Ginger Frady

[Hamilton County Schools @hamcoschools]

HCS embraces the rich heritage and contributions of Native American culture during Native American History Month. Together, let’s celebrate and appreciate the resilience of the Native Americans and their impact on Nation.

[Lindie @LindieRoden]

National Blue Ribbon @hamcoschools @shaneharwood75

[Hamilton County Schools @hamcoschools]

Join us on July 10 for a Public Town Hall hosted by Hamilton County School Board Member Ben Connor!

[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

On the 27th straight day of filming “Forrest Gump,” Tom Hanks was tired & worried.

During a scene on the famous park bench, Hanks stopped & said to director Bob Zemeckis,

“Hey, Bob…is anybody going to care about this movie? I don’t think anybody’s going to care.”

Bob replied,

“It’s a minefield, Tom. You never know what’s good…It’s a minefield! It’s a goddam minefield! We may be sowing the seeds of our own destruction.”

Tom Hanks told this story after he was asked, “When I ask for a memory from your career, what’s the first thing that comes to mind?”

He said that what Zemeckis said was true of every movie he’s worked on:

“There’s never any guarantee...You do not know if it is going to work out.”

Takeaway 1:

Hanks is the 5th-most highest-grossing actor of all time.

And yet, the stickiest memory of his career is the feeling of uncertainty.

Rarer than talent or work ethic, the poet John Keats wrote, is the ability to step into and push through doubts and uncertainties.

In 1817, Keats wrote a letter to his brothers to share this exciting realization.

“At once it struck me,” Keats wrote, “what quality went to form a Man of Achievement … Negative Capability.”

Keats explains that “Negative Capability” is “when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason.”

Takeaway 2:

Those who possess Negative Capability, who can sit with uncertainty, who can spend months or years in the minefield that is working on something while knowing that there is a real possibility no one will care about it—they often possess another quality.

They do what they do, not as a means to some end (money, fame, awards, etc.), but for the sake of doing it.

When asked about one of his movies that commercially failed, Hanks said,

"I loved making that movie. I loved writing it, I loved being with it. I love all the people in it."

As Ryan Holiday once told me, "The work has to be the win."

You control the effort, he says, not the results.

"So ultimately, you have to love doing it. You have to get to a place where doing the work is the win and everything else is extra.”

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“Life is like a box of chocolates: you never know what you're going to get.” — Forrest Gump

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[Lee Ann Jung, PhD @leeannjung]

#Students who set their own goals and get regular feedback on progress have higher levels of achievement in general, beyond only the #goals they set (Hattie, 2009; Henderlong, et al., 2007). Here’s a template.
#LeadInclusion #EdLeadership #teachers #EdChat #edtech #education

[Michael Stone @CoachStone12]

This. Just all of this!

[Michael Stone @CoachStone12]

At @redbankelem yesterday, @pefchattanooga announced we have receive $5.3m in funding to expand @VWeLabs to 34 more schools w/ a special focus on environmental remediation! I’m thankful for the continued partnership w/ @vwfactoryusa & @hamcoschools.

https://t.co/94UdM9xMtM

[President Biden Archived @POTUS46Archive]

Guns are the number one killer of children in America.

It's time for Congress to act – so our kids can learn to read in school instead of learning to duck and cover.

[Hamilton County Schools @hamcoschools]

Today's #PartnersInEducation award nominee highlights The Hamilton County Schools Foundation. They are nominated in our Teacher Champion category. Partners in this category have shown excellence in consistently elevating the teaching profession in Hamilton County Schools.

[Emily Hurst @emilymariehurst]

Red Bank Middle School is kicking off their long term SEL PBL through their partnership with @TeachRock. Ss will be interviewing an adult about the music of their life and then creating an album cover and some type of presentation! #teachersarerockstars #literally

[Jessica Holloway @hollowayreader]

STEM & STEAM Designation is transforming student learning experiences and supporting educator growth. I proudly support STEM/STEAM education and the 8 designated schools in @hamcoschools.

[edutopia @edutopia]

It's too easy for kids to be anonymous in math class, says the researcher Peter Liljedahl (@pgliljedahl). The solution: get them out of their seats to tackle hard problems together. #BuildingThinkingClassrooms https://t.co/MFJixJMMMK

[𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @DrBradJohnson]

School culture is not created by a mission statement on a wall, but it is created and lived out daily by everyone in the school working together, supporting each other, and dedicated to being their best.

[Michael Stone @CoachStone12]

The notion that you have to be an expert before you can engage in meaningful work is misguided. It should be a relic of an archaic system. Unfortunately, so many still hold tight to this view of linear development.

Make learning fun and real, FIRST.

[Dr. Olivia Bagby @oliviagbagby]

Once a quarter, my Future Ready Students team spends the day diving deep into what happened during Q3 and make meaningful action steps for Q4. Yesterday we revolved that thinking around the districts new strategic plan. Such great conversations!

[Michael Stone @CoachStone12]

I didn’t attend MIT, but as the @medialab students & faculty continue to push the boundaries of “possible,” I’m on a mission to leverage those possibilities to pioneer a new frontier of learning for K12.

Blessed to work w/ innovative leaders & for @vwfactoryusa’s support!

[WDEF News 12 @wdefnews12]

This summer's Riverbend lineup is out. What do you think?

[Michael Stone @CoachStone12]

Brooklyn, my 7th grader, used the Scribble feature in @tinkercad to design and #3Dprint this model for her class project. She engraved the display board in a #glowforge.

[Greg Bagby Ed. Tech/ Leadership @Gregbagby]

It started at my school years ago… let’s grow our knowledge in Gig City!!