCPS Instructional Support Specialists digging into English orthography as we continue our LETRS journey. @UCPS_ICTeam @sophie_flynn09 @godwin_mindy @NicoleDarko #literacy4U
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3rd graders @WesleyChapelES share the culminating presentations for their recent PBL.
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